Letters ...and Numbers, Too!

Letters ...and Numbers, Too! first edition 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
   Music and Lyrics by Jeff 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
   Music and Lyrics by Christopher 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
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
2. "J" Friends - The Anything Muppets
   Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
3. The "K" Poem - Herbert Birdsfoot
   Written by Jerry Juhl
4. My Favorite Letter "P" - The Anything Muppets
   Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
5. Sammy the Snake - Sammy the Snake
   Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
6. "X" Marks the Spot - Sherlock Hemlock
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
7. Zizzy Zoomers - The Anything Muppets
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
8. Roosevelt Franklin's Alphabet - Roosevelt Franklin
   (Raposo/Robinson)
9. What's My Letter? - Guy Smiley and Prairie Dawn
   Written by Jerry Juhl

Cast

• Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
• Loretta Long as Susan
• Bob McGrath as Bob
• Matt Robinson as Gordon
• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar
• Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert
• Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot, The Count, Sherlock Hemlock, *Farley, Sammy the Snake and Herry Monster
• Fran Brill as Prairie Dawnb
• Jim Henson as Ernie and Guy Smiley

Other releases

• C 5055 (Sesame Street cassette)
• T 5055 (Sesame Street 8-track tape)

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

See also

• Sesame Street Discography