Songs performed on Sam and Friends and The Muppet Show

Approximately nine percent (60 out of 665) of the songs performed on The Muppet Show had previously appeared, in one form or another, on Jim Henson's first television show, Sam and Friends. Over a quarter of these were used as UK Spots.
Title 	Sam and Friends	The Muppet Show
"Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1958/09/18) (performed by Tennessee Ernie Ford and Dorothy Gill)	
* Episode 121: Twiggy
"Anything You Can Do" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1958/07/28) (performed by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton)
* 1959/01/12 (performed by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton)
* 1960/05/11 (performed by Ethel Merman and Ray Middleton)	
* Episode 122: Ethel Merman
* Episode 305: Pearl Bailey
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" 	
* 1959/01/22 (performed by Homer and Jethro with June Carter)
* 1960/02/15 (performed by Homer and Jethro with June Carter)	
* Episode 213: Rudolf Nureyev
"A Bird in a Gilded Cage" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/01/02) (performed by unknown barbershop quartet)	
* Episode 320: Sylvester Stallone
"The Bird on Nellie's Hat" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/09/01) (performed by unknown barbershop quartet)	
* Episode 304: Gilda Radner (UK Spot)
"Bye Bye Blackbird" 	
* 1960/02/17 (performed by The Buffalo Bills)	
* Episode 215: Lou Rawls
"The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1957/08/28) (performed by Spike Jones and His City Slickers)
* 1959/04/08 (performed by Spike Jones and His City Slickers)
* 1959/12/10 (performed by Spike Jones and His City Slickers)	
* Episode 410: Kenny Rogers
"Day-O" 	
* unknown (performed by Stan Freberg)
* 1958/12/08 (performed by Stan Freberg)
* 1959/08/12 (performed by Stan Freberg)	
* Episode 314: Harry Belafonte
"Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor on the Bedpost Overnight?"	
* 1961/10/04 (performed by Lonnie Donegan and His Skiffle Group)	
* Episode 109: Charles Aznavour (UK Spot)
"Don't Sugar Me" 	
* 1959/12/02 (performed by Fia Karin)	
* Episode 122: Ethel Merman (UK Spot)
"Flight of the Bumblebee" 	
* 1960/03/21 (performed by Spike Jones)	
* Episode 101: Juliet Prowse
* Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan
"Froggy Went A Courtin'" 	
* 1961/04/19 (performed by The Brothers Four)	
* Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
"A Four-Legged Friend" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/06/09) (performed by Bob Hope and Jimmy Wakely)
* 1959/05/07 (performed by Bob Hope and Jimmy Wakely)
* 1960/02/29 (performed by Bob Hope and Jimmy Wakely)	
* Episode 322: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans (UK Spot)
"The Glow-Worm" 	
* 1961/04/18 (date estimated) (performed by Chet Atkins)	
* Episode 204: Rich Little
"The Gnu" 	
* 1959/10/08 (performed by Flanders and Swann)	
* Episode 519: Chris Langham
"Goodnight Ladies" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1957/01/29) (performed by The Sportsmen)
* 1959/05/26 (performed by The Sportsmen)
* 1960/05/27 (performed by The Sportsmen)
* 1961/06/12 (performed by The Sportsmen)	
* Episode 411: Lola Falana
"Green Door" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1957/01/18) (performed by Jim Lowe)	
* Episode 422: Andy Williams
"Henrietta's Wedding" 	
* 1960/09/14 (performed by Marais and Miranda)	
* Episode 211: Dom DeLuise (UK Spot)
"A Horse Named Bill" 	
* 1960/03/15 (performed by Bob Gibson)	
* Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie (UK Spot)
"I Know an Old Lady" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/09/14) (performed by Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra)
* 1958/11/26 (performed by Phil Harris with Skip Martin and His Orchestra)	
* Episode 205: Judy Collins
"I Want to Go to Morrow" 	
* 1960/02/16 (performed by Bob Gibson)	
* Episode 105: Rita Moreno (UK Spot)
"I'm Five" 	
* 1959/03/27 (performed by Danny Kaye)
* 1960/01/18 (performed by Danny Kaye)	
* Episode 212: Bernadette Peters
"I've Got You Under My Skin" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/09/01) (performed by Stan Freberg with Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus)
* 1959/03/16 (performed by Louis Prima and Keely Smith)
* 1959/03/30 (performed by Stan Freberg with Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus)
* 1959/10/07 (performed by Stan Freberg with Les Baxter and His Orchestra and Chorus)
* 1960/05/04 (performed by Peggy Lee)	
* Episode 119: Vincent Price
"The Inch Worm" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/09/15) (performed by Danny Kaye)
* 1958/11/27 (performed by Danny Kaye)
* 1959/05/25 (performed by Danny Kaye)
* 1959/11/26 (performed by Danny Kaye)	
* Episode 109: Charles Aznavour
* Episode 316: Danny Kaye
"It's Magic" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1957/08/28) (performed by Jonathan and Darlene Edwards)
* 1958/12/19-22 (performed by Jonathan and Darlene Edwards)	
* Episode 421: Doug Henning
"Jingle Bells" 	
* 1959/12/23 (in Japanese; performer unknown)
