in 1948, at the age of 18, woods recorded several songs for friends mack david and jerry livingston. the songs ("bibbidi bobbidi boo", "so this is love", and "a dream is a wish your heart makes") were then played for walt disney. he chose woods out of 300 other girls to play the part of cinderella for the disney movie "cinderella". recording the part took about 2 years, working off and on.