Sesame Street Celebrates!

Songs from	Sesame Street
Released	1994
Format	cassette
Label	Golden Music
Cat no.	5219

Sesame Street Celebrates! was released on cassette by Golden Music in 1994 to commemorate Sesame Street's 25th anniversary. The album included guest performances by En Vogue, Little Richard, Marilyn Horne, Los Lobos and Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

The album included eight tracks that had not been released before: the 1990s calypso-flavored "Sesame Street Theme", "Adventure", the Little Richard version of "Rubber Duckie", the Marilyn Horne version of "C Is for Cookie", "A New Way to Walk", "Happy Tappin' with Elmo", "Elmo and the Lavender Moon", and the Ladysmith Black Mambazo version of "Sing".

The album's closing number, "Sing", was taken from the soundtrack of the 25th anniversary special, Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration. In fact, the packaging says "Featuring songs from the PBS TV Special Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration, and the Random House Home Video Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration."

Track listing

Side One

1. Sesame Street Theme - The Kids
   music by Joe Raposo, lyrics by Jon Stone, Bruce Hart, Joe Raposo
2. Somebody Come and Play - Big Bird and the Kids
   by Joe Raposo
3. Adventure - En Vogue
   by Christopher Cerf
4. African Alphabet - Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Kermit the Frog
   by Joe Raposo
5. I Love Trash - Oscar the Grouch and Bob
   by Jeff Moss
6. The Monster in the Mirror - Grover
   music by Christopher Cerf, lyrics by Norman Stiles and Christopher Cerf
7. Skin! - Kevin Clash
   by Jeff Moss
8. Bein' Green - Kermit the Frog
   by Joe Raposo
9. Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange) - Grover, Herry Monster, Cookie Monster and Frazzle
   music by Stephen Lawrence, lyrics by David Axlerod
10. Rubber Duckie - Little Richard
    by Jeff Moss
11. I Don't Want to Live on the Moon - Ernie
    by Jeff Moss

Side Two

1. C Is for Cookie - Marilyn Horne and Cookie Monster
   by Joe Raposo
2. Put Down the Duckie - Ernie and Hoots the Owl
   music by Christopher Cerf, lyrics by Norman Stiles
3. A New Way to Walk - The Oinker Sisters
   music by Joe Raposo, lyrics by Mark Saltzman
4. Count it Higher - Chrissy and the Alphabeats
   by Christopher Cerf
5. Little Things - Prairie Dawn
   by Joe Raposo
6. Happy Tappin' with Elmo - Elmo
   by Christopher Cerf
7. Elmo and the Lavender Moon - Los Lobos and Elmo
   by David Hidalgo and Louie Pérez
8. Dance Myself to Sleep - Ernie and Bert
   music by Christopher Cerf, lyrics by Christopher Cerf and Norman Stiles
9. We Are All Earthlings - A Boy and the Anything Muppet Animals
   music by Jeff Moss, lyrics by Sara Compton
10. Sing - Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Kids and the Cast of Sesame Street
    by Joe Raposo

See also

• Sesame Street discography