Letters ...and Numbers, Too!

Letters ...and Numbers, Too! album cover.

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Songs from	Sesame Street
Released	1974
Format	LP
Label	Sesame Street Records
Cat no.	CTW 22055

Later reissue cover.

Released in 1974, this album consisted of previously released material from earlier Sesame Street albums, as well as some newer material. The actual cover title of this album is "I'm gonna sit right down and write myself some LETTERS ...and NUMBERS, too!", a reference to "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter", a popular song from the 1930's. Later editions of this album were retitled Letters and Numbers.

Track Listing

Side One ("numbers" side)

1. The Number Five - The Kids
   (Raposo/Henson)
2. Five People In My Family - The Anything Muppets
   (Moss)
3. I've Got Two - Bob, Susan, Gordon, Mr. Hooper, Oscar the Grouch, and Big Bird
   (Raposo/Moss)
4. The Count Counts Flowers - The Count
   (Moss/Kingsley)
5. Adding - The Anything Muppets
   (Moss/Kingsley)
6. Count It Higher - Chris and the Alphabeats
   (Cerf)
7. No Matter How You Count Them - The Anything Muppets
   (Moss/Kingsley)
8. Roosevelt Franklin Counts - Roosevelt Franklin
   (Raposo/Robinson)
9. Song of the Count - The Count
   (Moss/Kingsley)

Side Two ("letters" side)

1. J-Jump - The Kids
   (Raposo)
2. "J" Friends - The Anything Muppets
   (Moss)
3. The "K" Poem - Herbert Birdsfoot
   (Juhl)
4. My Favorite Letter "P" - The Anything Muppets
   (Moss)
5. Sammy the Snake - Sammy the Snake
   (Moss)
6. "X" Marks the Spot - Sherlock Hemlock
   (Raposo)
7. Zizzy Zoomers - The Anything Muppets
   (Raposo)
8. Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet - Roosevelt Franklin
   (Raposo/Robinson)
9. What's My Letter? - Guy Smiley and Prairie Dawn
   (Juhl)

Other releases

• C 5055 (Sesame Street cassette)

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Album Produced by

Joe Raposo

Project Supervisor

Arthur Shimkin

Words and Music Mostly by

Jeffrey Moss and Joe Raposo

Additional material written by the Sesame Street writers:

Jeffrey Moss, Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey, Jerry Juhl, Emily Perl Kingsley, Nina Link, Robert Oksner, Ray Sipherd, Norman Stiles and Daniel Wilcox

Musical Director

Joe Raposo

Head Writer

Jeffrey Moss

Music Coordinator

Danny Epstein

Editing by

James Timmens

Project Coordinator

Jacquie Turner

Art Director

Robert Pierce

Photography

Judy Ross and Sandy Speiser

Properties Director

Nat Mongioi

Project Directors for CTW

Christopher Cerf and Sharon Lerner

THE CAST

SESAME STREET

Northern Calloway as David

Emilio Delgado as Luis

Will Lee as Mr. Hooper

Loretta Long as Susan

Sonia Manzano as Maria

Bob McGrath as Bob

Hal Miller as Gordon

THE MUPPETS

Created by Jim Henson

Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar

Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert

Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot, Snuffle-upagus, The Count, Sherlock Hemlock, Farley, Herry Monster and various Little Boys

Fran Brill as various Little Girls

Jim Henson as Ernie

ALBUM NOTES

A message to parents from the Children's Television Workshop

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 televsion programs. Children familiar with 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. Workshop revenues from this project will be used to support the continuing production of Sesame Street.

See Also

• Sesame Street Discography