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Two hours of rollicking delite: '60s jams, cartooniness, seriousness, sing-alongs, and Simpsons talk. P.dece.
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February 9, 2017: I Believe in Little Things: Joe Raposo
Composer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumental whiz JOE RAPOSO would have been 80 this week. Known primarily for his indefatigable work as the music director of Sesame Street, for which he wrote and arranged dozens of tunes, Raposo was also a well-respected talent for film, stage, and other TV projects. His songs were recorded by a variety of pop superstars during the '70s. His own arrangements are immediately recognizable: complex, "busy" pieces that incorporate techniques from big band to funk to vaudeville. Through these beautiful songs, many of them under a minute long, he informed the musical tastes of a generation of young people around the world.
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Artist | Track | Album | Label | Year | Format | Comments | Approx. start time | |||
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Bob | Look a Little Closer | Sesame Street | 0:00:00 (Pop-up) | |||||||
The Kids | Somebody Come and Play | Sesame Street Gold | Sesame Street | 1977 | LP | 0:01:50 (Pop-up) | ||||
Joe Raposo | You're My Baby | Sesame Street | 0:04:18 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Van Morrison | Bein' Green | Live at the Troubadour | 1973 | 0:06:07 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Electric Company Theme | 1971 | 0:10:52 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Joe Raposo | Peanut Butter | Sesame Street | 0:11:56 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Bob and Susan | What are Kids Called? | Sesame Street Gold | Sesame Street | 1977 | LP | 0:13:12 (Pop-up) | ||||
Joe Raposo | Doggie Paddle | Sesame Street | 0:14:36 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Ernie & Salesman | Would You Like to Buy an O? | Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo vol. 1 | 1992 | 0:16:26 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Joe Raposo | Trying | Sesame Street | 0:17:55 (Pop-up) | |||||||
The Carpenters | Sing | Now & Then | A&M | 1973 | 0:20:12 (Pop-up) | |||||
Joe Raposo | Me | Sesame Street | 0:33:13 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Company | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (original cast album) | 0:34:40 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Joe Raposo | I'm an Aardvark | Sesame Street | 0:38:30 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Kermit, Fozzie, et al | Happiness Hotel | The Great Muppet Caper | 1981 | 0:39:04 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Joe Raposo | It's a Long Hard Climb | Sesame Street | 0:43:16 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Cookie Monster | C Is for Cookie | Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo vol. 1 | 1992 | 0:44:46 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Electric Company | Lick a Lolly | 0:46:12 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Big Bird & Kids | J Jump | Sesame Street Gold | Sesame Street | 1977 | LP | 0:48:30 (Pop-up) | ||||
The Kids | Sesame Street theme (loud version) | Sesame Street | 1976 | 7" | 0:50:24 (Pop-up) | |||||
The Kids | Sesame Street theme (original 1969) | 0:51:24 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Bob, Susan, Gordon, Mr. Hooper, Big Bird, Oscar | I've Got Two | 1:05:21 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Cookie Monster | Me Lost Me Cookie At The Disco | 1:08:05 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Grover & Marty | Has Anybody Seen My Dog? (disco version) | Sesame Street Fever | Sesame Street | 1978 | LP | 1:12:00 (Pop-up) | ||||
Funky Chimes (Sesame St. end credits) | 1:16:29 (Pop-up) | |||||||||
Joe Raposo (narrator) | Joe teaches kids ("America Is" snippet) | "America Is" TV special | 198? | 1:18:14 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Joe Raposo | We're a Family | Sesame Street | 1:22:09 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Herbert Birdsfoot, Ernie, Bert | High, Middle, Low | Sesame Street Gold | Sesame Street | 1977 | LP | 1:23:46 (Pop-up) | ||||
Joe Raposo | Little Things | Sesame Street | 1:26:48 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Ernie | Rubber Duckie | ***4TH SET JEFF MOSS INTERLUDE*** | 1:36:49 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Anything Muppets | Listen to the Bells | 1:38:42 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Johnny Cash & Oscar The Grouch | Nasty Dan | 1:41:40 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Oscar | I Love Trash | 1:44:00 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Ernie & Bert | But I Like You | 1:46:48 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Captain Vegetable et al | Captain Vegetable | 1:48:50 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Anything Muppets | 5 People in My Family | 1:51:38 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Kermit & muppets | Right Where I Belong/Somebody's Getting Married (From The Muppets Take Manhattan) | 1:53:51 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
The Queers | I Don't Want to Live on the Moon | 1:57:30 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Kevin Clash | Skin | Sesame Street | 2:05:03 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Three's Company theme | 1977 | 2:06:20 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Joe Raposo | Take a Breath | Sesame Street | 2:07:33 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Joe Raposo | Fruit Song | Sesame Street | 2:08:42 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Joe Raposo | Pretty Baby | Sesame Street | 2:10:55 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Big Bird, Gordon, Susan | ABC-DEF-GHI | Sesame Street: Sesame Street 1 Original Cast Record | 2:12:36 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Joe Raposo, arranger | Madeline (excerpt) | 1988 | 2:16:08 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Shining Time Station theme | 1989 | 2:18:57 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Ray Charles and Kermit | Bein' Green | 1975 | Cher variety show | 2:20:03 (Pop-up) | ||||||
Joe Raposo | Flying | 2:22:19 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Frank Sinatra | Winners | Ol' Blue Eyes is Back | 1973 | 2:36:04 (Pop-up) | ||||||
The Kids | B is for Bubble | Sesame Street | 2:38:53 (Pop-up) | |||||||
The Count with Ftatateeta and the Bats | The Batty Bat | Elmo's Dance Party | Sesame Street | 2012 | 2:39:55 (Pop-up) | |||||
Oscar | Simple Song | Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella | Sesame Street | 1974 | LP | 2:42:38 (Pop-up) | ||||
Joe Raposo | New Life Coming | 2:45:33 (Pop-up) | ||||||||
Luis, Bob, Susan & Kids | Sing | Sesame Street | 2:47:58 (Pop-up) | |||||||
Ernie & co. | Imagination | Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo vol. 1 | 1992 | 2:58:27 (Pop-up) |
Joe Raposo on the Muppet Wiki
Joe's New York Times obituary
Joe Raposo fan site maintained by his family
And a lot of other biographical info here for further reading.
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@melinda-- You got that right.
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Also, I've always appreciated how much the Three's Company theme sounds like a Sesame Street song (even down to having a number in it), just with a grown-up message. The lyrics are just as elementary, as well.
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