The Top Ten Sesame Street Songs Not on Any Album: Part II
Michael Wermuth, Jr. - My first published contribution to The Muppet Mindset was a list of the top ten Sesame Street songs that have never been released on any albums. It’s been a year and we still haven’t gotten any new Sesame Street albums (compiling three classic albums on multi-disc sets don’t count as “new”), and therefore my list didn’t have any impact in decision-making from Sesame Workshop or Koch Records. But that won’t stop me from making a list of the SECOND top ten Sesame Street songs not officially available in audio format. Last time I avoided songs recorded after 1997, but I am going to list some post-1997 songs this time around.
A cover of a traditional public domain song, “There’s a Hole in the Bucket” concerns a hillbilly couple, Henry (performed by Jim Henson) and Liza (voiced by Rita Moreno), in which Henry is about to get some water, but finds that there’s a hole in his bucket. Liza tells him to fix the hole, which leads Henry to point out a variety of other issues, asking Liza what he should do next. But as the title says, “There’s a Hole in the Bucket.” “There’s a Hole in the Bucket” was a “holy grail” among fans of Sesame Street. For years it hadn’t been broadcast, and none of the fans had a copy of the segment. In 2008 the sketch was added at sesamestreet.org.
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7. Don’t Know Y
6. Things That I Remember
1. Wheels on my Feet
Well, that's my list. I do not plan on posting a "Part III" next year, but then again, I didn't plan on posting a part II when I did the first one. But if the people at Sesame Workshop and Koch Records see this and the original list, these two lists would help with content if we ever get a truly new Sesame Street album from Koch Records.
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