The Italian version's song were sung by singer-songwriter Roberto Vecchioni.
Among them : "shmoolik the Porcupne" (shmoolikipod), "Shubi the teddy bear" (Shubi Dubi) by Gideon Koren, Babar the Elephant, barbapapa, Lady and the Tramp and many others.
In 1973 Newland created storyboards for the animated television series Barbapapa while at Toonder Studios in the Netherlands.