Recording artists used on Sam and Friends

A list of performers whose recordings were used on Sam and Friends: singers, musicians, comedians, spoken word artists, groups, orchestra leaders, etc. Identifications are taken either from the book Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show or from more complete original record credits. In cases of cast or concept albums (where multiple tracks were used, but no performers outside of that), the title is used. 
Multiple tracks were used for most of those, so individual song/record titles are used only for solo instances. When their work was only in connection to a single other artist (co-performers, backing singers, and others with pages for other Muppet relevant reasons), they are included below the main performer. 
The majority of the Sam and Friends sketches were built around these recordings, in their entirety or abridged for time. Short audio snippets, from TV, radio, and other source, were sometimes used for openings and transitions, however, or other comedic effect (as with The Huntley-Brinkley Report). These usually only ran a few seconds, and include a Stan Freberg singing commercial for Esskay,Shemin, Craig. Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show. p. 188 a bit of Mitch Miller's "Sing Along",ibid. p. 510 and the rock and roll parody single "You Are So Rare to Me" (from a Your Show of Shows sketch.)ibid. p171-172
==Performers==
*Abbott and Costello ("Who's on First?")
*Steve Allen
*The Alley Singers: Side by Side
*Annie Get Your Gun Broadway cast (Ethel Merman, Ray Middleton)
*Louis Armstrong
*Fred Astaire
**Judy Garland ("A Couple of Swells")
*Ross Bagdasarian (with and without Alvin and the Chipmunks)
*Harry Belafonte
*Jim Backus ("I Need a Vacation")
*Theodore Bikel
*Mel Blanc
*Ray Bloch
*Bob and Ray
*Ray Bolger
*Oscar Brand
*Bernard Bresslaw ("You Need Feet")
*The Buffalo Bills
*Cab Calloway ("Such a Night" with Sy Oliver and Orchestra)
*Candy Candido - "Barnacle Bill the Sailor"
*Art Carney
*Maurice Chevalier
*Rosemary Clooney
*Jerry Colonna
*Perry Como
*Wally Cox
*Bing Crosby
*Dennis Day ("The Corn Keeps A-Growin")
*Doris Day ("The Party's Over")
*Jimmy Durante
*Joey Faye - "Atchoo (The Sneezing Record)"
*Ella Fitzgerald
*Flanders and Swann
*Tennessee Ernie Ford
**Molly Bee ("Don't Start Courtin' in a Hot Rod")
*Phil Foster
*Stan Freberg
**Daws Butler
*Paul Frees
*Bob Gibson
*Ronny Graham
*Andy Griffith
*Buddy Hackett with Alan Dale ("Be My Guest"/"Pardners")
*Chico Hamilton	
*Phil Harris
*Peter Lind Hayes, actor ("Life Gits Tee-Jus, Don't It?")
*Homer and Jethro
*Bob Hope
*Betty Hutton
*Red Ingle
*Burl Ives
*Leon Janney (radio actor) ("Donkey Tango" narrator)
*Spike Jones
**Ginny Tyler
*Danny Kaye
*Gene Kelly
*Walt Kelly
*The Kingston Trio
*Eddie Lawrence
*Peggy Lee
*Tom Lehrer
*Jerry Lewis
*Li'l Abner Broadway cast
*Henry Mancini
*Mary Martin
*Billy May
*Monster Rally cast
*The Music Man Broadway cast (with Robert Preston)
**Barbara Cook ("Will I Ever Tell You")
*Cliff Nazarro
*Nichols & May
*Ken Nordine
*Loulie Jean Norman
*Louis Prima ("That Old Black Magic" with Keely Smith)
*Tony Randall ("Stereo Demonstration")
*Thurl Ravenscroft
*Walter Schumann
*Alexander Scourby (radio actor) ("Leetla Giorgio Washeenton," spoken word)
*Peter Sellers
**Sophia Loren ("Goodness Gracious Me")
*Dinah Shore
*Frank Sinatra
*Sons of the Pioneers ("Old Man Atom")
*The Sportsmen
*Jo Stafford
*Steve and Eydie
*Shirley Temple ("On the Good Ship Lollipop")
*Kay Thompson ("Eloise")
*Fats Waller ("Your Feets Too Big")
*Lawrence Welk ("Roger Boom" with Larry Hooper)
*Yogi Yorgesson (played by Harry Stewart)
==Sources==
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