In Harmony

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Name = In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record
Type = compilation
Artist = various artists


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Released = October 1980
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Genre = Children's music
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This album = In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record (1980)
Next album = "In Harmony 2" (1982)
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Infobox Album
Name = In Harmony 2
Type = compilation
Artist = various artists


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Released = 1982
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Last album = In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record (1980)
This album = "In Harmony 2" (1982)
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"In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record" and "In Harmony 2" are two Grammy Award-winning compilation albums of children's music performed by various artists, released in 1980 and 1982, respectively.

The first album has a stronger connection to the television series "Sesame Street" than the second, as it includes a song performed by the characters Ernie and Cookie Monster, while no Muppet-related content appears on the second album. However, the second album's credits state that a "royalty is being donated to the Children's Television Workshop and various children's charities" from its proceeds.

Each of the albums was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children, at the Grammy Awards of 1981 and Grammy Awards of 1983, respectively.

Bruce Springsteen's performance of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", which appears on the second album, was recorded live at C. W. Post College in Greenvale, New York on December 12, 1975. Springsteen's rendition of the song has received radio airplay perennially at Christmastime for years; it has appeared on Billboard magazine's Hot Singles Recurrents chart each year from 2002 to 2007 due to seasonal airplay. "In Harmony 2" marks the only appearance of the recording on an album, although it was later released as the B-side of Springsteen's single "My Hometown" in 1985.

Track listings

"In Harmony"

#"Wynken, Blynken and Nod" - The Doobie Brothers
#"Jellyman Kelly" - James Taylor
#"Be With Me" - Carly Simon
#"Blueberry Pie" - Bette Midler
#"Share" - Ernie and Cookie Monster
#"One Good Turn" - Al Jarreau
#"I Want a Horse" - Linda Ronstadt and Wendy Waldman
#"The Sailor and the Mermaid" - Libby Titus and Dr. John
#"Pajamas" - Livingston Taylor
#"A Friend for All Seasons" - George Benson and Pauline Wilson
#"I Have a Song" - Lucy Simon
#"In Harmony" - Kate Taylor and The Simon/Taylor Family

"In Harmony 2"

#"Nobody Knows But Me" - Billy Joel
#"Sunny Skies" - James Taylor
#"The Owl and the Pussycat" - Lou Rawls and Deniece Williams
#"Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" - Teddy Pendergrass
#"Ginny the Flying Girl" - Janis Ian
#"Here Comes the Rainbow" - Crystal Gayle
#"Splish Splash" - Dr. John
#"Some Kitties Don't Care" - Kenny Loggins
#"Maryanne" - Carly and Lucy Simon
#"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" - Bruce Springsteen

External links

* [http://muppet.wikia.com/wiki/In_Harmony:_A_Sesame_Street_Record In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record] at Muppet Wiki