Changes: Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats

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Countithigher1976 — The group's first single, "Count It Higher"/"Exit".

CTW1977OneWayOpposite — The group's other single, "One Way"/"The Opposite Song.

Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats is a Sesame Street rock group that first appeared in 1973. The leader is Little Chrissy, backed up by Green and Lavender Anything Muppets in red shirts with pompadour hairstyles known as the Alphabeats.

The performers for the group included Christopher Cerf as Little Chrissy. The voices of the back-up Alphabeats varied, including Christopher Cerf, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson and Jeff Moss.

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 Alphabeat sporting spiky black hair and the Lavender one with an unkempt blond hairdo. In this appearance, there were also three Alphabeats, the third being a Hot Pink Anything Muppet (voiced by Jerry Nelson) with orange hair who wore a blue-and-white striped shirt. This was his only gig with the band.

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. In the early 1990's, Big Jeffy appeared in place of the lavender Alphabeat on a number of occasions including in the numbers "Gonna Rock You to Sleep", "I Go to School", and "Startin' Kindergarten".

Songs

Album credit only

"Mary Had a Bicycle"
"One Way"

Book appearances

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil (1975)
The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)
Fooled You, Bert! (1981)
Trace & Color Alphabet (1984)
Count to Ten (1986)
Just Like Ernie (1988)
Sesame Street Lift-and-Peek Party! (1998)

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+[[Image:Countithigher1976.jpg|thumb|300px|The group's first single, "Count It Higher"/"Exit".]]
-'''Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats''' is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' band led by [[Little Chrissy]] that first appeared in 1973. His back-up singers, the Alphabeats, are usually played by [[Green]] and [[Lavender]] [[Anything Muppets]] in red shirts with pompadour hairstyles.
+[[Image:CTW1977OneWayOpposite.jpg‎|thumb|300px|The group's other single, "One Way"/"The Opposite Song.]]
+'''Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats''' is a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' rock group that first appeared in 1973. The leader is [[Little Chrissy]], backed up by [[Green]] and [[Lavender]] [[Anything Muppets]] in red shirts with pompadour hairstyles known as the Alphabeats.
-The performers for the group included [[Christopher Cerf]] as Little Chrissy, [[Jeff Moss]] as the Lavender Alphabeat, and [[Richard Hunt]] as the Green Alphabeat (although was performed by [[Jerry Nelson]] in one sketch).
+The performers for the group included [[Christopher Cerf]] as Little Chrissy. The voices of the back-up Alphabeats varied, including Christopher Cerf, [[Richard Hunt]], [[Jerry Nelson]] and [[Jeff Moss]].
-In the group's first appearance, "[[Count it Higher (song)|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 [[Little Anything Muppets|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.
+In the group's first appearance, "[[Count It Higher (song)|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 Alphabeat sporting spiky black hair and the Lavender one with an unkempt blond hairdo. In this appearance, there were also three Alphabeats, the third being a [[Hot Pink]] Anything Muppet (voiced by Jerry Nelson) with orange hair who wore a blue-and-white striped shirt. 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. In the early 1990's, [[Big Jeffy]] appeared in place of the lavender Alphabeat on a number of occasions including in the numbers "[[Gonna Rock You to Sleep]]", "[[I Go to School]]", and "[[Startin' Kindergarten]]".
+<gallery widths=209 orientation="landscape" position="center" captionalign="center">
-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.
+Image:Song.countithigher.jpg‎|Original band line-up.
+Image:GoBabyGo!.jpg‎|Big Jeffy with the group.
+</gallery>
 ==Songs==
-[[Image:Countithigher1976.jpg|thumb|300px|The group's first single, "Count It Higher"/"Exit".]]
-[[Image:CTW1977OneWayOpposite.jpg‎|thumb|300px|The group's other single, "One Way"/"The Opposite Song.]]
-;Entire group
 *"[[Cluck Around the Clock]]"
-*"[[Count it Higher (song)|Count it Higher]]"
+*"[[Count It Higher (song)|Count It Higher]]"
 *"[[Exit]]"
 *"[[Gonna Rock You to Sleep]]"
 *"[[I Go to School]]"
-*"[[Kindergarten]]"
+*"[[Startin' 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]]"
-*"[[Mary Had a Bicycle]]"
-In [[Season 30]], Little Chrissy also played piano during [[Patti LaBelle]]'s performance in the [[Gospel Alphabet]] song.
+==Book appearances==
-==Appeareances==
-;Book
 * ''[[See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil]]'' (1975)
 * ''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
 * ''[[Fooled You, Bert!]]'' (1981)
+* ''[[Sesame Street coloring books|Trace &amp; Color Alphabet]]'' (1984)
 * ''[[Count to Ten]]'' (1986)
 * ''[[Just Like Ernie]]'' (1988)