Written by	Jeff Moss
Date	1969
Publisher	Festival Attractions, Inc.

"Five People in My Family" is a Sesame Street song that first aired in the eighth episode of the first season.

In the original version of the sketch, the song was sung by an Anything Muppet family, as the father introduces his family to Gordon. The song has also been sung by Bob as "Five Fingers on My Left Hand", and was later remade as "Five Monsters in My Family". The performers differ slightly on the record and TV versions.

The familyEdit

• Father: Fat Blue
• Mother: Pumpkin
• Brother: Green
• Brother: Purple
• Sister: Reddish Magenta

PerformersEdit

Album versionEdit

Jim Henson - Father

Loretta Long - Mother

Caroll Spinney and Bob McGrath - Brothers

Frank Oz - Sister

Televised versionEdit

Jim Henson - Father

Loretta Long - Mother

Bob McGrath (Green Anything Muppet) and Frank Oz (Purple Anything Muppet) - Brothers

Caroll Spinney - Sister

ReleasesEdit

Audio

• Number Five/Five People in My Family//I've Got Two (single, 1970)
• The Sesame Street Book & Record (1970)
• Letters ...and Numbers, Too! (1974)
• Five People in My Family/People in Your Neighborhood (single, 1976)
• My Record (1983)
• Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration
• Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music

Online

• Sesamestreet.org (SSvideo)

Publications

• Sesame Street Songbook Vol. 1
• The Sesame Street Songbook (1971, 1992 and 2007 editions)
• Songs of Sesame Street (1977)

Other

• Count TV

NotesEdit

• A translated version of this song, with a different music score, was performed on the first soundtrack album for Sesamstraat, the Dutch co-production of Sesame Street. It was preceded by a short sketch in which the father and mother explain to their children what the word 'family' means. This piece of dialogue reveals some background information on their identity: the family is known as the Rijnwinkel Family. Other family members who are mentioned by name include Uncle Co and Aunt Rose - whose current residence is in Limburg, a Southern province in The Netherlands - and cousins Wouter, Hans, Marlies and Alinda.

• The family from this song were made as finger puppets, with a number 5 accessory, as part of the More Sesame Street Finger Puppets set.

• This is the first song that Jeff Moss wrote for Sesame Street.^[1]

SourcesEdit

1. ↑ Moss, Jeff The Sesame Street Songbook introduction