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The Sesame Street theme song was composed by Joe Raposo, a writer and composer of many of television shows' songs. In his book on the history of Sesame Street, Michael Davis called the theme "jaunty" and "deceptively simple". [2] Raposo wrote the lyrics to the song with Jon Stone and Bruce Hart.
The game was popular in the early decades of Sesame Street, but not in later decades. [11] It has been speculated that its absence is due to changing social views about rejecting or ridiculing things that seem different. [11] A successor was called "Three of These Things Belong Together". [12]
"Somebody Come and Play", sung/written by Joe Raposo. A re-written version of the song is used as the theme for Play With Me Sesame. "Something Cold", sung by Elmo in Episode 3647; written by David Korr (lyrics). Elmo sings about wishing for Carlo Alban to give him a cold treat to cool him down on a hot day.
The Carpenters, one of the many artists who recorded music from Sesame Street.. Sesame Street's songwriters included the show's first music director Joe Raposo; Jeff Moss, whom Michael Davis called a "gifted poet, composer, and lyricist"; [18] and Christopher Cerf; whom Louise Gikow called "the go-to guy on Sesame Street for classic rock and roll as well as song spoofs". [19]
The song appeared in the 1993 video Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration. [10] "Monster in the Mirror" was one of the songs in the 1995 album "Sesame Street: Platinum All-Time Favorites" [2] and the 2003 album Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music. [11] One of the song's refrains is "Wubba Wubba Woo". [8]
On Sesame Street, lines of "I am/Somebody" or "But I am/Somebody" were recited in a call and response fashion by Jackson and the children. During the segment, children of multiple races were gathered on the Sesame Street set and led by Jackson in the poem. This performance is included on the 2006 DVD release Sesame Street: Old School.
"Rubber Duckie" is a song sung by the Muppet character Ernie (performed by Jim Henson) on Sesame Street. The song is named after Ernie's toy, a rubber duck affectionately named Rubber Duckie. The song, written by Jeff Moss and arranged by Joe Raposo, was first heard by children watching an episode of Sesame Street on February 25, 1970. [1]
PS22 Chorus appears on Sesame Street in a video singing the iconic Sesame song "Somebody Come and Play." (October 21, 2011) Documentary about the 2010-11 chorus entitled "Once In A Lullaby: The PS22 Chorus Story" premieres at Tribeca Film Festival. (April 29, 2012)