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Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music

Artist: Sesame Street
Label: Sony Wonder (Audio)
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

32 reviews
Sales Rank: 46275

Format: Box Set, Extra Tracks, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 5.5 x 1.3

MPN: 86030
UPC: 696998603028
EAN: 0696998603028
ASIN: B0000C05MP

Release Date: September 2, 2003

Tracks:

•	Sesame Street Theme - The Kids
•	ABC - DEF - GHI - Big Bird
•	Bein' Green - Kermit the Frog
•	Sing - The Kids
•	Five Songs - The Kids
•	Five People in My Family - The Anything Muppets
•	People in the Neighborhood - Bob and the Anything Muppets
•	Henson King of the Eight - Jim Henson
•	Hi De Ho Man - Cab Calloway and the Two - Headed Monster
•	How Do You Do - Lena Horne
•	Over, Under, Around and Through - Grover
•	Ladybugs Picnic
•	Somebody Come and Play - The Kids
•	Jellyman Kelly - James Taylor and the Kids
•	Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel and Oscar the Grouch
•	Everybody Sleeps - Joe Raposo
•	Rubber Duckie - Ernie
•	Doin ' the Pidgeon - Bert
•	Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon and the Kids
•	Sweet - A Little Baby Boy - Pete Seeger and the Kids
•	1-2 - 3 Sesame Street - Stevie Wonder
•	Pinball Number Count - - The Pointer Sisters
•	I' ve Got Two - Big Bird. Oscar the Grouch, Mr. Hooper and Everybody
•	I Love Trash - Oscar the Grouch
•	Nasty Dan - Johnny Cash and Oscar the Grouch
•	Sing After Me - Madeline Kahn and Grover
•	Captain Vegetable - Captian Vegetable with Eddie and Andy
•	African Alphabet - Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Kermit the Frog.
•	B.B. King - B.B. King with Bert, Benny Rabbit, Big Bird and Baby Bear
•	C is for Cookie - Cookie Monster
•	Kiko and the Lavender Moon (Elmo and the Lavender Moon) - Los Lobos
•	Sweet in the Mornin' (Tweet in the Mornin') - Bobby Mc Ferrin with the Birds
•	Small People - Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers with Prairie Dawn and Big Bird
•	Imagination - Ernie with Big Bird and the Cast
•	From Your Head - Diane Schuur with Elmo
•	What's the Name of that Song? - The Cast
•	The Batty Bat - The Count with Ftatateeta and the Bats
•	Mah Na Mah Na - Mah Na Mah Na
•	Little Things - Tony Bennettt with Lexine
•	One Small Voice - The Kids, Hoots the Owl, Prairie Dawn
•	I Don't Want to Live on the Moon - Aaron Neville and Ernie
•	This Frog - Kermit the Frog
•	I Love Trash - Steven Tyler
•	Two Princes - Spin Doctors with Zoe, Elmo and Telly
•	Like the way I do (Like the way U Does) - Melissa Etheridge
•	But I like You - Bert and Ernie
•	Tu Me Gustas (I like you) - Luis and Elmo
•	Mambo I,I,I, - Gloria Estefan
•	Monster in the Mirror - Grover
•	Hold my Hand - Hootie & the Blowfish with Elmo and the Kids
•	I'm Talkin' Love - Trisha Yearwood and Herry Monster
•	We are the Earthlings - A Boyand the Anything Muppets
•	Happy to Meet You - Celine Dion with Herry Monster, Elmo and Big Bird
•	Shiny Happy People (Furry Happy Monsters) - REM and Muppet Rocker
•	Believe in Yourself - *NSYNC
•	A New Way to Walk - Destiny's Child with Elmo, Groverand Zoe
•	Elmo's Song - Elmo, Big Bird and Snuffleupagus
•	Slide (Pride) - Goo Goo Dolls and Elmo
•	Sing - Dixie Chicks
•	Just Happy To Be Me - Fugees
•	Put Down The Duckie - Ernie and Hoots the Owl
•	Everybody Be Yo'Self - Keb' Mo' and the Kids
•	Sesame Street Theme Remix - Ursula 1000

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•	Sesame Street: Vol. 2 - Old School (1974-1979)
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
Songs from the Street, the boxed set that stretches back to "Sesame Street's" 1969 debut, is the kids' record of the year, if not the decade: Big Bird and the gang might've pulled it off themselves--for a crew of fix-it store workers, shopkeeps, and goofball monsters, the talent quotient's off the charts--but when you've got this many names to drop, they've got to land somewhere. What impresses most in three discs is the lack of a single thud. Cab Calloway, Pete Seeger, and James Taylor mosey in on disc one; Johnny Cash, BB King, and Tony Bennett take seats on the stoop for disc two; and the Dixie Chicks, Gloria Estefan, and R.E.M. raise the brownstone roof on disc three--and that's leaving out stars like Lena Horne, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and Trisha Yearwood. When it comes to inspiring preschoolers and their parents to sing the praises of rubber duckies, bein' green, and the people in their neighborhood; "The Street" gets busy. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews: Read 27 more reviews...

4 out of 5 stars

Great cd set July 30, 2007
This set of 3 CD's had a great mix of classic and contempary Sesame Street songs.

2 out of 5 stars

I'd rather just the first 10 years, thanks May 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

About half the songs are the original television versions. But the liner notes for the other half list them as being "from" other COMPILATIONS released in the 1990s.
Nowhere is it stated whether those compilations used the original versions or re-recordings, so who knows? Even the TITLE theme is not the original (It might be the version they use nowadays, but it's not the version most people know from the 70s).
Sesame should have just used the original TV versions of all tracks as that's what collectors of vintage material would be looking for (and paying quite a lot for).
They also should have focused more on the early years when the show was the most innovative. And as music was a major element, I'm sure there's a lot more material that could have been used, particularly those odd demonstrational songs about the number 5 or the letter R. Instead they've focused on the celebrity guests, most of whom don't really add much value.
I personally hoped there'd be that funky counting to ten song that featured on almost every episode (not the Pinball one, which I love too).
Disappointing, but until a better option comes along, this will have to do.

5 out of 5 stars

A great buy, you'll play this over and over. March 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I bought this when my daughter was born, and two years later she still asks for them to be played. The set contains three CDs, on which are collected famous songs, and ditties from the Sesame Street show...favorites like C is for Cookie, Healthy, Happy Monsters performed by famous groups like REM and more. The songs are not just kid friendly, adults will enjoy the refreshing take on some old favorites too:)

5 out of 5 stars

An All-Round Pleaser February 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I have always loved the music from Sesame Street, and as I have gotten older I have found that the next generation loves it just as much as I have, whether it be the older or newer songs. Since I bought this album, I have had it regularly playing at my sons' request. Funnily enough, anyone who walks in to our house smiles when they hear the music, ask what the album is, then sit back and enjoy it all - regardless of whether they have ever watched Sesame Street or not. Furry and real voices have universal appeal whatever the age of the listener! A beautiful album.

5 out of 5 stars

Childhood Renewed January 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

If you grew up on Sesame Street - or just want some music for kids that isn't annoying - this is the box set for you! The songs are clever, amusing, lively, and educational. We bought it for ourselves as a trip down memory lane before our son was born - and since then it has been our favorite baby shower or first birthday gift! Everyone who has it loves it!