“If I Were,” AKA “Kermit’s Minstrel Song.” Quite exciting to watch Jim Henson performing it as Kermit The Frog. This is one of the earliest songs I composed for Sesame Street (1981). Lyrics by David Axlerod.

Ingrid, Humphrey, Natasha & Bob: “Oh Look What Our Baby Can Do”; Lyrics by Belinda Ward

Sesame Street Reggae : “Island Of Emotion” (animation by Sally Cruikshank, sung by Tyrone Davis); Lyrics by Mark Saltzman

Big Bird, Elmo, Bert, Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and entire Sesame Street cast: “Faces That I Love.”; Lyrics by Lou Berger

Mothers And Children from Don’t Eat The Pictures, Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, sung by Alaina Reed; Lyrics by Tony Geiss.

Gina’s Dream. The lyrics are by Jon Stone, a member of the original creative team of Sesame Street. He asked me to compose the music in an operatic style. I played all the instruments, layer upon layer, in my electronic studio. Gina is played by Alison Bartlett and Wolfgang, the seal, by Kevin Clash.

Loving All Those Things. Recording the Muppets. After recording the band track for “Loving All Those Things,” I recorded myself singing Maria’s (Sonia Manzano) part in this duet with Oscar The Grouch (Caroll Spinney). Then Caroll recorded Oscar’s part. So here we have a duet between Oscar The Grouch and me. Those with keen ears will hear the click track at the beginning and some score shuffling here and there. These weren’t heard in the final mix. I composed the music. Lyrics by Jeff Moss.