Years active 1984-present Past members Rick Cunha (1984) Record label Walt Disney Records | Website parachuteexpress.com Active from 1984 Past member Hearts & Flowers (1984) | |
Labels Disney RecordsTrio Lane Records Members Donald "Donny" BeckerJanice HubbardStephen Michael Schwartz Albums Happy to Be Here, Who's Got a Hug? Similar Stephen Michael Schwartz, Joanie Bartels, Susan Salidor, Justin Roberts, Sue Schnitzer | ||
Parachute express hello to gymboree in the uk
Parachute Express is a band of three California-based entertainers who perform, write and produce music for children. Members are Stephen Michael Schwartz, Janice Hubbard and Donny Becker. Parachute Express gained national prominence as recording artists for Gymboree Play & Music, Walt Disney Records, and Trio Lane Records. They sing the theme song to the popular television series Jay Jay The Jet Plane and have been seen on TV shows Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. Rocks and Disney's Kaleidoscope Concerts. Their music is featured in over 550 Gymboree franchises throughout the world, as well as in preschools, daycare centers and diverse informal education programs.
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- Parachute express hello to gymboree in the uk
- Albums
- Song collections
- Singles
- Tracks in compilations
- Videos
- Awards
- Songs
- References
Parachute Express created a total of twelve albums to date, selling over half a million units (figure for 2004). In the early 1990s Parachute Express recorded for Walt Disney Records under the Music Box Artist Series. Since 1998 the trio has its own label, Trio Lane Records. Many of their albums have won national awards including NAPPA awards, the Film Advisory Board Award, an Indie Award, a Toy of The Year Award, and several times the Parents' Choice Gold Award.
Their video Come Sing With Us! won the Parents Choice Video Award and an International Monitor Award. They have been voted "Best Group" by the American Academy of Children's Entertainment. Their long list of honors further includes featured performers at the 42nd and 43rd Presidential Inaugural Festivities, performing their "poetic anthem" We The Children. This song was included in the Presidential library by then First Lady Hillary Clinton. They performed half a dozen times at the Annual Easter Egg Hunt on the lawn of the White House and continue to perform to date. In 2010 and 2011 Parachute Express toured China, performing in Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen.
Albums
Song collections
Singles
Tracks in compilations
Videos
Songs
1. I Like Shakin' My Legs (I Like Shaking My Hands/Shake it Up) (Opening Song) (by The Parachute Express)
2. Tingalayo (by the Parachute Express)
3. Chugga Chugga Choo Choo (by The Parachute Express)
4. Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck Ding Ding Ding Ding Ding (by The Parachute Express)
5. Merry Go Round Horses and Ponies (by The Parachute Express)
6. Hey, Mister Knickerbocker, Bobbity Bop (Rap Song) (by The Parachute Express)
7. Big-Eyed Owl (by the Parachute Express)
8. Let's Be Quiet (The Parachute Express)
9. Chickle (Coockle) Doodle Doo All Around (by The Parahute Express)
10. Little Bicycle (by Karen Anderson and The Parachute Express)
11. Little Duckie Duddle (by the Parachute Express)
12. Wheels on the Bus (The Bus Song) (by Karen Anderson)
13. Great Big Cat (by Parachute Express)
14. Itsy Bitsy Spider (by Karen Anderson)
15. Where are the Bees?, and Sit Down on the Floor (by the Parachute Express)
16. Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Tree (Rap Song), and Popcorn Before My Eyes (by Karen Anderson)
17. Peanut Butter (by Parachute Express)
18. Tick Tock I'm a Little Cuckoo Clock (by the Parachute Express)
19. Open, Shut Them (by Karen Anderson)
20. Open, Shut Them (Reprise) (by Karen Anderson)
21. Open, Shut Them (Reprise) (by Karen Anderson)
22. It's a Gymboree Day! (by the Parachute Express)
23. Go Get the Quilt (by the Parachute Express)
24. Swing, Back and Forth (by Karen Anderson and The Parachute Express)
25. Pop Goes the Weasel (by Karen Anderson and The Parachute Express)
26. Reach Up High (by Karen Anderson)
27. I Like Shakin' My Legs (I Like Shaking My Hands/Shake it Up) (Ending Song) (by The Parachute Express)
Awards
Songs
Shakin' ItShakin' It · 1998
When I Build My House1998
Doctor Looney's RemedyDoctor Looney's Remedy · 1998