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‘Sesame Street’ Songs: 12 Best Tunes in Show’s History

It’s hard to find anything in pop culture as constant and reassuring in our lives as Sesame Street. Sure, the people pulling the strings (both literally and figuratively) has changed over time, but the true purpose behind Sesame Street never has.

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For over 45 years, Sesame Street has been an educational tool, the launching pad for beloved characters, and, of course, some truly great music.

In honor of our oral history of Sesame Street and its legacy as the definitive children’s program, we’re counting down (ah, ah, ah) the best songs in the show’s history.

12. “One of These Things is Not Like the Other”
Like any proper Sesame Street tune, it sticks in your mind well into adulthood. Case in point: if you’ve ever seen a collection of things and one of them is not like the other… well, you’re gonna have this memorable ditty pop right into your head.

 

11. “Sunny Day” (Sesame Street theme song)
As far as TV theme songs go, it’s not great as, say, The Sopranos (though, that’s a mash-up worth trying on for size), but it sticks with you and it’s hard not to get those happy pangs of nostalgia when you hear it.

 

10. “Born To Add”
Sesame Street has plenty of parody songs, but the truly great ones not only pay homage to their originals (in this case, Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run”) but they are classic in their own right. Even the Boss must occasionally sing the “Born to Add” lyrics in his head. And look at that cover art. Brilliant.

 

9. “Sing”
Sure, it’s folksy and hokey, but it’s as synonymous with the show as letters, numbers, and a giant yellow bird. And it terms of sheer star power, “Sing” has got it.  The Joe Raposo-penned tune has been covered by everyone from the Carpenters to Kristin Chenoweth to The Dixie Chicks.

8. “Rubber Duckie”
No offense to “Do De Duckie,” but if you think of a bath-themed song about the cleanliness habits of Ernie, it’s going to be this one.

7. “Doo-Wop Hop”
Kermit’s got rhythm, tho.

 

 

6. “Letter B”
This Beatles parody actually attracted a lawsuit from Northern Songs, the band’s publisher. Eventually Michael Jackson acquired the Beatles’ catalog and settled the case for a mere $50.  

 

5.  “Nasty Dan”
Sesame Street has had just about every performer under the sun(ny day) stop by the neighborhood, but none were as awesome as Johnny Trash — er, Johnny Cash — who provided one of the all-time great tracks, “Nasty Dan. ” This could have been a proper Johnny Cash single, and it would have been just as essential to his collection.

 

4. “Pinball Number Count”

Between the trippy 1970s animation and the funky style of The Pointer Sisters, this 12-minute jam session following the journey of a pinball is a time capsule that’s somehow even cooler today than when it was released.

 

3. “I Love Trash”
This is the one Sesame Street song that truly transcends time and meaning, speaking to the listener over the course of their lifetime. We all love our own form of trash, and Oscar allowed us to embrace the hell out of it.

 

2. “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon”

As far as heart-wrenching songs go, this harrowing Ernie opus isn’t even Sesame Street specific in terms of all-time musical tearjerkers. This can turn anyone, young or old, into a puddle.

 

1. “Bein’ Green”
Sure, you can argue that this is as much a Muppet Show song as it was a Sesame Street song until you’re green in the face, but there’s no denying it’s arguably the best song any television character has ever had. Van Morrison even covered it during his ’70s heyday! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Original Sesame Street Lyrics Archive

The Original Sesame Street Lyrics Archive - Albums Listing



Albums Listing


The following pages contain lyrical links via the album (or video) the song has been released on.

When I started this site in 1996 (with a couple of dozen songs), I had no idea it would blossom into what it's become (nearly 1000 songs and skits transcribed so far, whew!). And in the beginning, a list of albums containing the various tunes seemed like a nice idea, a good way of sharing memories of our childhood. Well, as you can see, it too has blossomed.

While I would like this to become a definitive list of recordings related to the show, I can see that's probably not in the cards. But, if you have any corrections or additions (especially for the older stuff), please let me know at [email protected], thanks.

Big thanks go out to Muppet Wiki, The Hip Surgery Encyclopedia of Music, and Music Merchant for some of the pics and info.

And a very special thanks goes out to Ted's Muppet Page and Bill Sherman's Muppets Home Page (both now offline as far as I can tell) for their work in compiling the original list that I've been updating. Their help in the early days was a true gift.


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NOTE: I have also included videos in this list, some track listings are not available yet, as well as some toys and CD-ROMs. It helps keep the archive online.

"The Sesame Street Book & Record - Original Cast" (1970)
Columbia (Out of print)

The Kids are: Lois Winter, Ana Isa Otis, Clyde Otis, Jr., Althea Jackson, Todd Graff, Tom Spiro, Andrea Giglio, and Christine Winter

  1. Sesame Street Theme - cast
  2. AB-C-DEF-GHI - Big Bird
  3. I've Got Two - Big Bird and Oscar (plus the cast)
  4. Goin' For A Ride - Anything People
  5. What Are Kids Called? - Bob and Susan
  6. Everybody Wash - Ernie and Bert
  7. One of These Things - Bob and Susan
  8. Up And Down - Two Monsters
  9. Bein' Green - Kermit
  10. Somebody Come And Play - The Kids
  11. I Love Trash - Oscar
  12. A Face - Bob
  13. J - Jump - The Kids
  14. People In Your Neighborhood - Bob and The Anything People
  15. Rub Your Tummy - Gordon
  16. Number 5 - The Kids (possibly the number 5 version of The Baker)
  17. Five People In My Family - Anything People
  18. Nearly Missed - Susan
  19. Rubber Duckie - Ernie

