Changes: Happy Birthday from Sesame Street (album)

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Released	1977
Format	LP
Label	Sesame Street Records
Cat no.	CTW 22078

Originally released in 1977, Happy Birthday from Sesame Street featured the Sesame Street cast getting together to sing birthday songs to the listener. The LP packaging originally included a game to accompany the song "Put a Cookie in My Mouth." The album was written and produced entirely by Jeff Moss.

The album was reissued on cassette by Golden Music in 1992, and on CD and cassette by Sony Wonder in 2004. However, the Sony Wonder edition dropped the song, "A Little Bit Bigger.

Track listing

Side One

Happy Birthday to You (Intro) - Cast
Music by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith-Hill, Lyrics by Unknown
Happy Birthday from Sesame Street - Cookie Monster, Bob, Bert, Ernie, David, Oscar the Grouch, Maria and Big Bird
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
A Little Bit Bigger - Big Bird, Ernie and Bob (excluded from 2004 reissue)
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
A Cat Had a Birthday - David
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
A Very Unhappy Birthday to You - Oscar the Grouch
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
Musical Chairs - Big Bird and Maria
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss

Side Two

When Will My Birthday Come? - Grover
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
Put a Cookie in My Mouth - Cookie Monster
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
Blow Out the Candles - Bob
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
Everyone Likes Ice Cream - The Anything Muppets
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
Birthday Rhyme Game - Big Bird and Maria
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
Thanks for the Party - Maria, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Bob
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss

Other releases

International releases

Production credits

Music, lyrics and continuity written and produced by Jeffrey Moss
Musical Director: Jim Timmens
Musical Coordinator: Danny Epstein
Musical Arrangements by Dave Conner and Jeffrey Moss
Associate Producer: Gary Van Rees
Project Supervisor: Arthur Shimkin
Project Director: Sharon Lerner
Project Coordinator: Debbie Kovacs
Art Director: Robert Pierce
Cover Photography: Neil Selkirk
Executive Producer of Sesame Street: Jon Stone
Musicians: Dave Conner, Bob Cranshaw, Mel Davis, Danny Epstein, Wally Kane, Steve Little, Jim Mitchell, Jim Timmens and Dave Tofani

Cast

Northern Calloway as David
Sonia Manzano as Maria
Bob McGrath as Bob
Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
Frank Oz as Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover
Jim Henson as Ernie
With Fran Brill, Richard Hunt and Jerry Nelson as The Anything Muppets

