Karen Carpenter – lead and backing vocals, drums. A Spanish version was included in Fiesta Songs! (1998). The original and subsequent Sesame Street recordings were released on Sesame Street Concert/On Stage – Live! (1973), Sing the Hit Songs of Sesame Street (1974), Bert & Ernie Sing-Along (1975), Sesame Street Silver – 10th Anniversary Album (1978), Sesame Street Disco (1979), Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo (1992), Sesame Street Platinum: All Time Favorites (1995), The Bird Is the Word – Big Bird's Favorite Songs, Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003) and The Best of Elmo. A year before the celebrity edition of the song was released, Graves sang the song solo. Doug, Vanessa Williams, R.E.M., Rosemary Clooney and Conan O'Brien. In 2000, various celebrities sang the song, including Nathan Lane, Denyce Graves, Gloria Estefan, Patti LaBelle, Ben Stiller, Maya Angelou, Fran Drescher, Garth Brooks, Doug E. Another features a clay/sand animation segment depicting animals. Another involves Cab Callowmouse (parody of Cab Calloway) singing in an art museum as part of a medley. One such segment involves Suzie Kabloozie (voiced by Ruth Buzzi) and her cat Feff. The song was also used in animated segments. It was used for the title of the 1990 documentary that eulogized Raposo, Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music. After a hurricane struck Sesame Street in 2001, Big Bird sang it in celebration of the rebuilding of his nest.Īs an iconic Sesame Street song, the song was used to close several episodes and many of the show's specials, including Sesame Street: 20 and Still Counting, Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever, Sesame Street: Unpaved, Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years, Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration and Sesame Street: Elmo's Playdate. Alaina Reed (as Olivia) sang it while Linda ( Linda Bove) signed the lyrics on Sesame Street. In 1976, on the 11th episode of The Muppet Show, guest Lena Horne sang the song. The same year, she played the mother of two deaf children in Robert Altman's film Nashville, and they sang the song in the film. Lily Tomlin sang and signed the song to a group of deaf children on Sesame Street in 1975. Ī new recording and remix of Carpenters' version was created in 1994 by sound engineer Roger Young. SESAME STREET SING ALONG FULL
The Mexican single version contains full Spanish lyrics except for the refrain. The title is listed as "Canta/Sing," and the song is sung with alternating Spanish and English lines. The 1991 box set From the Top contains a Spanglish version of the song. It is featured on the album Live in Japan, recorded in June 1974 and released in Japan only on March 7, 1975. It contained a new version of the song with the children's chorus sung by the Kyoto Children's Choir. In 1974 while touring Japan, the Carpenters recorded their first live album in Osaka.
Keyboards were played by Richard, bass by Joe Osborn, drums by Karen and recorders by Tom Scott. Karen Carpenter sang lead vocals, with backing vocals by herself, Richard and the Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir. The Carpenters' recording was produced and arranged by Richard Carpenter and engineered by Ray Gerhardt. It reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart, and it became the group's seventh gold single. It appeared as the debut single on the group's 1973 album Now & Then. They loved the song and felt that it could be a hit.
Many other versions have been recorded by a variety of artists, including Trini Lopez, who recorded a Spanish-language version in 1972 that appeared on his album Viva.īackground of Carpenters version Īlthough Barbra Streisand had an easy-listening hit in 1972 with "Sing," Karen and Richard Carpenter heard the song for the first time as guests on the ABC television special Robert Young with the Young in 1973. In its initial appearance, it was sung by the show's adult human cast members (the most frequent lead singer was Bob McGrath ) and Muppets, including Big Bird.īarbra Streisand's 1972 version of the song was released as a single, reaching #28 on the Easy Listening chart and #94 on the Billboard Hot 100. Raposo was a staff songwriter for Sesame Street, and the song became one of the most popular on the program, sung in English, Spanish and sign language. In 1973, it gained popularity when performed by Carpenters, a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. " Sing" is a 1971 song written by Joe Raposo for the children's television show Sesame Street as its signature song.
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