"Songs From Sesame Street featuring Rubber Duckie and All-Time Kindergarten Nursery Hits" (1970)
Golden Records

  1. Sesame Street Theme
  2. ABC-DEF-GHI
  3. Rubber Duckie
  4. Up and Down
  5. I've Got Two
  6. ABC's
  7. Medley: (3 Little Kittens, Hickory-Dickery-Dock, Pop Goes The Weasel)
  8. Medley: (Farmer In The Dell, Sing A Song Of Sixpence, 10 Little Indians)
  9. Medley: (London Bridge, A Tisket-A Tasket, Did You Ever See A Lassie?)

"Sesame Street 2 - Original Cast" (1971)
Children's Records of America (Out of print)

I also found this cover, I believe the one above is the original

  1. Sesame Street Theme
  2. Play Along
  3. Everyone Makes Mistakes
  4. The Garden
  5. High, Middle, Low
  6. The Word Family Song
  7. What Do I Do When I'm Alone?
  8. Has Anybody Seen My Dog?
  9. Mad
  10. Picture A World
  11. The Grouch Song
  12. Stop!
  13. I'm Pretty
  14. Circles
  15. Over, Under, Around and Through
  16. Someday, Little Children

"Susan Sings Songs From Sesame Street" (1971)
(sung by Loretta Long)

  1. ABC Song
  2. Children (Sister's Song And Brother's Song)
  3. Counting Song (1-20)
  4. Draw Me A Circle
  5. Happiness
  6. Happy Talk
  7. Here Are Some Things That Belong Together
    (probably the same as One Of These Things (Is Not Like The Other))
  8. If You're Happy And You Know It (Clap Your Hands)
  9. Right In The Middle Of My Face
  10. Square Song
  11. Three Of These Things Belong Together
    (ditto as above, One Of These Things (Is Not Like The Other))
  12. What Are Little Children Made Of

"Bob McGrath From Sesame Street" (1971)

  1. Me
  2. Sunshine Guitar
  3. So It Doesn't Whistle
  4. Groovin' On The Sunshine
  5. Best Friend
  6. I Can Do It
  7. Why Does It Have To Rain On Sunday?

"The Muppet Alphabet Album" (1971)
Children's Television Workshop

(reissued in 1990 under the original title and again in 1996 as "Sing The Alphabet")


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Also available on Cassette

  1. The Opening - Cast (not included on the reissue)
  2. ABC-DEF-GHI - Elmo (bonus track on the reissue)
  3. A - The Sound of the Letter "A" - Big Bird
  4. B - Oscar's "B" Sandwich - Oscar
  5. C - "C" Is For Cookie - Cookie Monster
  6. D - Dee, Dee, Dee - Ernie
  7. E - What's My Letter? - Guy Smiley and Prairie
  8. F - Four Furry Friends - Grover, Herry Monster, Oscar & Cookie Monster
  9. G - Two "G" Sounds - Grover, Georgie
  10. H - Ha Ha - Harvey, Herry, Big Bird
  11. I - I Stand Up Straight and Tall - Grover
  12. J - J Friends - The Anything Muppets
  13. K - Herb's Silly Poem - Herbert Birdsfoot
  14. L - La La La - Bert and Ernie
  15. M - MMM Monster Meal - Herry Monster, Cookie Monster
  16. N - The Noodle Story - Big Bird, Oscar
  17. What Letter Comes Next? - Ernie (not included on the reissue)
  18. O - Would You Like To Buy An O? - Salesman and Ernie
  19. P - My Favorite Letter - The Anything Muppets
  20. Q - The Question Song - Grover, Little Girl
  21. R - The "R" Machine - Ernie and Bert
  22. S - Sammy The Snake - Sammy
  23. T - The Tale Of Tom Tattertall Tuttletut - Herbert Birdsfoot, Anything Muppets
  24. U - The "U" Lecture - Professor Hastings
  25. V - Very Very Special Letter - Big Bird
  26. W - The National Association of 'W' Lovers - Bert
  27. X - X Marks The Spot - Sherlock Hemlock
  28. Y - Just Because - Grover, Little Girl
  29. Z - The Zizzy Zoomers - The Anything Muppets
  30. The Closing - Cast (not included on the reissue)

"My Name Is Roosevelt Franklin" (1971)
Children's Television Workshop

also released as "The Year Of Roosevelt Franklin"
Is this the right cover?

