Five People in My Family

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

This song was sung by an Anything Muppet family, led by the father, during the first season. The song was originally written 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.

Contents 1 The family 2 Performers 2.1 Album version 2.2 Televised version 3 Audio releases 4 Publications 5 Online 6 Trivia 7 Sources

The family

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

Performers

Album version

Jim Henson - Father

Lorretta Long - Mother

Caroll Spinney and Bob McGrath - Brothers

Frank Oz - Sister

Televised version

Jim Henson - Father

Loretta Long - Mother

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

Caroll Spinney - Sister

Audio releases

• 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

Publications

• The Sesame Street Songbook

Online

• Sesame Street Video Player
• Sesamestreet.org

Trivia

• 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]

Sources

1. ↑ Moss, Jeff The Sesame Street Songbook introduction