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{{song|writer=[[Joe Raposo]]|composer=|lyricist=|date=[[1987]]|source=|publisher=Jonico Music, Inc.}}
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{{song|image=Ladysmithblackmambazo.jpg|writer=[[Joe Raposo]]|composer=|lyricist=|date=[[1987]]|source=|publisher=Jonico Music, Inc.|eka=[[Episode 2404]]}}
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[[File:Sesame Street African Alphabet|thumb|300px|right|Kermit and the Anything Muppets sing "African Alphabet."]]
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[[Image:Ladysmithblackmambazo.jpg|thumb|300px]]
 
 
[[Image:PaulSimonLBM.ABC.jpg|thumb|300px|Live-action version with Paul Simon.]]
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"'''African Alphabet'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song performed by [[Kermit the Frog]] and a group of [[Anything Muppets]] voiced by the South African a capella group [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]. {{eka|2404}} Ladysmith Black Mambazo later performed the song with [[Paul Simon]], this time appearing as themselves on-screen. {{eka|2480}}
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"'''African Alphabet'''" is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' song performed by [[Kermit the Frog]] and a group of [[Anything Muppets]] voiced by the South African a capella group [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]]. The AM group is made up of five different patterns: [[Fat Blue]], [[Lavender]], [[Pumpkin]], [[Purple]], and [[Little Anything Muppets|Reddish Magenta]]. The creatures of the savanna, including numerous [[frogs]] and [[birds]], sing along as well.
   
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Rather than simply recounting the letters of the [[Alphabet|alphabet]], the song tells a short story in which each word begins with a consecutive letter of the alphabet.
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Rather than simply recounting the letters of the [[alphabet]], the song tells a short story in which each word begins with a consecutive letter of the alphabet.
   
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo also performed the song with [[Paul Simon]], this time appearing as themselves on-screen. {{eka|2480}}
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A clip from Kermit's version opens the documentary ''[[The World According to Sesame Street]]''. A clip from this version also appears in the timeline sequence in ''[[The Street We Live On]]''.
 
   
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A worm parody of the group, "Wormsmith Black Mambazo," sang the song in [[episode 3448|a 1996 episode]].
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Image:PaulSimonLBM.ABC.jpg|Live action version
 
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==Releases==
 
==Releases==
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;Audio (Kermit's version)
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;Audio
 
*''[[Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration]]'' (1991)
 
*''[[Sesame Street Celebrates!]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Sesame Street Celebrates!]]'' (1994)
 
*''[[Sesame Street Best]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Sesame Street Best]]'' (1997)
 
*''[[Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music]]'' (2003)
 
*''[[Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music]]'' (2003)
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*''[[Lyrical Letters]]'' (2014)
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;Video (Kermit's version)
 
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;Video
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*''[[Shalom Sesame]]'': [[Show 10: Passover]] (1990)
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*''[[Shalom Sesame]]'': [[Show 10: Passover|Passover]] (1990)
 
*''[[The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street]]'' (1998)
 
*''[[The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street]]'' (1998)
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*''[[Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days]]'' (2009)
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*''[[The World According to Sesame Street]]'' (2006, excerpt)
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*''[[40 Years of Sunny Days]]'' (2009)
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*''[[ABCs with Elmo]]'' (2010)
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*''[[Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music]]'' (1990, with added narration by [[Jon Stone]])
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*''[[The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson]]'' (1990, clip)
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*''[[The Street We Live On]]'' (2004, brief clip during timeline sequence only)
 
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;Online
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*[[Sesamestreet.org]] Kermit's version: {{SSvideo|246427e2-0ed8-42fd-92d6-e5ee56b0be92}}
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*[[Sesamestreet.org]] Kermit's version: {{SSvideo|0a0db998-1563-11dd-a62f-919b98326687}}
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*[[SesameStreet's YouTube Channel]] Kermit's version: {{youtube|zl8pxaxxReo}} Wormsmith version: {{youtube|TAlE3zbZvB8}}
   
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 14:20, 10 August 2015

Ladysmithblackmambazo
Written by Joe Raposo
Date 1987
Publisher Jonico Music, Inc.
EKA Episode 2404
Sesame_Street_African_Alphabet

Sesame Street African Alphabet

Kermit and the Anything Muppets sing "African Alphabet."

PaulSimonLBM

Live-action version with Paul Simon.

"African Alphabet" is a Sesame Street song performed by Kermit the Frog and a group of Anything Muppets voiced by the South African a capella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. The AM group is made up of five different patterns: Fat Blue, Lavender, Pumpkin, Purple, and Reddish Magenta. The creatures of the savanna, including numerous frogs and birds, sing along as well.

Rather than simply recounting the letters of the alphabet, the song tells a short story in which each word begins with a consecutive letter of the alphabet.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo also performed the song with Paul Simon, this time appearing as themselves on-screen. (EKA: Episode 2480)

A worm parody of the group, "Wormsmith Black Mambazo," sang the song in a 1996 episode.

Releases

Audio
Video
Special
Online

See also