  1. Roosevelt Franklin Counts
  2. Days Of The Week
  3. Mobity Mosely's Months (some lyrics on the Help Wanted page)
  4. Keep On Trying
  5. The Safety Boy Blues
  6. Just Because
  7. The Skin I'm In
  8. A Bear Eats Bear Food
  9. Halfies
  10. Me And You
  11. Old King Midas
  12. Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet

"Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert and the Muppets of Sesame Street" (1972 and reissued in 1976)
Children's Television Workshop (Out of print)

  1. Lots Of Stuff
  2. Marching Song
  3. The Listening Game
  4. Just Three Colors
  5. Name The Animal
  6. Y'All Fall Down
  7. Imagination (I don't believe this is the same as Imagination)
  8. Clink, Clack
  9. Tiger Hunt - with Ernie and Mr. Tiger
  10. Simple Song
  11. Magic Cookie
  12. Pat Pat Patty Pat
  13. Grover Takes A Walk
  14. The Drawing Song
  15. Put It Away

"Songs From Sesame Street" (1972)
Peter Pan Records (Out of print)

  1. Feelin' Groovy
  2. Good Morning Starshine
  3. Yellow Submarine
  4. Singing On a Star
  5. Up, Up, and Away
  6. Mahna Mahna
  7. Happiness Is
  8. Spinning Wheel
  9. A - You're Adorable
  10. Consider Yourself At Home

"Rubber Duckie And Other Songs From Sesame Street" (1972?)
Disneyland Records

  1. Rubber Duckie
  2. Somebody Come And Play
  3. I've Got Two
  4. Green (same as Bein' Green)
  5. What Are Kids Called?

"Free To Be You And Me" (1972)
Bell Records (non-Sesame classic)


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also available on DVD and as a Book

  1. Free To Be . .. You And Me - The New Seekers
  2. Boy Meets Girl - Mel Brooks and Marlo Thomas
  3. When We Grow Up - Diana Ross
  4. Don't Dress Your Cat In An Apron - Billy De Wolfe
  5. Parents Are People - Harry Belafonte and Marlo Thomas
  6. Housework - Carol Channing
  7. Helping - Tom Smothers
  8. Ladies First - Marlo Thomas
  9. Dudley Pippin and the Principal - Billy De Wolfe, Bobby Morse and Marlo Thomas
  10. It's All Right To Cry - Rosey Grier
  11. Sisters And Brothers - Sisters and Brothers
  12. My Dog Is A Plumber - Dick Cavett
  13. William's Doll - Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas
  14. Atalanta - Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas
  15. Grandma - Diana Sands
  16. Girl Land - Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones
  17. Dudley Pippin And His No-Friend - Bobby Morse and Marlo Thomas
  18. Glad To Have A Friend Like You - Marlo Thomas

"Sesame Street Concert/On Stage - Live!" (1973)
Columbia/Children's Television Workshop (Out of print)

  1. Sesame Street Theme - The Company
  2. Welcome! - Susan, Luis, Gordon, David, Bob and Maria
  3. The Arm - David
  4. How Do I Know I'm Here? - Big Bird, Luis, Bob, Susan and Maria
  5. Tu Me Gustas (I Like You) - Maria
  6. Show Me How You Feel - Gordon
  7. Mr. Hooper's Poem - Mr. Hooper
  8. "C" Is For Cookie - Cookie Monster
  9. My Little Game - Susan
  10. Believe In Yourself - Luis
  11. What Can I Do? - Bob
  12. Still We Like Each Other - Grover
  13. My Name Is David - David, Susan, Luis and Bob
  14. Nobody - Snuffleupagus
  15. Sing - The Company

"Big Bird Sings!" (1974)
Children's Records of America (Out of print)

  1. AB-C-DEF-GHI - Big Bird
  2. The Noodle Song - Big Bird and Oscar
  3. The J Poem - Big Bird
  4. Very Very Special Letter - Big Bird
  5. Big Bird Writes A Poem - Big Bird, Snuffleupagus and Herbert Birdsfoot
  6. How Do I Know I'm Here? - Big Bird
  7. Everyone Likes Ice Cream! - Big Bird, Three Friends and Monster
  8. Y'all Fall Down - Big Bird, Ernie, Bert and Cookie Monster
  9. Everyone Makes Mistakes - Big Bird and Farley
  10. The Sound of the Letter "A" - Big Bird
  11. Just Three Colors - Big Bird and Oscar
  12. Ha-Ha - Big Bird, Harvey and Herry Monster
  13. No Matter What Your Language - Big Bird and Luis
  14. Big Bird's Poem - Big Bird

"Grover Sings The Blues" (1974)
Children's Records of America (Out of print)

  1. What Do I Do When I'm Alone?
  2. Name The Animal
  3. Grover Takes A Walk
  4. Has Anybody Seen My Dog?
  5. Four Furry Friends
  6. Still We Like Each Other
  7. I Am Blue
  8. Two "G" Sounds
  9. Me
  10. I Stand Up Straight and Tall
  11. The Question Song
  12. Over, Under, Around and Through
  13. Just Because
  14. Near And Far

"Sing The Hit Songs of Sesame Street" (1974)
Children's Records of America (Out of print)

  1. Sesame Street Theme
  2. Sing
  3. Bein' Green
  4. What Do I Do When I'm Alone?
  5. I Love Trash
  6. Has Anybody Seen My Dog?
  7. Rubber Duckie
  8. "C" Is For Cookie
  9. AB-C-DEF-GHI
  10. Somebody Come And Play
  11. Someday, Little Children
  12. Nobody

"Bert's Blockbusters" (1974)