* 1960/12/19 (performed by the Sam and Friends cast)	
* Episode 313: Helen Reddy
* Episode 517: Hal Linden
"Leatherwing Bat" 	
* 1959/03/19 (performed by Burl Ives)	
* Episode 205: Judy Collins
"Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" 	
* 1960/12/12 (performed by Dean Martin with orchestra conducted by Gus Levene and Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Music from Hollywood, The Norman Luboff Choir, and The Starlighters)	
* Episode 121: Twiggy
"Life Gets Teejus Don't It" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1958/07/28) (performed by Peter Lind Hayes)
* 1959/03/31 (performed by Peter Lind Hayes)
* 1960/05/06 (performed by Peter Lind Hayes)	
* Episode 123: Kaye Ballard (UK Spot)
"Mad Dogs and Englishmen" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/11/14) (performed by Danny Kaye)	
* Episode 216: Cleo Laine (UK Spot)
"Money" 	
* 1958/12/09 (performed by Mel Blanc)
* 1960/01/11 (performed by Mel Blanc)	
* Episode 106: Jim Nabors
"Once in Love with Amy" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1955/07/21) (performed by Ray Bolger)	
* Episode 512: Melissa Manchester (UK Spot)
"Pachalafaka" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1958/10/20) (performed by Earl Brown)
* 1959/01/16 (performed by Earl Brown)
* 1959/10/09 (performed by Earl Brown)
* 1961 fall (exact date unknown) (performed by Earl Brown)	
* Episode 103: Joel Grey
"The Pig Got Up and Slowly Walked Away" 	
* 1960/03/23 (performed by Bob Gibson)	
* Episode 209: Madeline Kahn
"S'Wonderful" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1957/07/24) (performed by The Kirby Stone Four)
* 1959/08/04 (performed by The Kirby Stone Four)	
* Episode 501: Gene Kelly
"Sam's Song" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1957/01/02) (performed by Vicki Benet)	
* Episode 418: Christopher Reeve (UK Spot)
"Side by Side" 	
* 1961/02/09 (performed by The Alley Singers)	
* Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth
"Singin' in the Rain" 	
* 1959/11/19 (performed by Edie Adams)	
* Episode 204: Rich Little
* Episode 501: Gene Kelly
"Stars and Stripes Forever" 	
* 1960/12/28
* 1961/10/13	
* Episode 517: Hal Linden
"Tea For Two" 	
* 1961/12/06 	
* Episode 204: Rich Little
* Episode 313: Helen Reddy
* Episode 314: Harry Belafonte
* Episode 315: Lesley Ann Warren
"That Old Black Magic" 	
* 1958/12/31 (performed by Louis Prima and Keely Smith)
* 1959/01/26 (performed by Louis Prima and Keely Smith)
* 1960/02/11 (performed by Louis Prima and Keely Smith)	
* Episode 218: Jaye P. Morgan
"There's a New Sound" 	
* unknown (transcribed on 1958/09/18) (performed by Tony Burrello)
* 1959/04/20 (performed by Tony Burrello)
* 1960/03/07 (performed by Tony Burrello)
* 1960/10/21 (performed by Tony Burrello)	
* Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd (UK Spot)
"True Love" 	
* 1960/03/23 (performed by The Buffalo Bills)	
* Episode 324: Cheryl Ladd
"When the Saints Go Marching In" 	
* 1959/05/08 (performed by Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong)
* 1959/11/16 (performed by Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong)	
* Episode 517: Hal Linden
"Winter Wonderland" 	
* 1960/12/12 (performed by Dean Martin with orchestra conducted by Gus Levene and Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Music from Hollywood, The Norman Luboff Choir, and The Starlighters)	
* Episode 517: Hal Linden
"Yes! We Have No Bananas" 	
* 1961/01/30 (performed by The Alley Singers)
* 1961/11/17 (performed by The Alley Singers)	
* Episode 208: Steve Martin
* Episode 412: Phyllis George
"You and I and George" 	
* 1961/09/21 (performed by Red Kelly and Stan Kenton's Band)	
* Episode 101: Juliet Prowse (UK Spot)
* Episode 412: Phyllis George
"You're Just in Love" 	
* 1960/03/29 (performed by Mary Martin and Larry Hagman)	
* Episode 122: Ethel Merman
* Episode 216: Cleo Laine
"Your Feet's Too Big" 	
* 1960/02/19 (performed by Fats Waller)	
* Episode 423: Carol Channing
==Unknown==
According to the "Additional Sam and Friends Music" section in Part II of Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show, a list of recordings appear in Jim Henson's notes that the author assumes may have been used on Sam and Friends, but cannot be 100% confirmed.
Title 	Sam and Friends	The Muppet Show
"Blow the Man Down" 	 	
* Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
"A Capital Ship" 	 	
* Episode 507: Glenda Jackson
"Fit as a Fiddle" 	 	
* Episode 501: Gene Kelly (UK Spot)
"Happy Days Are Here Again"	 	
* Episode 506: Brooke Shields (UK Spot)
"Hernando's Hideaway" 	 	
* Episode 408: Arlo Guthrie
"I'm My Own Grandpaw" 	 	
* Episode 113: Bruce Forsyth (UK Spot)
"I Never Harmed an Onion" 	 	
* Episode 104: Ruth Buzzi (UK Spot)
"The Martins and the Coys" 	 	
* Episode 521: Johnny Cash
"Mutual Admiration Society"	 	
* Episode 122: Ethel Merman
"Over the Rainbow" 	 	
* Episode 307: Alice Cooper
"Temptation" 	 	
* Episode 101: Juliet Prowse
* Episode 505: James Coburn
==Sources==
* Shemin, Craig. Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show
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