Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats

Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats is a Sesame Street band led by Little Chrissy. His back-up singers, the Alphabeats, are usually played by Green and Lavender Anything Muppets in red shirts with pompadour hairstyles.

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).

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.

Songs

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

• "One Way"
• "Mary Had a Bicycle"

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

Appeareances

Book

• 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)