Somebody Come and Play (album)
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Somebody Come and Play first edition album cover.
| Songs from | Sesame Street |
| Released | 1974 |
| Format | LP |
| Label | Sesame Street Records |
| Catalogue no. | CTW 22060 |
Somebody Come and Play contains a collection of Sesame Street's activity songs and games. Although some material comes from the earlier Columbia and Warner Brothers albums, other tracks appear here for the first time, including the soundtracks from two What's My Part? sketches. The album's full cover title is Somebody come and play...with me on SESAME STREET. It was later reissued with the title Play-Along Songs, with the same cover photo.
Contents |
Track listing
Side One
- Somebody Come and Play - The Kids
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo - Goin' For a Ride - The Anything Muppets
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss - One of These Things - Bob and Susan
(Raposo-Stone) - The Word Family Song - Dan and Friend
(Raposo-Moss) - Everybody Wash - Ernie and Bert
(Raposo-Stone-Henson) - Stop! - Gordon
(Raposo-Moss) - What's My Part? Nose - Guy Smiley, Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Cookie Monster
Side Two
- Play Along - Gordon, Susan, Mr. Hooper and The Muppets
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo - Marching Song - Big Bird and The Muppets
Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo - Rub Your Tummy - Gordon
(Raposo-Connell) - Pat Pat Patty Pat - The Muppets
(Raposo-Juhl) - What's My Part? Foot - Guy Smiley, Bennett Snerf, Arlene Frantic and Professor Hastings
- My Name is David - David, Luis, Bob and Susan
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss - Show Me How You Feel - Gordon
Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
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 Direcctor: 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
Cast
- Northern Calloway as David
- Emilio Delgado as Luis
- Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
- Loretta Long as Susan
- Bob McGrath as Bob
- Matt Robinson as Gordon (on "Stop", "Play Along", and "Rub Your Tummy")
- Hal Miller as Gordon (on "Show Me How You Feel")
- Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
- Frank Oz as Cookie Monster, Grover and Bert
- Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot
- Fran Brill as various Little Girls
- Jim Henson as Ernie and Guy Smiley
