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'''Stephen Lawrence''' has been a composer for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' since [[1980]].
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'''Stephen Lawrence''' has been a composer for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' since 1980.
   
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In addition to his work composing for film, theater and television, he composed the title song and others for Free To Be...You And Me, the landmark Gold Record, book, and Emmy-winning ABC television special. He composed the million-selling song "You Take My Breath Away," which earned two Gold Records. He composed over 250 songs and scores for Sesame Street for which he received three shared Emmy Awards.
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In addition to his work composing for film, theater and television, he composed the title song and others for ''Free To Be...You And Me'', the landmark Gold Record, book, and [[Emmy]]-winning [[ABC]] television special. He composed the million-selling song "You Take My Breath Away," which earned two Gold Records. He composed over 250 songs and scores for ''Sesame Street'' for which he received three shared Emmy Awards.
   
 
==Selected credits==
  
==Selected credits==
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:[[1974]]: Composer (lyrics by Bruce Hart), Music Director, ''Free to Be... You & Me''
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:1974: Composer (lyrics by Bruce Hart), Music Director, ''Free to Be... You & Me''
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:[[1974]]: Composer, score for motion picture Bang The Drum Slowly, starring Robert DiNiro
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:1974: Composer, score for motion picture Bang The Drum Slowly, starring Robert DiNiro
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:[[1983]]: Composer (with [[Dick Lieb]]), ''[[Don't Eat the Pictures]]''
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:1983: Composer (with [[Dick Lieb]]), ''[[Don't Eat the Pictures]]''
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:[[1984]]: Composer, three songs for A...My Name Is Alice
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:1984: Composer, three songs for A...My Name Is Alice
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:[[1993]]: Composer, ''[[Sesame Street Stays Up Late!]]''
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:1993: Composer, ''[[Sesame Street Stays Up Late!]]''
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:[[1994]]: Composer, ''[[Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration]]''
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:1994: Composer, ''[[Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration]]''
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:[[2000]]: Composer, ''[[The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss]]''
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:2000: Composer, ''[[The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss]]''
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:[[2003]]: Composer, ''Chanukah on Planet Matzah Ball'' (with lyricist [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow]])
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:2003: Composer, ''Chanukah on Planet Matzah Ball'' (with lyricist [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow]])
   
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==Song list (incomplete)==
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==Song credits==
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<gallery orientation=landscape widths=209 spacing=small captionalign=center hideaddbutton=true position=center>
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* Bats (with [[Luis Santeiro]])
  
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AtTheBusStopSign.jpg|"[[At the Bus Stop Sign]]"
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* [[Best Friend Blues]] (with [[Cathi Rosenberg-Turow]])
  
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File:Song.babyblankieblues.jpg|"[[Baby Blankie Blues]]"
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* [[Big Kids Cry Too]] (with Luis Santeiro)
  
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Bats]]"
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* Celebrate (with [[Gretchen Cryer]])
  
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File:BearsBearsBears.jpg|"[[Bears, Bears, Bears]]"
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* Cookie Subtraction Song (with Cathi Rosenberg-Turow)
  
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File:Bestfriendblues.jpg|"[[Best Friend Blues]]"
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* Counting One To Five (with [[Madeline Sunshine]])
  
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File:BeTheCount.jpg|"[[Be the Count]]"
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* [[Elmo Wrote His Name]] (with [[David Korr]])
  
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File:Bigkidscry.JPG|"[[Big Kids Cry]]"
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* [[Everything in the Wrong Place Ball]] (with Cathi Rosenberg-Turow)
  
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File:Brokenandbeautiful.jpg|"[[Broken and Beautiful]]"
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* From Here to There (with [[Belinda Ward]])
  
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Celebrate]]"
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* [[Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange)]] (with [[David Axlerod]])
  
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Cookie Subtraction Song]]"
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* I'm Takin' A Break (with Belinda Ward)
  
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File:Darton1to5.jpg|"[[Counting One to Five]]"
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* [[If I Were]] (with David Axlerod)
  
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Image:The_Best_of_Elmo_(CD).jpeg|"[[Elmo Wrote His Name]]"
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* [[If Moon Was Cookie]] (with Luis Santeiro)
  
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File:2631a.jpg|"[[Everything in the Wrong Place Ball]]"
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* Loving All Those Things (with [[Jeff Moss]])
  
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Faces That I Love]]"
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* Monster In Me (with Belinda Ward)
  
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File:FeathersFur.jpg|"[[Feathers and Fur]]"
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* [[NTV]] (with [[Mark Saltzman]])
 
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File:Feelthebeat1.jpg|"[[Feel the Beat]]"
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* [[Oh, Look What Our Baby Can Do!]] (with Belinda Ward)
  
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File:Olivia-firefly.jpg|"[[Firefly (Lawrence/Sunshine)|Firefly]]"
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* One Note At A Time (with [[Annie Evans]])
  
