answers: Angela Lansbury
context: Beauty and the Beast (Disney song) "Beauty and the Beast" is a song written by lyricist Howard Ashman and composer Alan Menken for the Disney animated feature film "Beauty and the Beast" (1991). The film's theme song, the Broadway-inspired ballad was first recorded by British-American actress Angela Lansbury in her role as the voice of the character Mrs. Potts, and essentially describes the relationship between its two main characters Belle and the Beast, specifically how the couple has learned to accept their differences and in turn change each other for the better. Additionally, the song's lyrics imply that the feeling </s> human vanity, so repulsive, unsightly, and loathsome a spectacle as "a corpse dressed for a ball"!." Other Newspapers which reprinted the story were the "Vermont Telegraph" {February 19, 1840 and a follow up article April 1, 1840} and "Southern Argus" March 3, 1840 of Columbus Mississippi. A version of Smith's poem was subsequently set to music, leading to the creation of the ballad. During the 20th century, a version of the ballad was sung by Almeda Riddle under the title "Young Carlotta". Fair Charlotte "Fair Charlotte" (or "Young Charlotte") (Laws G17) is an American folk ballad. The story is a </s> due to confusion among test audiences caused by actress Harriet Jones, who looked similar to Hattie Morahan, who portrayed Agathe. In the original version of the scene, it was Jones's character, the Prince's mother, who sings the first verse of the song, with Rudi Goodman playing the young Prince and Henry Garrett playing his father; but in the reshot version of the scene, the singing part is given to the Prince (now played by Adam Mitchell). The King was also recast to Tom Turner, although Harriet Jones was still the Queen, albeit with dark hair. Both Goodman and Garrett's names
question: who sang tale as old as time in the original beauty and the beast