Robby Merkin

Robby Merkin (b. 1951), also known as Robert Martin Merkin, served as musical director on Sesame Street from Seasons 25 through 30, and has co-written dozens of songs and hundreds of musical cues for the show.ASCAP listing
Merkin had previously collaborated with Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, directing and arranging music for Little Shop of Horrors — both the original off-Broadway production and the Frank Oz-directed film adaptation — and Disney's The Little Mermaid.
==Song credits==
Image:AlphabetBlues.jpg|"Alphabet Blues"|link=Alphabet Blues (Merkin)
Image:3136ze.jpg|"At the Playground"|link=At the Playground (song)
Image:3636h.jpg|"Baby, Baby, Baby"|link=Baby, Baby, Baby
Image:ScwubbyScwubby.jpg|"Baby Bear's Bath Song"|link=Baby Bear's Bath Song
Image:MooCowHammer.jpg|"Barnyard Rap"|link=Barnyard Rap
Image:Oscar4Moes.jpg|"Big Bad Mess"|link=Big Bad Mess
Image:Toon.bigkid.jpg|"Big Kid Photo Album"|link=Big Kid Photo Album
Image:3237d.jpg|"Booby Bunny Alphabet"
File:3237h.jpg|"Booby Bunny B Song"
3326e.jpg|"Boy Blue Had a Little Lamb"
Image:Song.Chopsticks.SS.jpg|"Chopsticks Song"|link=Chopsticks Song
Image:MozartAlphabet.jpg|"Classical Alphabet Song"|link=Classical Alphabet Song
Image:LearningToShare-Cooperate.jpg|"Cooperation Song"|link=Cooperation Song (Merkin)
Image:Crackingnuts.jpg|"Cracking Nuts"|link=Cracking Nuts
Image:3187x.jpg|"Different"|link=Different (Merkin/Santeiro)
File:2975c.jpg|"A Different Kind of Singing"
Image:DTABC 01e.jpg|"Do the Alphabet"|link=Do the Alphabet (song)
Image:Dontbetoughnut.jpg|"Don't Be a Tough Nut to Crack"|link=Don't Be a Tough Nut to Crack
Image:ElmoRapAlphabet.jpg|"Elmo's Rap Alphabet"|link=Elmo's Rap Alphabet
Image:ErniesSAT.jpg|"Ernie's Show and Tell"|link=Ernie's Show and Tell
Image:3671k.jpg|"Everyone Makes Their Own Music"|link=Everyone Makes Their Own Music
Image:FirstGrade.jpg|"First Grade"|link=First Grade
Image:3136w.jpg|"Fixin' My Hair"|link=Fixin' My Hair
File:14desert.jpg|"Fourteen Desert"|link=Fourteen Desert
File:GiftOfToothpaste.jpg|"Gift of Toothpaste"
Image:3212b.jpg|"Happy Just to Be With You"|link=Happy Just to Be With You
Image:Song.wonderful.jpg|"I Think That It Is Wonderful"|link=I Think That It Is Wonderful (song)
Image:3822g.jpg|"If These Steps Could Talk"|link=If These Steps Could Talk
Image:4117t.jpg|"Jump Human Letters at the Beach"|link=Jump Human Letters at the Beach
Image:3182d.jpg|"The Kingdom of the Same Old Dance"|link=The Kingdom of the Same Old Dance
File:3529c.jpg|"Kuku's Song"
Image:3746-01.jpg|"The Letter E Song"|link=The Letter E Song (Merkin)
Image:3990p.jpg|"Library Song"|link=Library Song
Image:Littlemisscountalong.jpg|"Little Miss Count Along"|link=Little Miss Count Along
Image:3127b.jpg|"Miss Your Mama Blues"|link=Miss Your Mama Blues
Image:3729f.jpg|"Monster Moon Watch"|link=Monster Moon Watch
Image:3357c.jpg|"Moon 'Round the Earth"|link=Moon 'Round the Earth
Image:ArtistMikeTeeth.jpg|"Mr. Brush"|link=Mr. Brush
File:BigBirdAbelardoMontoyaEpisode3646.jpg|"My Cousin, My Friend"|link=My Cousin, My Friend
Image:4125y.jpg|"My Name Is Zoe"|link=My Name Is Zoe (song)
Image:CabSing2.jpg|"Museum Boogie"|link=Museum Boogie
Image:3683d.jpg|"Name Song"|link=Name Song
Image:3999c.jpg|"Nine Chickens"|link=Nine Chickens
File:3979za.jpg|"Nine Underwater"
Image:NoMeGusta.jpg|"No Me Gusta"|link=No Me Gusta
Image:25-ourfavoritestreet-785231.jpg|"Our Favorite Street"|link=Our Favorite Street
Image:4125zg.jpg|"Say Cheese"|link=Say Cheese
Image:BirdsEye.jpg|"See Like a Bird"|link=See Like a Bird
File:Shpritz!.jpeg|"Shpritzer Honker Splasher Song"
Image:SimpleClappingSong.jpg|"Simple Clapping Song"|link=Simple Clapping Song
Image:3036b.jpg|"Some Hay"|link=Some Hay
Image:3141y.jpg|"Take Care of That Smile"|link=Take Care of That Smile
Image:4143-ThatsTheWayIRead.jpg|"That's the Way I Read"|link=That's the Way I Read
Image:ElmoTrain.jpg|"This Is My Train"|link=This Is My Train
Image:GBrooks.Monsters.jpg|"Together We Make Music"|link=Together We Make Music
File:3012c.jpg|"Tri Tri Triangles"|link=Tri Tri Triangles
Image:WatermelonsCheese.jpg|"Watermelons and Cheese"|link=Watermelons and Cheese
File:3012a.jpg|"We Love Telly"|link=We Love Telly
File:Whiskeyjack.jpg|"Whiskeyjack"
Image:3523c.jpg|"Wiggle All Day Long"|link=Wiggle All Day Long
Image:WriteYourName.jpg|"Write Your Name"|link=Write Your Name
YouWashItAllUp.jpg|"You Wash It All Up"|link=You Wash It All Up
Image:3522ComingSoon.jpg|"You've Got to Learn How to Wiggle"|link=You've Got to Learn How to Wiggle
==Sources==
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Category:Composers
Category:Lyricists