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-[[Image:BirthdayLP.jpg|frame|''Happy Birthday from Sesame Street'' album cover.]]
+{{album|image=BirthdayLP.jpg|soundtrack=|date=[[1977]]|format=LP|label=[[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]]|catalogue=CTW 22078}}
-{{album|soundtrack=|date=[[1977]]|format=LP|label=Sesame Street Records|catalogue=CTW 22078}}
-Originally released as an LP in [[1977]], '''''Happy Birthday from Sesame Street''''' featured the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' cast getting together to sing birthday songs to the listener.  The LP packaging originally included a game to accompany the song "[[Put a Cookie in My Mouth]]."  The album was written and produced entirely by [[Jeff Moss]].  It was reissued on cassette by Golden Music in [[1992]], and on CD by Sony Wonder in [[2004]].
+Originally released in 1977, '''''Happy Birthday from Sesame Street''''' featured the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' cast getting together to sing birthday songs to the listener.  The LP packaging originally included a game to accompany the song "[[Put a Cookie in My Mouth]]."  The album was written and produced entirely by [[Jeff Moss]].
+The album was reissued on cassette by [[Golden Music]] in 1992, and on CD and cassette by [[Sony Wonder]] in 2004.  However, the Sony Wonder edition dropped the song, "[[A Little Bit Bigger]]''.
-==Track Listing==
+==Track listing==
-#[[Happy Birthday to You]] (Intro)  - Cast<br><font size="1">Music by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith-Hill, Lyrics by Unknown</font>
+'''Side One'''
-#Happy Birthday From Sesame Street - [[Cookie Monster]], [[Bob]], [[Bert]], [[Ernie]], [[David]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Maria]] and [[Big Bird]]<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by [[Jeff Moss]]</font>
-#[[A Little Bit Bigger]] (excluded from 2004 reissue) - Big Bird, Ernie and Bob<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
+#[[Happy Birthday to You]] (Intro) - Cast<br><font size="1">Music by Mildred J. Hill and Patty Smith-Hill, Lyrics by Unknown</font><br>[[Happy Birthday from Sesame Street (song)|Happy Birthday from Sesame Street]] - [[Cookie Monster]], [[Bob]], [[Bert]], [[Ernie]], [[David]], [[Oscar the Grouch]], [[Maria]] and [[Big Bird]]<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by [[Jeff Moss]]</font>
+#[[A Little Bit Bigger]] - Big Bird, Ernie and Bob (excluded from 2004 reissue) <br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
 #[[A Cat Had a Birthday]] - David<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
 #[[A Very Unhappy Birthday (To You)|A Very Unhappy Birthday to You]] - Oscar the Grouch<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
 #[[Musical Chairs]] - Big Bird and Maria<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
+'''Side Two'''
 #[[When Will My Birthday Come?]] - [[Grover]]<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
 #[[Put a Cookie in My Mouth]] - Cookie Monster<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
 #[[Blow Out the Candles]] - Bob<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
-#[[Everyone Likes Ice Cream]]  - [[Anything Muppets|The Anything Muppets]]<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
+#[[Everyone Likes Ice Cream]] - [[Anything Muppets|The Anything Muppets]]<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
-#[[Birthday Rhyme Game]]  - Big Bird and Maria<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
+#[[Birthday Rhyme Game]] - Big Bird and Maria<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
-#[[Thanks for the Party]]  - Maria, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Bob<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
+#[[Thanks for the Party]] - Maria, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Bob<br><font size="1">Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss</font>
-==Cover gallery==
+==Other releases==
 <gallery>
-Image:Album.happybirthday-cass.jpg|{{GNH|cassette}}[[1992]]<br>Golden Music<br>4054
+Image:Noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Sesame Street Records<br>C 5078
+File:HappyBirthdayFromSS8track.jpg|{{GNH|8-track}}1977<br>Sesame Street Records<br>8T-5078
-Image:Happybirthdayfromsesame.jpg|{{GNH|CD}}[[2004]]<br>Sony Wonder
+Image:HappyBirthdayGNL227.jpg|{{GNH|Cassette}}[[Sight & Sound]]<br>GNL-227