  1. La La La - Bert and Ernie
  2. The National Association of 'W' Lovers - Bert
  3. Doin' The Pigeon - Bert
  4. The "R" Machine - Bert and Ernie
  5. Stop! - Bert
  6. Bert's Nap - Bert and Ernie
  7. Loud and Soft - Bert and Farley
  8. Clink, Clack - Bert
  9. Pat Pat Patty Pat - Bert, Ernie, Big Bird, Grover, Herbert Birdsfoot, and Prairie Dawn
  10. High, Middle, Low - Bert, Ernie and Herbert Birdsfoot
  11. I Want To Hold Your Ear - Bert
  12. The Bath Story - Bert and Ernie (I'm assuming it's the same skit)
  13. Bert Is Sick - Bert and Ernie

"Ernie's Hits" (1975)
Children's Records of America

  1. Rubber Duckie - Ernie
  2. Everybody Wash - Ernie and Bert
  3. Ernie Presents the Letter A - Ernie, Guy Smiley and Cookie Monster
  4. Tiger Hunt - Ernie and Mr. Tiger
  5. The Drawing Song - Ernie, Prairie Dawn and Farley
  6. Imagination - Ernie
  7. Ernie Presents the Letter Q - Ernie, Guy Smiley and Cookie Monster
  8. Ernie Dusts The Shelf - Ernie and Bert
  9. D (Dee Dee Dee) - Ernie and Bert
  10. Would You Like To Buy An O? - Ernie and The Salesman
  11. The Listening Game - Ernie, Bert and Cookie Monster
  12. The Wrong Patient - Ernie and The Doctor
  13. Ernie Presents The Letter U - Ernie, Guy Smiley and Cookie Monster
  14. Ernie's Drum - Ernie and Bert

"'C' Is for Cookie!" (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

Not the same as 1995's "'C' Is for Cookie - Cookie's Favorite Songs"

  1. "C" Is For Cookie - Cookie Monster
  2. Up and Down - Cookie Monster and Herry Monster
  3. The Magic Cookie - Cookie Monster
  4. Circles - Cookie Monster
  5. Cookie's Poem - Cookie Monster and Howie
  6. The Ballad of Casey Macphee - Cookie Monster
  7. If I Knew You Were Coming, I'd Have Baked A Cake - Cookie Monster and The Count
  8. MMM Monster Meal - Cookie Monster and Herry Monster
  9. The Monster's Three Wishes - Cookie Monster, Oscar and Herbert Birdsfoot
  10. Birthday Cookie - Cookie Monster and Baker
  11. Me And Yo - Cookie Monster and Maria
  12. "C" Is For Cookie - Cookie Monster

"Letters . .. And Numbers, Too" (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. The Number Five - The Kids (possibly the #5 version of The Baker)
  2. Five People In My Family - The Anything Muppets
  3. I've Got Two - The Cast
  4. The Count Counts Flowers - The Count
  5. Adding - The Anything Muppets
  6. Count It Higher - Chris and The Alphabeats
  7. No Matter How You Count Them - The Anything Muppets
  8. Roosevelt Franklin Counts - Roosevelt Franklin
  9. The Song Of The Count - The Count
  10. J - Jump - The Kids
  11. J Friends - The Anything Muppets
  12. The "K" Poem - Herbert Birdsfoot
  13. My Favorite Letter - "P" - The Anything Muppets
  14. Sammy The Snake - Sammy
  15. X Marks The Spot - Sherlock Hemlock
  16. The Zizzy Zoomers - The Anything Muppets
  17. Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet - Roosevelt Franklin
  18. What's My Letter? - Guy Smiley and Prairie Dawn

"Somebody Come and Play" (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Somebody Come And Play - The Kids
  2. Goin' For A Ride - The Anything Muppets
  3. One Of These Things (Is Not Like The Other) - Bob and Susan
  4. The Word Family Song - Dan and Friend
  5. Everybody Wash - Ernie and Bert
  6. Stop! - Gordon
  7. What's My Part? (Nose) - Guy Smiley, Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Monster
  8. Play Along - Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper and The Muppets
  9. Marching Song - Big Bird and The Muppets
  10. Rub Your Tummy - Gordon
  11. Pat Pat Patty Pat - The Muppets
  12. What's My Part? (Foot) - Guy Smiley, Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings
  13. My Name Is David - David, Luis, Bob and Susan

"Play-Along Songs" (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

Same as "Somebody Come and Play" above?

No track listing available

Not the same as the "Play Along Games And Songs" video (1986)

"Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella" (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Let A Frown Be Your Umbrella - Oscar
  2. The Grouch Song - Oscar and Mr. Hooper
  3. The Garden - Oscar and Susan
  4. Simple Song - Oscar
  5. Rain Falls - Oscar
  6. Word Family Song - Oscar, Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper
  7. I Love Trash - Oscar
  8. Oscar's "B" Sandwich - Oscar
  9. The Noodle Story - Oscar and Big Bird
  10. The Monster's Three Wishes - Oscar, Herbert Birdsfoot and Cookie Monster
  11. I Don't Wanna - Oscar
  12. Tu Me Gustas (I Like You) - Oscar and Grover

"Pete Seeger and Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street" (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Hello
  2. Michael Row The Boat Ashore - with Big Bird
  3. This Land Is Your Land
  4. Skip To My Lou - with Big Bird
  5. She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain
  6. Patty Cake Gorilla
  7. Riding In My Car - with Big Bird
  8. Garbage - with Oscar
  9. Old Lady Who Swallowed The Fly - with Oscar
  10. The Ballad Of Martin Luther King
  11. Guantanamera
  12. Sweet Rosyanne

