It's Been a Long, Long Time

Music by	Jule Styne
Lyrics by	Sammy Cahn
Date	1945
Publisher	Cahn Music Co.; Morley Music Co.

The Royal Transylvanians (with lead vocals by Marilyn Sokol) sing "It's Been a Long, Long Time" on several Sesame Street recordings.

The song's opening lyric of "Kiss me once, kiss me twice..." fits in with the counting and numbers theme of the albums on which it appears. In fact, during the song the Count can't help counting everything in the song as it's performed.

The Royal Transylvanians are a reference to bandleader Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians.

Audio releases

• The Count Counts (1975)
• The Count's Countdown (1997)

See also

• Count von Count Songs