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The Muppet Show guest star
episode 415
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Murray sings to Big Bird in A Special Sesame Street Christmas.

Anne Murray (b. 1945) is a popular Canadian singer, hailing from Springhill, Nova Scotia. She performed her signature song "Snowbird" on The Muppet Show episode 415.

Other hits include "Danny's Song," "Could I Have This Dance," and the international #1 smash "You Needed Me."

During the '70s she recorded a children's album called There's a Hippo in my Tub, which was released in the USA in 1979 under the title Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation.

Murray also appeared in A Special Sesame Street Christmas; she sang her hit "You Needed Me" to Big Bird and appeared to Oscar the Grouch as the Ghost of Christmas Past. She had previously performed in a musical number with Big Bird on Good Evening, Good Morning in 1974.

In 1985, Miss Piggy appeared on the CBC-TV special Anne Murray: The Sounds of London, where she performed a duet of Murray's hit "Just Another Woman in Love". They discussed Miss Piggy's career in show business, and sang "Academy, Academoi", a song about the Grammy Awards.[1]

She has won numerous Grammy Awards and American Music Awards, as well as a number of Juno Awards in Canada.

Murray was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1993, and the Canadian Country Music Association Hall of Fame in 2002.

References[]

  1. "Murray special highlights London performance", The Newark Advocate, Feb 7, 1985.

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