"Sesame Mucho!" (1974)
Children's Television Workshop

No track listing available

"Bob McGrath Sings For All The Boys and Girls" (1974)

No track listing available

"The Count Counts! The Count's Countdown Show from Radio 1-2-3" (1975)
Children's Records of America (Out of print)
(rereleased in 1997 on Sony Wonder)

  1. Introduction
  2. Ladybug's Picnic - Dwayne Wayne
  3. Counting Is Wonderful
  4. It's A Lovely Eleven Morning - Tammy Whynot
  5. The "15" Commercial- Guy Smiley
  6. Ten Turtles - The Amazing Slim and His Country Turtlenecks
  7. The Count's Weather Report
  8. Martian Beauty - The Mariners Nine
  9. Numerical Correspondence (Sing A Song Of Numbers)- The Transylvanian Symphony
  10. Candy Man - Jerry Lee Nelson
  11. It's Been A Long, Long Time- The Royal Transylvanians
  12. The Alligator King
  13. Count It Higher
  14. Counting Is Wonderful (reprise)
  15. Country Six (The Snail Song) - The Amazing Slim
  16. Numbers In The News
  17. 1-2-3-4-5!- Five Bat Night
  18. Beep
  19. Country Four (Four Big Lions- The Amazing Slim
  20. I Just Adore Four (From the Musical-Comedy Two Plus Two)- Big Bird and the Tarnish Brothers
  21. The "3" Song (pretty sure it's the same one) - The Amazing Slim and His Counting Fools, featuring "Red" Sales and His Son, Seth
  22. Subtraction Blues- David
  23. Doll House (could be the same one) - Dolly Pardon
  24. The Song Of The Count

"Bert & Ernie Sing-Along" (1975)
Children's Records of America
(Released on CD from SonyWonder, hard to find)

  1. I Refuse to Sing Along
  2. I've Been Workin' on the Railroad
  3. Old McDonald Had a Farm
  4. A Really Good Feeling
  5. Bats In My Belfry
  6. Row, Row, Row Your Boat
  7. I'll Give You a Song
  8. Oscar Don't Allow
  9. The Limerick Song (Come On and Sing Along with Me)
  10. On Top of Old Smokey
  11. Living Hand In Hand
  12. What's The Name Of That Song?
  13. A Very Simple Dance
  14. Morningtown Ride
  15. Everyone Likes Ice Cream!
  16. "C" Is For Cookie
  17. Peanuts
  18. John Jacob Jingleheimer Smith
  19. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain
  20. Finale: What's The Name Of That Song? (reprise)/ Sing

"Sesame Street Monsters!" (1975)

(reissued in 1996 as "Monster Melodies" on SonyWonder)


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  1. The Lovable Monsters Of Sesame Street - Grover, Herry Monster, Frazell and Cookie Monster
  2. I, Grover
  3. I Can't Help It - Herry Monster
  4. Five Monsters In My Family
  5. Cookie's Rhyming Song
  6. That Furry Blue Mommy of Mine
  7. I Want A Monster To Be My Friend - A Little Girl (Marilyn Sokel)
  8. Frazzle - Frazzle and the Frazzletones
  9. We'll Do It Together - Cookie Monster, Herry Monster and Grover
  10. Fur
  11. Monster's Lullaby
  12. Games Monsters Play - Herry Monster and Grover
  13. Be Kind To Your Neighborhood Monsters

"The Frog Prince" (1975?)

  1. Frog Chant - Orchestra and The Frog Chorus
  2. Sir Robin The Brave - Sir Robin and The Frog Chorus
  3. Frogs - Kermit and The Frog Chorus
  4. I'm Nineteen - Melora and Robin
  5. Sleep, Sweetums - Robin
  6. Sweetums - Sweettums
  7. Anthems Of Joy - The Peasants and Entire Company

"Merry Christmas From Sesame Street" (1975)
Children's Television Workshop

Not the same as 1981's Christmas Eve On Sesame Street
1984's "Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along"
1994's "Sesame Street Merry Christmas"
nor 1995's A Sesame Street Christmas

  1. Sesame Street Christmas Overture (The Sesame Street Festival Orchestra)
  2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas (The Company)
  3. Deck The Halls Medley: (The Company)
    - Deck The Halls (Herry Monster, Bert, Ernie, Prairie Dawn and the Count)
    - Jingle Bells (Herry Monster, David and Gordon)
    - White Christmas (Bob, Susan and Mr. Hooper)
    - Winter Wonderland (Big Bird)
  4. I Hate Christmas (Oscar)
  5. A Christmas Story (Mr. Hooper, Ernie and Bert)
  6. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas (Bert and Ernie)
  7. The Twelve Days Of Christmas (Cookie Monster, Hardhead Henry Harris, Prairie Dawn, Grover, Bert, Ernie, Oscar, The Count, Big Bird, Smart Tina, Herry Monster, and Snuffle-upagus)
  8. It's Begining To Look A Lot Like Christmas Medley:
    - It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas (Big Bird)
    - Silver Bells (Susan and Gordon)
    - The Christmas Song (Bob)
    - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (Grover)
  9. The Night Before Christmas On Sesame Street (David)
  10. Saludo - aguinaldo (Maria and Luis)
  11. Arrurru (Maria and Luis)
  12. (All I Want For Christmas) Is My Two Front Teeth (The Count)
  13. A Christmas Pageant (Bert, Ernie, Prairie Dawn, Herry Monster, Grover and Cookie Monster)
  14. Keep Christmas With You (All Through The Year) (Susan, Gordon, Big Bird, Luis, David, Bob, Prairie Dawn and Ernie)
  15. We Wish You A Merry Christmas - Reprise (Big Bird, Mr. Hooper, Oscar and Everyone)

