- Space Songs
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This album = Space Songs
Next album ="Space Songs" is an album in the "Ballads For The Age of Science" or "Singing Science" series of scientific music for children from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Songs were written by
Hy Zaret (lyrics) andLou Singer (music). "Space Songs" was released in 1959 by Hy Zaret's label "Motivation Records," and was performed byTom Glazer andDottie Evans .Other albums in the "Ballads for the Age of Science" series were: "
Energy and Motion Songs ," performed by Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans; "Weather Songs ," performed by Tom Glazer andThe Weathervanes ; "Experiment Songs ," performed byDorothy Collins ; "Nature Songs ," and "More Nature Songs ," both performed byMarais and Miranda .Track listing
#"Zoom A Little Zoom"
#"What Is The Milky Way?"
#"Constellation Jig"
#"Beep, Beep"
#"Why Does The Sun Shine?"
#"What Is A Shooting Star?"
#"Longitude And Latitude"
#"It's A Scientific Fact"
#"Ballad Of Sir Isaac Newton"
#"Friction"
#"Why Are Stars Of Different Colors?"
#"Why Do Stars Twinkle?"
#"What Is Gravity?"
#"Planet Minuet"
#"Why Go Up There?"pace Songs in Popular Media
The song "Zoom a Little Zoom" has notably been used in the popular online vlog
Rocketboom as its theme song.On
September 27 ,2005 episode ofRocketboom featured the songs "Why Do Stars Twinkle?" and "Beep,Beep". [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2005/09/rb_05_sep_27.html]The band
They Might Be Giants has recorded cover versions of two Space Songs, "Why Does The Sun Shine?", and "What Is A Shooting Star? (A Shooting Star Is Not A Star)".In 2008 Chloé Leloup, Miss LaLaVox und
Achim Treu reworked the album under the title "The Space Songs - Ballads for the Age of Science". The album was released on the label Sopot Records. [http://www.sopot-records.com]External links
* [http://www.acme.com/jef/singing_science/ Information about the "Singing Science" series]
* [http://www.tmbg.com They Might Be Giants]
* [http://www.menfromearth.co.uk Men From Earth] authors of new songs about space.
* [http://www.rocketboom.com Rocketboom]
* [http://www.sopot-records.com Sopot Records]
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