Sesame Street discography

From its earliest planning stages, *Sesame Street* was designed to be a show that would use music and singing as a part of the material being taught. So it was only natural to release the musical content on records, not only to reinforce the curriculum lessons for children when they weren't watching the show, but also so that *Sesame Street* music could be enjoyed just for its own sake.

## The Early Albums

The first six albums were released by Columbia Records and Warner Bros. Records, both well-established major labels. These were deluxe albums, issued in colorful gatefold covers, usually with bonus material such as posters, lyric booklets, and photos and drawings of the show's characters. This arrangement lasted for the first five years of the show.

*The Sesame Street Book & Record*1970
Columbia Records*The Year of Roosevelt Franklin*1971
Columbia Records*The Muppet Alphabet Album*1971
Columbia Records*The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album*1971
Warner Bros. Records*Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert*1972
Columbia Records*Sesame Street LIVE!*1973
Columbia Records
## Other 1970s Albums

During the summer of 1970, as *The Sesame Street Book & Record* became a best seller, Bob McGrath and Loretta Long also released their own children's albums. While not part of the Sesame Street canon (even though they both mention *Sesame Street* on their covers), they also became well-known albums because of the show's huge popularity.

In 1975, K-Tel Records, known for their mail-order records of hits by various artists, became the first outside label to release an LP of songs from *Sesame Street*, drawn from previous albums.

*Bob McGrath from Sesame Street*1970
Affinity Records*Susan Sings Songs from Sesame Street*1970
Scepter Records*25 Greatest Hits*1975
K-Tel Records
## Sesame Street Records

In 1974, *Sesame Street* created its own series of records, on an independent label that was called Sesame Street Records, with a custom record label logo of the *Sesame Street* sign. These albums were manufactured by Children's Records of America from 1974 to 1976, and by Distinguished Productions from 1977 to 1984. Over 70 titles were produced over the ten-year run of the label. The catalog included reissues of all of the previous Columbia and Warner Bros. albums, although in less lavish packages than their original editions. At first, titles were only issued on vinyl, but over the years, they were also produced on cassettes and 8-track tapes. The Sesame Street Records label was shut down around 1984.

*Bert's Blockbusters*1974*Big Bird Sings!*1974*C is for Cookie*1974*Ernie's Hits*1974*Grover Sings the Blues*1974*Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella*1974*Letters ...and Numbers, Too!*1974*My Name is Roosevelt Franklin*1974
reissue of *The Year of Roosevelt Franklin**Pete Seeger & Brother Kirk Visit Sesame Street*1974*Sesame Street 1*1974
reissue of *The Sesame Street Book & Record**¡Sesame Mucho!*1974*Sing the Hit Songs of Sesame Street*1974*Somebody Come and Play*1974*Bert & Ernie Sing-Along*1975*The Count Counts*1975*Merry Christmas from Sesame Street*1975*The Sesame Street Monsters!*1975*Sesame Street 2*1975
reissue of *The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album**60 Favorite Songs from Sesame Street*1975*The Muppet Alphabet Album*1976
reissue*Aren't You Glad You're You?*1977*Big Bird Leads the Band*1977*Bob Sings!*1977*Concert: On Stage - Live!*1977
reissue of *Sesame Street LIVE!**Happy Birthday from Sesame Street*1977*Let Your Feelings Show!*1977*Letters, Numbers and Signs*1977
reissue of *The Muppet Alphabet Album*, *Numbers!* and *Signs!**Numbers!*1977*The Sesame Street Fairy Tale Album*1977*Sesame Street Gold!*1977
reissue of *The Sesame Street Book & Record* and *The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album**Signs!*1977*Sleepytime Bird*1977*What Time Is It on Sesame Street?*1977*10th Anniversary Album*1978*David, Daydreamin' on a Rainy Day*1978*Fair Is Fair*1978*Muppet Masquerade*1978*On the Street Where We Live - Block Party!*1978*Sesame Street Fever*1978*Sesame Street Story Time*1978*Sing, Sang, Song Singalong*1978*Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation*1979*At Home with Ernie and Bert*1979*Dinah! I've Got a Song*1979*Every Body's Record*1979*Sesame Disco!*1979*Somebody Come and Play on a Rainy Day*1979*The Stars Come Out on Sesame Street*1979*Welcome!*1979
reissue of *¡Sesame Mucho!**Big Bird's Birdtime Stories*1980*Christmas Eve on Sesame Street*1980*Love*1980*The People in Your Neighborhood*1980*Bert & Ernie: Side By Side*1981
reissue of *Bert's Blockbusters* and *Ernie's Hits**Big Bird Discovers the Orchestra*1981*The Count Presents Numbers*1981
reissue of *The Count Counts* and *Numbers!**Getting Ready for School*1981*Grin & Giggle with Big Bird*1981*Sesame Country*1981*Big Bird presents Hans Christian Andersen*1982*Exercise!*1982*For the First Time*1982*Just Friends*1982
reissue of *Big Bird Sings!* and *Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella**Just the Two of Us*1982
reissue of *C is for Cookie* and *Grover Sings the Blues**Sesame Street Sing-Along!*1982*Surprise!*1983*The Gang's All Here!*1983*My Record*1983*Born to Add*1983*The Best of Bert*1983*The Best of Big Bird*1983*The Best of Cookie Monster*1983*The Best of the Count*1983*The Best of Ernie*1983*The Best of Grover*1983*The Best of Oscar the Grouch*1983*Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along*1984
## Other 1980s albums