"Numbers!" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

(released in 1995 on Sony Wonder)


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  1. Just One Me
  2. One And One Make Two
  3. Knock Three Times
  4. Four
  5. Think of Your Fingers
  6. Six
  7. My Sister, My Father, My Mother, My Grandma, My Grandpa, My Dog And Me
  8. Eight Beautiful Notes
  9. Climbing Nine Stairs
  10. Ten Cookies

"The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album" (1977)
Sesame Street Records (Out of print)

  1. Introduction
  2. The Princess and the Pea
  3. Silly Anabelle
  4. The Brothers Who Always Complained
  5. Goldilocks and the Three Bears
  6. Atilla the Hen
  7. Hansel and Gretel
  8. The Story of the Nightingale
  9. Jack and the Beanstalk

"Aren't You Glad You're You?" (1977)
(Out of print)

  1. My Name (possibly the one I've called The Name Song ) - Susan, Gordon, Maria and Bob
  2. Believe In Yourself - Bob, Gordon and Susan, with Big Bird
  3. Special - Bob
  4. Wonderful Me - Oscar the Grouch
  5. Me/Yo - Maria and Gordon
  6. Cookie Disco - Cookie Monster
  7. Aren't You Glad You're You? - Bob and Big Bird
  8. Proud - Little Jerry and the Monotones
  9. I'd Like To Tell A Story - Olivia
  10. Don't You Know You're Beautiful? - Bob with Three Monsters
  11. Walk Down The Street - Gordon, Susan and Maria
  12. This Frog - Kermit the Frog, with a Cast of Thousands

"Let Your Feelings Show!" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Feeling Good/Feeling Bad
  2. Proud of Me
  3. Scream
  4. I Get A Nice Feeling
  5. It's Funny
  6. Like/Dislike
  7. Sing Me Your Song
  8. Feelings
  9. What Can The Baby Say?
  10. He's Smaller Than Me
  11. Let Your Feelings Show
  12. Fear
  13. Sad
  14. Happy
  15. Grouchy
  16. Listen To The Music

"Signs!" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Sign, You're A Friend Of Mine - Big Bird and The Lost Generation
  2. Big Bird's Introduction
  3. Bus Stop - The Pointer Brothers
  4. Big Bird Finds More Signs
  5. Danger - Prairie Dawn and The Orlandos
  6. Traffic Lights
  7. Cross At The Green - Edgar Kendricks
  8. Big Bird In The Supermarket
  9. Exit - Chris and the Alphabeats
  10. Big Bird & The Subway
  11. Subway - The Pointer Brothers (could be the original of Subway)
  12. Turn The Record Over
  13. Big Bird's Introduction To Side 2
  14. Sign Song - Big Bird and The Lost Generation
  15. Big Bird Introduces "One Way"
  16. One Way - Chris and the Alphabeats
  17. Big Bird Sees A Sign That Says "Quiet!"
  18. Please Keep Off The Grass - A Blade Of Grass
  19. Big Bird Finds A Store Clerk That Speaks Spanish
  20. Wet Paint - Calypso Calloway
  21. Big Bird Is Woken Up By The Telephone
  22. Telephone Rock - Little Jerry & The Monotones
  23. Big Bird's Lost/ Sesame Street Theme - Big Bird
  24. Sign, You're A Friend Of Mine - Big Bird and The Lost Generation
  25. Conclusion - Big Bird & Herry Monster

"Happy Birthday from Sesame Street" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

No track listing available

"Big Bird Leads The Band" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

With Carroll Spinney as Big Bird and L. Korsky-Davidoff as the Band Leader

  1. Old McDonald Had A Farm
  2. Four Fun
  3. The Mary Had A Little Lamb March
  4. Merry-Go-Round Waltz
  5. Hop, Skip, And Jump
  6. Frere Jacques
  7. Turn Over The Record
  8. Jolly Jamboree
  9. Hickory Dickory Dock
  10. What Was That?
  11. Rock, Roll, 'N' Rattle
  12. If Only ...
  13. Alphabet Song
  14. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
  15. Grand Band Finale

"Sleepytime Bird" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Big Bird's Lullaby - Big Bird
  2. Simba, Simba - David and Maria
  3. The Snufflelullaby - Snuffleupagus
  4. My Lagan Love - Bob
  5. Quite Is - Olivia and Gordon
  6. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs - Maria
  7. Golden Slumbers II - Olivia
  8. The Grouch's Lullaby - Oscar the Grouch
  9. Katchke Green - Mr. Hooper
  10. The Count's Lullaby - The Count
  11. Count Ten - Susan
  12. Mockingbird II - Maria, Gordon, Olivia and Bob
  13. Sleep, Sleep Big Bird/Pajarito Grande - Maria and the Ortiz Family
  14. Big Bird's Lullaby (Reprise) - Big Bird and The Cast

