Billboard is an entertainment magazine founded in 1864. The magazine is most known for its "Hot 100" charts, tracking the best music tracks of the week, based on sales and radio and online airplay.
"Rubber Duckie" reached as high as 16 on the "Hot 100 Singles" in 1970. "Rainbow Connection" ranked #25 upon its release in 1979.
Appearances[]
- November 11, 2013: The site takes a behind the scenes look at the making of two Sesame Street celebrity appearances for Season 45: Ed Sheeran's "Two Different Worlds" and Macklemore's "Grouch Thrift Shop." Both celebrities are interviewed, along with Carol-Lynn Parente, Grover, Abby Cadabby and Elmo. (YouTube)
- January 13, 2014: Behind the scenes of Janelle Monáe's Sesame Street song "The Power of Yet" for season 45. Monáe, Abby Cadabby and music director Bill Sherman are interviewed. (YouTube)
- September 29, 2016: The site presents "An Oral History of 'Sesame Street' Music," with participation from Christopher Cerf, Rosemarie Truglio, Caroll Spinney, Sonia Manzano, Bob McGrath, Norman Stiles, Sarah Durkee, Matt Vogel, Bill Sherman, Brown Johnson, Joey Mazzarino and celebrities John Carter Cash (son of Johnny Cash), Ruth Pointer, Itzhak Perlman, Johnny Rzeznik, Norah Jones, Leslie Feist, Tim Nordwind, Jason Derulo, India.Arie, Scott Hoying, Questlove and Aloe Blacc.
- May 8, 2023: Floyd Pepper and Animal are interviewed in a video for Billboard News about The Muppets Mayhem. (YouTube)