*In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record*1980
Warner Bros. Records*Sesame Street Treasury*1980
Columbia House*Camping in Canada*1981
(Released in Canada only)
Kids' Records*Follow That Bird*1985
RCA Records*Christmas on Sesame Street*1986
CBS Special Products*Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets*1986
Magic Video Publishing Company
## Sight & Sound

Sometime after the Sesame Street Records label closed, many *Sesame Street* titles began to be reissued on cassettes by an educational company called Sight & Sound. While some tapes used the original cover pictures, others had new cover pictures. An important historical footnote during this period is that in 1987, the very first *Sesame Street* CD was produced, called *The Best of Sesame Street*, and it would be the only CD produced until the early 1990s.

*The Best of Sesame Street*1987*The Muppet Alphabet Album*reissue*What Time Is It on Sesame Street?*reissue*Numbers!*reissue*Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert*reissue*Happy Birthday from Sesame Street*reissue*The People in Your Neighborhood*reissue*For the First Time*reissue*The Count Counts*reissue*Every Body's Cassette*reissue*Getting Ready for School*reissue*Bert & Ernie Sing-Along*reissue
## Golden Music

In 1990, titles began to appear on Golden Music, which was the music division of Golden Books. A mix of new titles appeared, beginning with tributes to Jim Henson and Joe Raposo, along with reissues of older titles. Golden's license lasted until 1994.

*Bert & Ernie: Side By Side*1990
reissue*The Best of Big Bird*1990
reissue*The Best of Sesame Street*1990
reissue*Cookie Monster and Grover: True Blue*1990*Put Down the Duckie!*1990*Sleepytime on Sesame Street*1990
reissue of *Sleepytime Bird**The Best of Ernie*1990
reissue*The Sesame Street Alphabet Album*1990
reissue of *The Muppet Alphabet Album**Jim Henson: A Sesame Street Celebration*1991*Happy Birthday from Sesame Street*1992
reissue*Sesame Country*1992
reissue*Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo*1992*Elmo's Favorite Sing-Alongs*1993*Merry Christmas: A Sesame Street Sing-Along*1993
reissue of *Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along**Born to Add*1993
edited reissue*Sesame Road*1993*A Sesame Street Sing-Along*1993
reissue of *Sesame Street Sing-Along!**We Are All Earthlings*1993*Cheep Thrills*1994*Sesame Street Celebrates!*1994
## Other 1990s albums

*Bob's Favorite Street Songs*1991
A&M Records*Sesame Street Best*1997
Razor & Tie
## Sony Wonder

In 1995, Sony Wonder began issuing a new series of titles. This was looked on with interest by some *Sesame* collectors, since Sony owns the back catalog of Columbia Records, who put out the very first *Sesame Street* LP in 1970. While that album was not reissued on CD by Sony Wonder, the third Columbia album, *The Muppet Alphabet Album*, was reissued as *Sing the Alphabet*. However, one section of dialogue was cut which referred to turning the record over, which wouldn't make any sense to CD listeners.

The Sony Wonder years culminated with *Songs from the Street*, an elaborate 3-CD boxed set produced in association with Sony Music's Legacy Recordings. This set was full of classic and rare tracks both from records and from live performances on the show. It also contained a detailed booklet about the history of the show, written by Christopher Cerf. It was the first time *Sesame Street* had received the boxed-set treatment from a major label, although several multi-LP boxed sets had been released over the years on Sesame Street Records.

Sony Wonder continued to release new titles until 2004.

