Released August 1978 | Recorded May 1978New York City Release date 1 January 1978 | |
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Label Children’s Television Workshop Similar | ||
Sesame Street Fever is a concept album made by the cast of Sesame Street in 1978. It follows the characters as a love of disco sweeps Sesame Street.
Contents
- Sesame street fever rubber duckie disco version
- Track listing
- Personnel
- Chart performance
- Songs
- References
The album heavily parodies Saturday Night Fever, and the cover features Grover where John Travolta should be, and Ernie, Bert, and Cookie Monster in the place of the Bee Gees.
Bee Gee Robin Gibb also appears on the album, and according to the LP's liner notes, "appears courtesy of his children - Melissa and Spencer Gibb".
The recording was released in the LP, cassette, and eight-track audio formats; it has never been commercially released on compact disc but is available to download on amazon, iTunes and file sharing sites. Singles of "Sesame Street Fever"/"Trash" and "Doin' the Pigeon"/"Rubber Duckie" were released as promotional items. (The CD was released in Japan in 1991. The product number is SRCS-5595.)
Sesame street fever rubber duckie disco version
Track listing
- "Sesame Street Fever" by Robin Gibb, Bert, Count von Count, Big Bird, Ernie, Cookie Monster
- "Doin' The Pigeon" - Bert & The Girls (preceded by a short hidden track that features Bert and Ernie debating the dance craze)
- "Rubber Duckie" - Ernie & His Rubber Duckie
- "Trash" - Robin Gibb
- "C Is For Cookie" - Cookie Monster & The Girls (preceded by a conversation between Cookie Monster and Robin Gibb)
- "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?" - Marty & Grover (Cookie Monster makes a brief cameo.)
Personnel
Chart performance
The album ended up being a surprise commercial success both in terms of chart performance and sales. It peaked at #75 on Billboard's Pop Albums Chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA.
See also: Sesame Street discography
Songs
1Sesame Street FeverRobin Gibb - Jim Henson - Frank Oz5:40
2Doin' the PigeonFrank Oz6:30
3Rubber DuckieJim Henson4:27