"Bob Sings!" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Sir Duke
  2. Do-Re-Mi
  3. Muskrat Love
  4. In The Good Old Summertime
  5. "Sunshine" Medley - You Are My Sunshine/Sunshine On My Shoulder/You Are The Sunshine Of My Life
  6. Jamaica Farewell
  7. Getting To Know You
  8. Isn't She Lovely
  9. I Whistle A Happy Tune
  10. Good Morning Sunshine
  11. Edelweiss
  12. High Hopes

"What Time Is It On Sesame Street?" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

  1. Sesame Street Theme
  2. Good Morning (could be Good Morning, Mister Sun)
  3. Breakfast Time
  4. How Do You Get From Here To There?
  5. Clean-Up Time
  6. The People In Your Neighborhood
  7. Lunchtime
  8. Naptime
  9. Children In The Playground
  10. Sound Song
  11. I'm Gonna Build The Biggest House You've Ever Seen
  12. What Do You Have For Dinner?
  13. Rubber Duckie
  14. See You Tomorrow

"Sesame Street Gold!" (1977)
Children's Television Workshop

No track listing available

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Parodies of the song 'Sesame Street'

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From 'Sing' to 'Put Down the Duckie' and more. Sesame Street has produced so many hits over the past half century that it would be hard for even the Earl to keep up with them. In addition to new songs written for the series, the classic children's program has also created an impressive number of song parodies, often performed by the original artists themselves. Here are 13 of the greatest and most stupid of all time.

1. "My Triangle"

James Blunt captivated melancholy teenagers and mainstream radio worldwide with his raucous ballad "You're Beautiful" in 2005, complete with a music video of him undressing on a snow-covered cliff and diving into the icy waters below ( presumably at his death). Although it was originally too painful for preschoolers, Sesame Street Long Lost Triangle Version replaces Angel featuring Angles and depicts an anthropomorphic triangle that appears after Blunt has lost hope of ever seeing his friend again. Blunt helped write the melody, adding some cheeky geometric jargon to the song: "It must be those angles that put a smile on your face, not to mention the hypotenuse. "

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2. "Hey Food"

With some help, The Beetles Cookie Monster turns the Beatles' "Hey Jude" into a cute ode to food that will probably make you feel more like the manic-eyed monster than ever before. The track's main themes include the inability to choose what food you want, the inability to stop snacking, and the recognition that food - whether it's "dry toast or something wetter" - always makes us feel better.

3. "Hi Sammy!"

Carol Channing takes on this sizzling parody with such flair you'd think she won a Tony Award for playing Dolly in a Broadway play. Hello Dolly! (she did). With lots of lingering S sounds and a cuddly Muppet snake named "Sammy", the song serves as a way to teach youth how to pronounce them S And an advertising campaign to combat the widespread cultural notion that snakes are just evil.

4. "Born to Add"

"Born to Add" by Bruce Stringbin and the S. Street Band somehow manages to capture all the rock and roll energy of the desperate working-class youth of Bruce's "Born to Run" Springsteen and make it simple arithmetic. . The leather-clad lead singer and his associates roam the neighborhood counting cars, trash cans and cops, and the track culminates in Clarissa's fiery saxophone solo and a dance party that even cops take part in. Stringbean also executes "Barn". in the USA", featuring an onomatopoeic choir of backing vocalists.

5. "Slime to the Moon"

Tony Bennett's parody of the classic crooner "Fly Me to the Moon" talks about Slimey's astronaut training and subsequent launch into space, explaining that a worm "has to be nervous/needs guts and stickiness / When everything goes upside down. While the phrase "Let him crawl through mud and dung / on Jupiter or Mars" may not be scientifically accurate, the idea of ​​sending a worm into space isn't that far off - scientists studied them on the International Space Station to understand how microgravity affects anatomy. muscles.

6. "It's not heavy, it's my feather"

It doesn't matter which version of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" you listen to - Hollies, Neil Diamond or someone else - it will most likely be slow dark and full of emotion. The opposite is true for Sesame Street Performed - A buoyant country song performed by an animated chicken who looks and sounds suspiciously like Dolly Parton. In it, she lists a bunch of quirky and heavy items she doesn't take on a trip (anchors, anvils, hippos, chests of drawers, etc.) and discusses the merits of packing her feathers, which, you guessed it, isn't heavy.



7. "You're really holding me."

Smokey Robinson spends a good three minutes trying to keep his composure as he looks the letter in the eye. U tries to hug him with an iron grip and no concept of boundaries. In addition to swapping U in the original song for U , songwriter Christopher Cerf added some suitable U words to illustrate the situation, including " U means uptight / That's how I feel / That's how I feel / that you were grabbed for a letter, unpleasant.

8. "Eighteen Sandwiches"

Although you have to go through puberty to truly identify with Alice Cooper's disturbing anthem "I'm Eighteen", Sesame Street Parody is something even toddlers can understand. In the animated video, the girl tries to decide which sandwich to choose for lunch, hesitating over "tuna, turkey, peanut butter, grilled cheese or salami/ham or jelly, chicken salad, minced liver, pastrami", etc.. As our poor, conflicted heroine flips through her list of 18 choices, you might be wondering, "Which home kitchen is stocked with all these ingredients?" or "I would like my child to love even two different types of sandwiches." In the end, she gives up on the whole puzzle, opting for the pizza, which, depending on who you ask, is really just an open-faced sandwich.

