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| Songs from | Sesame Street |
| Released | 1979 |
| Format | LP |
| Label | Sesame Street Records |
| Cat no. | CTW 79008 |
Sesame Disco! gatefold.
Sesame Disco! is a 1979 Sesame Street album, a follow-up to the previous year's Sesame Street Fever. The album features the Sesame Street characters performing disco versions of classic Sesame songs, along with some new songs written during the disco era. All of the album's songs were written by Joe Raposo.
The Sesame characters are backed up by a chorus of female singers, credited on the album as "the Girls".
The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children, but it lost to the soundtrack album of The Muppet Movie.
Track listing[]
Side One
- What Makes Music? - The Entire Cast
- Me Lost Me Cookie at the Disco - Cookie Monster and the Girls
- The Happiest Street in the World - Big Bird, the Kids and the Girls
- Sing - The Girls
Side Two
- Disco Frog - Kermit the Frog and the Girls
- Doin' the Trash - Oscar the Grouch and the Girls
- Bein' Green - Kermit the Frog and the Girls
Note[]
- Side Two concludes with a reprise of "The Happiest Street in the World", although it is not listed on the album cover, or the record label.
Cast[]
- Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover, and Bert
- Jerry Nelson as Sam the Robot [sic], The Count and Herry Monster
- Carroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
- Jim Henson as Kermit the Frog and Ernie
- And the voices of the Girls: Maretha Stewart, Ullanda McCullough and Yvonne Lewis
Credits[]
- Executive producer: Joe Raposo
- Produced by Joe Raposo and Michael DeLugg
- Engineered by Michael DeLugg
- Mixed and edited by Michael DeLugg and Joe Raposo
- Conceived by Arthur Shimkin and Joe Raposo
- Continuity by Joe Raposo
- Musical direction by Joe Raposo
- Arranged and conducted by Dick Lieb, Leon Pendarvis, Jack Cortner, and Joe Raposo
- Art director: Robert Pierce
- Photography: Neil Selkirk
The Band[]
- Drums: Richard Crooks
- Bass: Gordon Johnson
- Guitars: Jack Cavari, Jeff Layton
- Keyboards: Leon Pendarvis, Cliff Hannon, Jack Cortner
- Conga: Errol Bennett
- Percussion: George Devens
- Trumpets: Mel Davis, Joe Shepley
- Trombones: Alan Raph, Wayne Andre
- Reeds: Wally Kane, Phil Bodner
- Strings: Julius Brand, Fred Buldrini, Peter Dimitriades, Max Hollander, Carmel Malin, Joe Malin, Anthony Posk, Michael Spivakowsky, Anthony Sophos
- Cellos: Jonathan Abramowitz, Jesse Levy
Other releases[]
Cassette1979
Sesame Street Records
C 79008
Sesame Street Records
C 79008
8-track1979
Sesame Street Records
Sesame Street Records
8-track1979
Sesame Street Records
CT8 79008
also released on black plastic
Sesame Street Records
CT8 79008
also released on black plastic
8-track1979
Sesame Street Records
8T 79008
Sesame Street Records
8T 79008
International releases[]
CassetteAustralia
Summit Records
CS 9001
Summit Records
CS 9001
Promotional material[]
Record World magazine
July 28, 1979
July 28, 1979
In-store poster