Steve Little (b. 1935) is a drummer who was part of Joe Raposo's house band on Sesame Street and performed on related albums. He played drums on the original version of the "Sesame Street Theme" among many others. Little also played for subsequent Children's Television Workshop series The Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact.
Little played drums with Duke Ellington in 1967 and 1968, notably heard on the 1968 album And His Mother Called Him Bill. He was also heard on the film soundtrack to The Wiz (1978) and drummed for Barbara Cook on her 1981 album It's Better with a Band.
Discography[]
- Bert & Ernie Sing-Along (1975)
- The Count Counts (1975)
- Merry Christmas from Sesame Street (1975)
- The Sesame Street Monsters! (1975)
- Aren't You Glad You're You? (1977)
- Big Bird Leads the Band (1977)
- Let Your Feelings Show! (1977)
- Happy Birthday from Sesame Street (1977)
- Numbers! (1977)
- Signs! (1977)
- Sleepytime Bird (1977)
- Fair Is Fair (1978)
- Sesame Street Story Time (1978)
- Every Body's Record (1979)
- Big Bird's Birdtime Stories (1980)
- The People in Your Neighborhood (1980)
- Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra (1981)
- Sesame Street Sing-Along! (1982)
- Exercise! (1982)
- For the First Time (1982)
- Born to Add (1983)
- The Gang's All Here (1983)
- Surprise! (1983)
- Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along (1984)
- Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo (1992)
- Elmo's Favorite Sing-Alongs (1993)
External links[]
- 2012 interview (archived link)
- Discogs.com- album listing