Stephen Lawrence

Stephen Lawrence, Patti Labelle, and Mark Saltzman

Stephen Lawrence (1939-2021) was a composer who worked for Sesame Street from 1980 to 2012. He additionally wrote music for Big Bag and The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss episode "The Gink" (with Belinda Ward).

In addition to his work composing for film, theater and television, he composed the title song and others for Free To Be...You And Me, the landmark Gold Record, book, and Emmy-winning ABC television special. He composed the million-selling song "You Take My Breath Away," which earned two Gold Records. He composed over 250 songs and scores for Sesame Street for which he received three shared Emmy Awards.

Sesame Street song credits

"Agua"

"All I Really Want is a Home"

"The All Our Senses Club"

"Alphaquest Theme"

"At Grundgetta's Grouch Beauty Salon"

"At the Bus Stop Sign"

"Baby Blankie Blues"

"Baby Boogie"

"Bats"

"Bears, Bears, Bears"

"Best Friend Blues"

"Be the Count"

"Big Kids Cry"

"The Bird Family"

"Boogie With Your Buddy"

"Broken and Beautiful"

"Celebrate"

"Charmin'"

"Come Along with Me"

"Come to My Casa"

"Cookie Subtraction Song"

"Cooperate"

"Counting Boo Boos"

"Counting One to Five"

"Crawling"

"Croissant!"

"Danny's Birthday"

"Disgusting"

"Doin' the Cat"

"Don't Be Afraid to Try"

"Drink Your Carrots"

"Elmo Wrote His Name"

"Everything in the Wrong Place Ball"

"Faces That I Love"

"Fast and Slow"

"Feathers and Fur"

"Feel the Beat"

"A Few of My Grouchiest, Yuckiest Things"

"Firefly"

"A Fish Outta Water"

"For Broccoli Hurray-Hurrah"

"Frazzle's Lullaby"

"From Here to There"

"Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange)"

"Get Your Body Busy"

"Getting to Count You"

"Gina"

"Gina's Dream"

"Girl of La Mancha"

"Gordon and Grandma"

"The Grouch Explorers"

"A Grouchy Place"

"A Grouchy Song"

"Grrr!/Sorry!"

"Gus Rhyme"

"Happy-Sad Song"

"Heart of a Frog"

"How Do You Do, Excuse Me"

"How Hard It Is to Go"

"How to Pretend"

"A Hug"

"I'll Show You the World"

"I'm Growing Up"

"I'm Not an Elephant"

"I'm Takin' a Break"

"I'm Under the Weather Over You"

"I'm Your Mommy Now"

"I Am Mutton, Hear Me Roar"

"I Am the World"

"I Could Have Counted All Night"

"I Feel Yucky"

"If I Were"

"If It Weren't for You, X"

"If Moon Was Cookie"

"I Love to Say No"

"I Say Banana"

"I'll Know"

"I'm Getting Married in the Trash Can"

"The Incredible Meal"

"In Front Of, In Back of (At the Very Same Time)"

"Island of Emotion"

"It's Somebody's Birthday"

"It's You, Bird, It's You"

"Just for Me"

"Listen and Bounce it Back"

"The Listening Song"

"Loving All Those Things"

"M is for Monster"

"Make Waves"

"May I Be Your Friend"

"Me and My Flowerpot"

"Me Llamo"

"The Milkshake Shake"

"Monster in Me"

"Mothers and Children"

"Mud! Mud! Mud!"

"My Outer Space Friend"

"My Papa Bear"

"NTV"

"Night Bug Boogie"

"Oh, Look What Our Baby Can Do!"

"On the Farm"

"On This Street Where I'm Grouchy"

"The One and Only One"

"One Note at a Time"

"One Two Blues"

"Outside and Inside (At the Very Same Time)"

"Over and Under (At the Very Same Time)"

"Pear"

"Playing the Bones"

"Read Me a Story"

"Recycling Blues"

"Remember"

"Sad, Sad, Sad"

"Save Your Energy for Me"

"Savion Becomes a Singer"

"Seven"

"Shark Song"

"She Brings Out the Grouch in Me"

"She's a Grouch"

"Sir Count-A-Lot"

"Someone to Look Up To"

"Someone's Here With Us Who Wasn't Here Before"

"Something Grouchy, Something Nice"

"Staying Overnight with a Friend"

"Step and Stomp"

"Stinky Family Song"

"The Sublime Ms. M"

"T Dance"

"Take the Hand of Someone You Love"

"Telly's Aquarium"

"That's Pretending"

"There's a Baby Coming"

"Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5"

"Twig by Twig"

"Two for Two"

"Waiting for the Bell to Ring"

"We Are All Monsters"

"We're Gonna Stay Up Late and Party"

"We're the Same"

"What Comes After Three?"

"When I Grow Up"

"When You're a Plant"

"Where's the Baby?"

"Windbusters"

"Windy Day"

"X Train"

"Yes Song"

"You Ought to Meet My Uncle"

"A Yummyful Day"

"Zoe, Zoe, Zoe"

"Zucchini"

External links

• Stephen Lawrence Music