Ernie's Hits



Ernie's Hits is one in a series of character-centered Sesame Street albums released in 1974.

Track Listing
@ - Previously unreleased + - TV soundtrack

Side One
 * 1) Rubber Duckie (Moss) +
 * 2) Everybody Wash (Raposo-Stone-Henson)
 * 3) Ernie Presents the Letter "A" @
 * 4) Tiger Hunt
 * 5) The Drawing Song (Raposo)
 * 6) Imagination (Raposo)
 * 7) Ernie Presents the Letter "Q" @
 * 8) Ernie Dusts the Shelf @ +

Side Two
 * 1) Dee, Dee, Dee (Moss) +
 * 2) Would You Like to Buy an O? (Raposo) +
 * 3) The Man Who Needs Help @ +
 * 4) The Listening Game (Henson-Juhl)
 * 5) The Wrong Patient @ +
 * 6) Ernie Presents the Letter "U" @
 * 7) Ernie's Drum @

PRODUCTION CREDITS

 * Album Produced by
 * Joe Raposo
 * Project Supervisor
 * Arthur Shimkin
 * Words and Music Mostly by
 * Jeffrey Moss and Joe Raposo
 * Additional material written by the Sesame Street writers:
 * Jeffrey Moss, Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey, Jerry Juhl, Emily Perl Kingsley, Nina Link, Robert Oksner, Ray Sipherd, Norman Stiles and Daniel Wilcox


 * Musical Director
 * Joe Raposo
 * Head Writer
 * Jeffrey Moss
 * Music Coordinator
 * Danny Epstein
 * Editing by
 * James Timmens
 * Project Coordinator
 * Jacquie Turner
 * Art Director
 * Robert Pierce
 * Photography
 * Judy Ross and Sandy Speiser
 * Properties Director
 * Nat Mongioi
 * Project Directors for CTW
 * Christopher Cerf and Sharon Lerner

THE CAST

 * SESAME STREET
 * Northern Calloway as David
 * Emilio Delgado as Luis
 * Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
 * Loretta Long as Susan
 * Sonia Manzano as Maria
 * Bob McGrath as Bob
 * Hal Miller as Gordon
 * THE MUPPETS
 * '''Created by Jim Henson
 * Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
 * Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert
 * Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot, Snuffle-upagus, The Count, Simon Soundman, Sherlock Hemlock, Farley, Herry Monster and various Little Boys
 * Fran Brill as various Little Girls
 * Jim Henson as Ernie

ALBUM NOTES

 * A message to parents from the Children's Television Workshop
 * With this record, Sesame Street is only as far away as your record player. Now your child can visit his Sesame Street friends at any time of day and discover the same combination of entertainment and education found on our televsion programs.  Children familiar with Sesame Street characters will delight in hearing their favorites again and again.  But even those who have never watched the show will be able to enjoy, and learn from this album.  Workshop revenues from this project will be used to support the continuing production of Sesame Street.