"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" is an English nursery rhyme adapted from the poem "The Star," by Jane Taylor. When later set to music, the song's melody was based on "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman," which was also the basis for "The Alphabet Song" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep."

RecordingsEdit

• An Anything Muppet father and daughter performed the song on Sesame Street in the first season (EKA: Episode 0073).

• The song was performed in the Sesame Street Live show, Super Grover! Ready For Action! and Everyone Makes Music.

• The album Big Bird Leads the Band features the song.

• Hickory Dickory Dock/Alphabet Song/Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, was a single released in 1977 featuring the song.

• One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure features a sing-along of the song.

• A sesame street puppet from Takara Tomy features a recording of Teena singing the song.

• The Sesame Street Music Box Record Player included a record with the recording.

• The song is featured in Kids' Favorite Songs album and video.

• The Two-Headed Monster looks at a star and sings "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."(EKA: Episode 3698)

• Bob, Homer Honker and The Kids performed a symphony version of the song in a 1989 episode.

ReferencesEdit

• The rhyme was the basis for an episode of Mother Goose Stories.

• Don Music and Kermit the Frog rewrote the lyrics (resulting in "Whistle, Whistle, Little Bird.") (EKA: Episode 2164)

• In Sesame Street's Mother Goose Rhymes, Elmo looks out his window and recites a version of the rhyme.

• In Episode 4169 the song lists as Zoe's favorite.

• A Read Along with Elmo book features the rhyme.

• The book Elmo's Rock Star Guitar comes with a plastic guitar that plays the song.

• Gordon suggests singing the song, with "hah-hah-hahs" instead of lyrics in a 2002 episode of Sesame Street.

• Baby Bear teaches his friends the song in a 2000 episode of Sesame Street.

• The Muppet Babies feature the rhyme in the Big Book of Nursery Rhymes & Fairy Tales.