+Image:Album.happybirthday-cass.jpg|{{GNH|Cassette}}1992<br>[[Golden Music]]<br>4054
+Image:Happybirthdayfromsesame.jpg|{{GNH|CD}}2004<br>[[Sony Wonder]]<br>LK 91260<br>LK 92599
+Image:Noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}2004<br>Sony Wonder<br>LT 91260<br>LT 92599
 </gallery>
-==Other releases==
+==International releases==
+<gallery>
-*C 5078 (Sesame Street cassette)
+File:Summit1977HappyBirthdayLP.jpg|{{GNH|LP}}[[Australia]]<br>[[Summit Records]]<br>8006
-*GNL-227 (Sight & Sound cassette)
+File:Summit1977CS8006HappyBirthdayCassette.jpg|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Summit Records<br>CS 8006
+File:Noimage-big.png|{{GNH|LP}}Australia<br>Axis Records<br/>AXIS 6354
+File:Noimage-big.png|{{GNH|Cassette}}Australia<br>Axis Records<br/>TC AXIS 6354
+</gallery>
-==Production Credits==
+==Production credits==
-:'''Music, lyrics and continuity written and produced by:'''
+*Music, lyrics and continuity written and produced by Jeffrey Moss
+*Musical Director: Jim Timmens
-::Jeffrey Moss
-:'''Musical Director:'''
+*Musical Coordinator: [[Danny Epstein]]
+*Musical Arrangements by [[Dave Conner]] and Jeffrey Moss
-::Jim Timmens
+*Associate Producer: Gary Van Rees
-:'''Musical Coordinator:'''
+*Project Supervisor: [[Arthur Shimkin]]
-::[[Danny Epstein]]
+*Project Director: [[Sharon Lerner]]
-:'''Musical Arrangements by'''
+*Project Coordinator: [[Deborah Kovacs|Debbie Kovacs]]
-::[[Dave Conner]] and Jeffrey Moss
+*Art Director: [[Robert Pierce]]
-:'''Associate Producer:'''
+*Cover Photography: [[Neil Selkirk]]
-::Gary Van Rees
+*Executive Producer of Sesame Street: [[Jon Stone]]
-:'''Project Supervisor:'''
+*Musicians: [[Dave Conner]], [[Bob Cranshaw]], [[Mel Davis]], [[Danny Epstein]], [[Wally Kane]], Steve Little, Jim Mitchell, Jim Timmens and Dave Tofani
-::[[Arthur Shimkin]]
-:'''Project Director:'''
-::[[Sharon Lerner]]
-:'''Project Coordinatoor:'''
-::Debbie Kovacs
-:'''Art Director:'''
-::Robert Pierce
-:'''Cover Photography:'''
-::[[Neil Selkirk]]
-:'''Executive Producer of Sesame Street:'''
-::[[Jon Stone]]
-:'''Musicians'''
-::[[Dave Conner]], Bob Cranshaw, Mel Davis, [[Danny Epstein]], Wally Kane, Steve Little, Jim Mitchell, Jim Timmens and Dave Tofani
 ==Cast==
+*[[Northern Calloway]] as [[David]]
-:'''SESAME STREET'''
-::[[Northern Calloway]] as ''David
+*[[Sonia Manzano]] as [[Maria]]
-::[[Sonia Manzano]] as ''Maria
+*[[Bob McGrath]] as [[Bob]]
+*[[Caroll Spinney]] as [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]
-::[[Bob McGrath]] as ''Bob
+*[[Frank Oz]] as [[Bert]], [[Cookie Monster]] and [[Grover]]
+*[[Jim Henson]] as [[Ernie]]
-:'''THE MUPPETS'''
+*With [[Fran Brill]], [[Richard Hunt]] and [[Jerry Nelson]] as [[The Anything Muppets]]
-::'''Created by [[Jim Henson]]
-::[[Caroll Spinney]] as ''Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch''
-::[[Frank Oz]] as ''Bert, Cookie Monster and Grover''
-::Jim Henson as ''Ernie''
-::With: [[Fran Brill]], [[Richard Hunt]] and [[Jerry Nelson]] as ''The Anything Muppets
-==Album Notes==
-:'''Parents:''' The "Put a Cookie in my Mouth" game enclosed is similar to "Pin the Tail on the Donkey."  You will need a blindfold, paper, cookies and pins.
-:'''A Message to parents from the [[Sesame Workshop|Children's Television Workshop]], producers of ''Sesame Street''
-::With this record, Sesame Street is only as far away as your record player.  Now your child can visit his Sesame Street friends at any time of day and discover the same combination of entertainment and education found on our television programs.<br>Children familiar with the Sesame Street characters will delight in hearing their favorites again and again.  But even those who have never watched the show will be able to enjoy, and learn from this album.<br>Workshop revenues from this project will be used to support the continuing production of Sesame Street.
-==See Also==
+==See also==
 *[[Sesame Street Discography]]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Happy Birthday From Sesame Street}}
 [[Category:Sesame Street Albums]]
-[[Category:Birthdays]]
+[[Category:Birthday Merchandise]]

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Changes: Happy Birthday from Sesame Street (album)

Revision as of 00:43, 14 August 2015

Contents

Track listing

Other releases

International releases

Production credits

Cast

See also