Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats

Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats is a Sesame Street band led by Little Chrissy that first appeared in 1973. They were made from 3 Anything Muppets, Fat Blue, Green, and Lavender.

The performers for the group included Christopher Cerf as Little Chrissy (who was named after his performer), Jeff Moss as the Lavender Alphabeat, and Richard Hunt as the Green Alphabeat.

In the group's first appearance, "Count it Higher" the Alphabeats had a wilder look, with wider eyes and messier hair. The color of their hair was also different, with the Green one sporting spiky black hair and the Lavender one sporting a blond ’do. In this appearance, there were also three Alphabeats, the third being a Hot Pink Anything Muppet with orange hair who wore a blue-and-white striped shirt, and was performed by Jerry Nelson. This was his only gig with the band.

Big Jeffy also appeared with the band on a number of occasions, including in the numbers "Gonna Rock You to Sleep", "I Go to School", and "Kindergarten". He replaces the Lavender Alphabeat in these songs.

In addition to performing their own numbers, Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats have occasionally provided back-up music for Don Music in "Sesame Street News Flash" segments (for most of these sketches, the Lavender Alphabeat was performed by Richard Hunt, and the Green Alphabeat was performed by Jerry Nelson). For "Yellowstone Park", the Alphabeats have their regular performers.

Songs

The group's first single, "Count It Higher"/"Exit".

The group's other single, "One Way"/"The Opposite Song.

Entire group

• "Cluck Around the Clock"
• "Count it Higher"
• "Exit"
• "Gonna Rock You to Sleep"
• "I Go to School"
• "Kindergarten"
• "Rock 'N Roll Readers"
• "You're Alive"

Little Chrissy solo

• "Eight Balls of Fur"
• "The Opposite Song"
• "Raise Your Hand"
• "Wet or Dry"

Album credit only

• "Mary Had a Bicycle"
• "One Way"

In Season 30, Little Chrissy also played piano during Patti LaBelle's performance in the Gospel Alphabet song.

Book appearances

• See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil (1975)
• The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
• Fooled You, Bert! (1981)
• Count to Ten (1986)
• Just Like Ernie (1988)
• Sesame Street Lift-and-Peek Party! (1998)