Sesame Street Dinosaurs

A 1980 compilation of pop artists recording a children's music album. Features music from The Doobie Brothers, George Benson, Bette Midler, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Al Jarreau, James Taylor, Livingston Taylor, Kate Taylor, and a few other Taylor's as well, along with Ernie and Cookie Monster. This was released by Sesame Street Records via Warner Bros., which begins with the letters W and B.

Sesame Street comes to Jazz at Lincoln Center for a swinging celebration of the show’s 50th anniversary.

Songs from the Street, the boxed set that stretches back to "Sesame Street's" 1969 debut, is the kids' record of the year, if not the decade: Big Bird and the gang might've pulled it off themselves–for a crew of fix-it store workers, shopkeeps, and goofball monsters, the talent quotient's off the charts–but when you've got this many names to drop, they've got to land somewhere. What impresses most in three discs is the lack of a single thud. Cab Calloway, Pete Seeger, and James Taylor mosey in on disc one; Johnny Cash, BB King, and Tony Bennett take seats on the stoop for disc two; and the Dixie Chicks, Gloria Estefan, and R.E.M. raise the brownstone roof on disc three–and that's leaving out stars like Lena Horne, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, and Trisha Yearwood. When it comes to inspiring preschoolers and their parents to sing the praises of rubber duckies, bein' green, and the people in their neighborhood; "The Street" gets busy. –Tammy La Gorce

Jazz great Wynton Marsalis has been a frequent guest on Sesame Street and now, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the landmark series, he’s returning the favor. On A Swingin’ Sesame Street Celebration, Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra host the Sesame Street gang in the “House of Swing” for a big band salute to a very special show.On this digital album, which accompanies the release of a concert film by the same name, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s fresh arrangements of classic Sesame Street songs reveal the timeless appeal of the program’s repertoire. The concert assembles a star-studded lineup of Sesame Street characters including Elmo, Abby, Big Bird, Bert & Ernie, and many more to perform beloved earworms like “Rubber Duckie,” “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon,” and “Elmo’s Song.”
No one is too young or too old to enjoy this hilarious, soulful, and joyous music so be a part of our neighborhood and celebrate five decades of Sesame Street in swingin’ style.