Gospel Alphabet

Music by	Gail Sky King
Lyrics by	Ian Ellis James
Date	1998
Publisher	Sesame Street, Inc.
First	Episode 3825

"Gospel Alphabet" was performed on Sesame Street by Patti LaBelle and a chorus of Muppets. Little Chrissy plays the piano as Patti sings, and is soon joined by a crowd of Muppets, some with tambourines.

Labelle is joined by Baby Bear, Rosita, Telly, Zoe, Elmo, Prairie Dawn, Ernie, Bert, Grover, Count von Count, Cookie Monster, and Herry Monster.

There are two variations of this segment; one with Little Chrissy's lines intact and a shorter cut that excludes all of his dialogue (one line is cut, and another muted).

Notes

• Muppeteers in this number include Fran Brill, Tyler Bunch, Kevin Clash (Little Chrissy),^[1] Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Zoe),^[1] Alice Dinnean, Eric Jacobson, Jim Kroupa, Noel MacNeal (Bert),^[2] Joey Mazzarino, Jerry Nelson, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, and John Tartaglia.

• Toward the end of the song, Bert's eye fell off of the puppet's face.^[2]

Releases

Video

• Sesame English: "Do You Like It?", "Here in Right Field" (both edited)
• What's the Name of That Song? (2004, introduction cut and additional floating letters added in)
• 40 Years of Sunny Days (2009)
• Alphabet Songs (2014) (introduction cut)

Online

• SesameStreet's YouTube Channel short version: (YouTube)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Stephanie D'Abruzzo on Twitter, December 18, 2018 tweet
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Ryan Dillon on Getting Felt Up podcast, episode #23 (01:10:56)