9. "I want it (but I'm waiting)"

If any Muppet was born to embody the spirit of Icona Pop's insane "I Love It" collaboration with Charli XCX, it was Cookie Monster. His chaotic nature sets the perfect tone for "I Want (But I Wait)", a catchy number about the importance of delayed gratification. In Sesame Street , the music video lives up to the original almost scene by scene, featuring graffiti alleys, lyrics flashing on screen, and neon-lit dance parties. "Me Want It (But Me Wait)" ends with Cookie Monster devouring a well-deserved cookie, and it's probably safe to assume that the party members in the Icona Pop video end their night of fun with a snack.

10. "Don't Take Your Guns to Town"

"Don't Take Your Guns to Town" is the story of Johnny Cashian himself about a young shepherd named Billy Joe who ignores his mother's pleas to leave his guns at home and ends up dying in a short a bar fight after tasting liquor for the first time. In the Sesame Street Parody, on the other hand, Big Bird is depicted as "Big Bird", a "cow bird" heading into town while counting the number of units, and receives an alarm when Count von Graf and the Countess indicate that he is not knows how to count more than one. Instead of shooting him on the spot or something, they offer to be his friend and teach him how to count, making this parody number one on Johnny Cash's short list of happy songs.

11. "Kids just love brushing their teeth"

All it takes to be skeptical of the theory that girls just want to have fun is to hear Cyndi Lauper's new wave classic on the subject once. In the '90s, Sesame Street tried to harness the power of an infectious pop song and use it to sell kids something that hardly has a reputation for being funny: brushing teeth. "Kids Just Love to Brush" is a Lauper-style muppet who jumps up and down with his friends and hums lyrics like "It's a party every time we brush our teeth."

12. "Being a square is trendy"

While the transition to "My Triangle" from "You're Beautiful" may have required some extra imagination, turning Huey Lewis and News into "Trendy Square" with a literal square Seems like too great an opportunity to pass up. In the animated video, a smiling red square briefly sings about four equal sides before rushing to dance and play with triangles, circles and other classic shapes to emphasize that it's cool to be anything. Lewis later told a fan that the group was happy to let Sesame Street use the song. "I think it's cute," he said.

13. "What Makes You So Useful"

The bright, serious faces of Harry, Liam, Louis, Niall and Zayn fit so well into the landscape around 2014 Sesame Street a music video that almost makes you wish they were regular cast members. With wacky lyrics like "U look Elmo upside down / U there's a unicorn dressed up as a clown" and "U under that cow an udder / U look it's Bert's unibrow", this utilitarian spoof of 'What Makes You Beautiful' is so same criminal catchy, like the original.

A list of musical compositions intended for torture has appeared. News. Channel One

British human rights activists made up a unique hit parade. The list includes world-famous musical compositions, with the help of which the CIA officers tortured prisoners. As this diabolical experience has shown, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, the Queen and Aerosmith groups can easily break the will of a prisoner. The incessantly rumbling song is a wild torture that literally drives you crazy.

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It's very easy to ruin Donald Vance's mood. You just need to invite him to listen to music. Something from the group "Queen", for example. In 2006, Donald spent three months in detention at the US military base Camp Cropper in Baghdad. And there, prisoners, including Vance, were tortured in a rather peculiar way.

Donald Vance, ex-prisoner: "So much Nine Inch Nails music, I can't even tell you how many times I've heard Queen's "We Will Rock You"

Donald is a civilian specialist. Worked in Iraq under a contract. He then embarked on the dangerous path of a truth-seeker and accused American and Iraqi officials of corruption. It was then that they closed the door of solitary confinement at Camp Cropper behind him.

Music rumbled in the cells for days, almost without breaks. And if Donald had any idea what rock and metal was, most Iraqis hadn't heard anything like that, and that only added to the horror.

Donald Vance, ex-prisoner: "It's torture. I have no doubt it's torture. You can hear the other prisoners, even though you can't see them. You can hear them screaming, constantly screaming. I understand a little Arabic and have heard that they said what they called their mothers, asked God to help them, and some went crazy"

Donald almost lost his mind himself. Back in the US, he sued his namesake, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. There is no verdict in this process yet.

Vance's story is one of many. There are reports that the US military used loud music against hundreds of prisoners in Afghanistan, Iraq and in the Guantanamo Bay colony.

Ruhal Ahmed, former detainee at Guantanamo Bay: "You feel like you are going crazy. You don't understand what is being sung about anymore and it's so scary to think that you can go crazy because of this noise. After a while you don't hear the music, only a heavy rumble is heard."

At the same time, it is not so easy to blame the prison administration for something. Music as torture is not considered in legal documents.

It would seem that a musical instrument can be presented as an instrument of torture only if a person who does not know how to play takes it. But one of the interrogators at Guantanamo boasted that a couple of days was enough for him to break anyone. The recipe is simple: 16 hours of music and light, and four hours for a break.

It is not necessary to explain how effective and terrible this method of influence is. To do this, just turn on the volume and listen to hard rock for at least five minutes, and then imagine that it sounds in a small chamber for sixteen hours without stopping.

You can torture not only with electric guitar riffs. Children in many parts of the world have fallen in love with the television series Sesame Street. Touching heroes sing sweet songs in a magical land.

Parents, who may have been somewhat weary of their children's daily requests to turn on Sesame Street, did not suspect that for some these melodies became a real hell.

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