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Great Big Hits

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Released
  
September 22, 1992

Artist
  
Sharon, Lois & Bram

Label
  
Casablanca Kids

Length
  
62:12

Release date
  
22 September 1992

Genre
  
Children's music


Great Big Hits (1992)
  
Songs in the Key of Kids (1993)

Similar
  
Sharon - Lois & Bram albums, Children's music albums

Great Big Hits is the 11th album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1992. The album features 31 favorite Sharon, Lois & Bram songs, most released on previous albums, although the trio did re-recorded several songs especially for this album to give them more of a "Sharon, Lois & Bram sound".

Contents

Releases

The original release was in 1992 under Elephant Records in Canada, and under A&M Records in the United States. Then in 2004, Great Big Hits was re-released under Casablanca Kids Inc. The album is also available in a 2-Disc BoxSet released by Casablanca Kids in 2004.


1992 (Elephant Records/A&M Records)Cassette/CD
2004/2005/2008 (Casablanca Kids Inc.) CD

Touring and promotions

To promote the album, Sharon, Lois & Bram launched their "Great Big Tour" across Canada and the United States, presented by Nickelodeon US and Eaton's Canada. Pictures from the tour can be seen in the Sharon, Lois & Bram Photo Album that was published to sell at Great Big Hits concerts. The Great Big Tour sold over 200,000 seats across North America.

They also released a mini-compilation album to promote Great Big Hits. It was titled Kidbits and featured a selection of songs from their earlier albums as well as a special Skinnamarink Introduction where the trio personally welcomes you to the album and gives a brief description of their career and what to expect in terms of the Great Big Hits album. It is available only on cassette.

Great Big Hits proved that Sharon, Lois & Bram were rising stars and were an upward trend in popularity at the time because the album only took 2 months to "go gold", whereas their previous album, Sing A to Z, released in 1990, took 2 years to "go gold".

In addition, a Songbook titled "Great Big Hits" was published by Warner-Chappell Music in 1993. It contains piano music, guitar chords, and lyrics to all of the songs found on the album, as well as a special 4-Hand Skinnamarink Duet for the piano.

Nominations and awards

  • Our Choice Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre (1992)
  • iParenting Media Awards, Hottest Product for 2004 (2004)
  • Parents Choice, Recommended (2004)
  • Gold
  • Track listing

    1. "One Elephant"*
    2. "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain"*
    3. "Peanut Butter & Jelly"*
    4. "Jenny Jenkins"*
    5. "Chugga-Chugga"*
    6. "Savez-Vous Planter Les Choux?"
    7. "If I Could Have A Windmill"
    8. "A You're Adorable"*
    9. "Pop! Goes the Weasel"
    10. "Grandpa's Farm"
    11. "Susannah's A Funny Old Man"
    12. "Five Brown Buns"
    13. "We're All Together Again / If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake"
    14. "Newfoundland Jig Medley"
    15. "Little Rabbit Foo-Foo"
    16. "Five Little Monkeys"
    17. "Tingalayo"*
    18. "Hey Dum Diddeley Dum"*
    19. "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"
    20. "Rags"*
    21. "Fish & Chips & Vinegar"
    22. "The Smile on the Crocodile"
    23. "Ballin' the Jack"
    24. "Candy Man, Salty Dog"
    25. "Pufferbellies"
    26. "The Eensy Weensy Spider"
    27. "Mommy, What If..."
    28. "Shoe A Little Horse"
    29. "Caballito Blanco"
    30. "Little Sir Echo"
    31. "Precious Friends / Skinnamarink"
  • Tracks 1, 2, 17 from One Elephant, Deux Elefantes
  • [*] Re-recordings
  • Songs

    1One Elephant2:37
    2She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain2:44
    3Peanut Butter and Jelly1:26

    References

    Great Big Hits Wikipedia