*The Bird is the Word!*1995*Born to Add*1995
reissue*"C" Is for Cookie: Cookie's Favorite Songs*1995*Numbers*1995
reissue of *Numbers!**Elmo's Favorite Sing-Alongs*1995
reissue*Platinum All-Time Favorites*1995*Sesame Road*1995
reissue*A Sesame Street Christmas*1995
edited reissue of *Merry Christmas from Sesame Street**Splish Splash: Bath Time Fun*1995*Bert and Ernie's Greatest Hits*1996*Dreamytime Songs*1996*Monster Melodies*1996
edited reissue of *The Sesame Street Monsters!**Silly Songs*1996*Sing the Alphabet*1996
edited reissue of *The Muppet Alphabet Album**Sing-Along Travel Songs*1996*The Best of Elmo*1997*The Count's Countdown*1997*Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs*1997*Kids' Favorite Songs*1997*Oscar's Trashy Songs*1997*Platinum Too*1997*Elmo Saves Christmas: Holiday Favorites*1998*Elmo Says BOO!*1998*Elmopalooza!*1998*Elmo's Lowdown Hoedown*1998*Fiesta Songs!*1998*The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland*1999*CinderElmo*2000*Elmo and the Orchestra*2001*Kids' Favorite Songs 2*2001*Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music*2003
Legacy/Sony Wonder*A Celebration of Me, Grover*2004*Happy Birthday from Sesame Street*2004
reissue
## Other 2000s albums

*Are We There Yet?*2004
Sony Special Products
## Koch Records

In 2007, Koch Records announced that it would begin distributing *Sesame Street* titles. The first titles began to appear in 2008, with reissues of albums that had previously been released on Sony Wonder. In 2010, Koch Records, now renamed E1 Music, finally reissued *The Sesame Street Book & Record* as part of *Old School: Volume 1*, a collection of long-out-of-print early *Sesame Street* albums.

*The Best of Elmo*2008
reissue*Elmo Saves Christmas: Holiday Favorites*2008
reissue*Elmopalooza!*2008
reissue*Hot! Hot! Hot! Dance Songs*2008
reissue*Kids' Favorite Songs*2008
reissue*Platinum All-Time Favorites*2008
reissue*A Sesame Street Christmas*2008
reissue*Sing the Alphabet*2008
reissue*Silly Songs*2009
reissue*Old School: Volume 1*2010
reissue of *The Sesame Street Book & Record*, *Big Bird Sings!* and *Bert and Ernie Sing-Along**Old School: Volume 2*2010
reissue of *The Year of Roosevelt Franklin*, *Grover Sings the Blues* and *The Count Counts*
## Download-only Albums

Beginning in 2010, Sesame Street began to offer their back catalog of albums as downloads through Amazon.com and The iTunes Store. They also released the following new compilations.

*Sesame Street Music: Amazon Sampler*2011*Christmas Collection*2011*Valentine's Collection*2012*Elmo's Dance Party*2012*Sunny Days Collection*2012*Travel Songs*2012*Summer Games Collection*2012*Back to School Collection*2012*Halloween Collection*2012*Giving Thanks Collection*2012*Holiday Classics*2013*V is for Valentine*2014*Lyrical Letters*2014
## Arts Music

In 2018, Sesame Workshop announced that Arts Music, a division of Warner Music (the company that also owns Warner Bros. Records), would begin to release new *Sesame* albums. The initial announcement stated they would be released on vinyl, CDs, and streaming services. Some of the initial compilations put out in fall 2018 were released as CDs but the majority of these compilations are only available via digital downloads and streaming, those are noted as such below. In 2019, Arts Music released *What's The Number?*, the first time newly-released music from *Sesame* in album form has been put out since 2004.

*All-Time Favorites 1*2018*All-Time Favorites 2*2018*B is for Boo!*2018
Download only*¡C es para Canta!*2018*C is for Cookie!*2018*E is for Elmo!*2018*F is for Fun!*2018*G is for Grover!*2018*It's Christmas Time!*2018*N is for Numbers!*2018*Big Bird's Best!*2019*Cookie Monster Mix!*2019*D is for Dance!*2019
Download only*F is for Friend!*2019
Download only*Grover's Greatest*2019*L is for Love!*2019
Download only*M is for Me!*2019
Download only*O is for Oscar!*2019
Download only*Q is for Quiet!*2019
Download only*S is for Sing!*2019
Download only*Sing Silly Songs!*2019*What's The Number?*2019*The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo: Songs*2020
Download only*It's Time to Rock & Rhyme*2020
Download only*Coming Together*2021
Download only*Furry Friends Forever: Elmo Gets a Puppy*2021
Download only
## Other 2010-20s albums

*A Special Sesame Street Christmas*2012
Legend Group Records*Platinum All-Time Favorites*2015
Entertainment One MusicVinyl reissue*Sesame Road*2016
Entertainment One MusicVinyl reissue*A Swingin' Sesame Street Celebration*2020
Blue Engine Records
In addition to the main library of Sesame Street music, over the years, original cast albums have been sold at the *Sesame Street Live* shows. See Sesame Street Live Discography for a chronological list of titles.