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[[Christopher Cerf]], who lost his voice at the time, later sung a portion of the song at the Brooklyn Public Library on November 21, 2009. |
[[Christopher Cerf]], who lost his voice at the time, later sung a portion of the song at the Brooklyn Public Library on November 21, 2009. |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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*When the Beatles' catalogue was still owned by Northern Songs, the company attempted to sue Children's Television Workshop for $5.5 million. They cited that the song too closely resembled "Let It Be." Before the case came to trial, [[Michael Jackson]] purchased the Lennon/McCartney catalogue and the suit was dropped. The Children's Television Workshop was only fined $50, which was paid out of Christopher Cerf's own pocket. Paul McCartney, who was not involved in the lawsuit, wrote to Cerf saying that he liked the song.<ref>Chris Cerf at a book signing for ''[[Street Gang]]'', 1/5/09 [http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=toughpigs&ctx=&cacheTag=19-56&msg=11514.17]</ref> |
*When the Beatles' catalogue was still owned by Northern Songs, the company attempted to sue Children's Television Workshop for $5.5 million. They cited that the song too closely resembled "Let It Be." Before the case came to trial, [[Michael Jackson]] purchased the Lennon/McCartney catalogue and the suit was dropped. The Children's Television Workshop was only fined $50, which was paid out of Christopher Cerf's own pocket. Paul McCartney, who was not involved in the lawsuit, wrote to Cerf saying that he liked the song.<ref>Chris Cerf at a book signing for ''[[Street Gang]]'', 1/5/09 [http://forums.delphiforums.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=toughpigs&ctx=&cacheTag=19-56&msg=11514.17]</ref> |
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| − | *On the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" VHS, the video has [[MTV]]-style captions that refer to "Lemon Records" (a parody of "Apple Records"), and also had an album name that would later be released onto CD five years later (Sesame Road). |
+ | *On the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" VHS, the video has [[MTV]]-style captions that refer to "Lemon Records" (a parody of "Apple Records"), and also had an album name that would later be released onto CD five years later (Sesame Road); the lyrics to this song were released in the original release of the video. |
| − | *Lyrics to this song were released in the original release of the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" VHS. |
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==Releases== |
==Releases== |
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;Audio (album version) |
;Audio (album version) |
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*''[[Born to Add (album)|Born to Add]]'' (1983 edition only) |
*''[[Born to Add (album)|Born to Add]]'' (1983 edition only) |
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| − | *''[[Sesame Road]]'' (1993) |
+ | *''[[Sesame Road]]'' (1993, with added introduction by [[Big Bird]]) |
*''[[Sesame Street Best]]'' (1997) |
*''[[Sesame Street Best]]'' (1997) |
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;Video |
;Video |
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*''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'' (1988, intro cut) |
*''[[Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street]]'' (1988, intro cut) |
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| + | *''[[Old School: Volume 3]]'' (2012) |
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;Online |
;Online |
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*''[[The Sesame Street Podcast]]'': The Letter B (edited) |
*''[[The Sesame Street Podcast]]'': The Letter B (edited) |
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Revision as of 19:06, 28 November 2013
| Written by | Christopher Cerf |
| Date | 1979 |
| Publisher | Splotched Animal Music Co. |
"Letter B" is a song parody of The Beatles' song "Let It Be," sung on Sesame Street by The Beetles. Richard Hunt provided lead vocals. As the title implies, the song teaches about B words.
Christopher Cerf, who lost his voice at the time, later sung a portion of the song at the Brooklyn Public Library on November 21, 2009.
Notes
- When the Beatles' catalogue was still owned by Northern Songs, the company attempted to sue Children's Television Workshop for $5.5 million. They cited that the song too closely resembled "Let It Be." Before the case came to trial, Michael Jackson purchased the Lennon/McCartney catalogue and the suit was dropped. The Children's Television Workshop was only fined $50, which was paid out of Christopher Cerf's own pocket. Paul McCartney, who was not involved in the lawsuit, wrote to Cerf saying that he liked the song.[1]
- On the "Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street" VHS, the video has MTV-style captions that refer to "Lemon Records" (a parody of "Apple Records"), and also had an album name that would later be released onto CD five years later (Sesame Road); the lyrics to this song were released in the original release of the video.
Releases
- Audio (album version)
- Born to Add (1983 edition only)
- Sesame Road (1993, with added introduction by Big Bird)
- Sesame Street Best (1997)
- Video
- Count It Higher: Great Music Videos from Sesame Street (1988, intro cut)
- Old School: Volume 3 (2012)
- Online
- The Sesame Street Podcast: The Letter B (edited)
- Other
- Letters (computer game) (released as audio)
Sources
- ↑ Chris Cerf at a book signing for Street Gang, 1/5/09 [1]