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File:WandaSong.jpg|"[[A Fish Outta Water]]"
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* Shark Song
  
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[From Here to There]]"
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* Sir Count A Lot (with Annie Evans)
  
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File:Song.fuzzyblueorange.jpg|"[[Fuzzy and Blue (and Orange)]]"
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* Step and Stomp (with Annie Evans)
  
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File:BusyBody2.jpg|"[[Get Your Body Busy]]"
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* [[Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5]] (with [[Mark Saltzman]])
  
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File:Getting-to-Count-You.jpg|"[[Getting to Count You]]"
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* Waiting For The Bell To Ring (with Belinda Ward)
  
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File:Song.grouchexplorers.jpg|"[[The Grouch Explorers]]"
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* [[We Are All Monsters]] (with [[Tony Geiss]])
  
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File:AGrouchySong.jpg|"[[A Grouchy Song]]"
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* Where's The Baby (with Annie Evans)
  
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File:TheHeartofaFrog.jpg|"[[Heart of a Frog]]"
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File:4100.takeabreakwme.jpg|"[[I'm Takin' a Break]]"
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File:1800-23.jpg|"[[I'm Under the Weather Over You]]"
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File:4131r.jpg|"[[I'm Your Mommy Now]]"
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File:IAmTheWorld.jpg|"[[I Am the World]]"
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File:Countess.jpg|"[[I Could Have Counted All Night]]"
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File:If I Were.jpg|"[[If I Were]]"
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File:Moon.cookie.jpg|"[[If Moon Was Cookie]]"
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File:3067d.jpg|"[[I Love to Say No]]"
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File:3980c.jpg|"[[Island of Emotion]]"
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File:ListentowhatIsay.jpg|"[[Listen and Bounce it Back]]"
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Loving All Those Things]]"
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File:3885g.jpg|"[[M is for Monster]]"
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File:3827F.jpg|"[[Monster in Me]]"
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File:Tellyspacefriend.jpg|"[[My Outer Space Friend]]"
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File:3141k.jpg|[[NTV]]
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File:NightBugBoogie.jpg|"[[Night Bug Boogie]]"
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File:Lookwhatourbaby.jpg|"[[Oh, Look What Our Baby Can Do!]]"
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2931a.jpg|"[[On This Street Where I'm Grouchy]]"
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[One Note at a Time]]"
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File:OneTwoBlues.jpg|"[[One Two Blues]]"
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File:BBZoe.ReadMe2.jpg|"[[Read Me a Story]]"
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File:Recyclesongcartoon.jpg|"[[Recycling Blues]]"
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File:SaveYourEnergy1.jpeg|"[[Save Your Energy for Me]]"
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Shark Song]]"
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Sir Count a Lot]]"
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Image:4073c.jpg|"[[Something Grouchy, Something Nice]]"
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Step and Stomp]]"
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Image:YouGottaHaveM.JPG|"[[The Sublime Ms. M (song)|The Sublime Ms. M]]"
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File:TDance.jpg|"[[T Dance]]"
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File:Takethehand.jpg|"[[Take the Hand of Someone You Love]]"
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File:TellysAquarium.jpg|"[[Telly's Aquarium]]"
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File:4072r.jpg|"[[That's Pretending]]"
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File:4131e.jpg|"[[There's a Baby Coming]]"
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File:Song.Transylvania1-2-3-4-5.jpg|"[[Transylvania 1-2-3-4-5]]"
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File:3979zg.jpg|"[[Twig by Twig]]"
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File:WaitingForBell.jpg|"[[Waiting for the Bell to Ring]]"
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File:Song.WeAreAllMonsters.jpg|"[[We Are All Monsters]]"
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File:Song.whatcomesafterthree.jpg|"[[What Comes After Three?]]"
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Image:Noimage-big.png|"[[Where's the Baby]]"
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Image:Song.windyday.png|"[[Windy Day]]"
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Image:YummyfulDay-2.jpg|"[[A Yummyful Day]]"
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</gallery>
   
 
==External links==
  
==External links==

Revision as of 21:00, 2 August 2014

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Stephen Lawrence has been a composer for Sesame Street since 1980.

In addition to his work composing for film, theater and television, he composed the title song and others for Free To Be...You And Me, the landmark Gold Record, book, and Emmy-winning ABC television special. He composed the million-selling song "You Take My Breath Away," which earned two Gold Records. He composed over 250 songs and scores for Sesame Street for which he received three shared Emmy Awards.

Selected credits

1974: Composer (lyrics by Bruce Hart), Music Director, Free to Be... You & Me
1974: Composer, score for motion picture Bang The Drum Slowly, starring Robert DiNiro
1983: Composer (with Dick Lieb), Don't Eat the Pictures
1984: Composer, three songs for A...My Name Is Alice
1993: Composer, Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
1994: Composer, Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
2000: Composer, The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
2003: Composer, Chanukah on Planet Matzah Ball (with lyricist Cathi Rosenberg-Turow)

Song credits

External links

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