''In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record'' and ''In Harmony 2'' are two compilation albums of children's music performed by various artists, released in 1980 and 1981, respectively. Of the two albums, only the first album charted, reaching No. 156 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The

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' cover of "Wynken, Blynken and Nod" was the only single release to chart, when it reached No. 76 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 singles chart. A second single, Al Jarreau's "One Good Turn", failed to chart. The first album was released on Sesame Street Records through

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, and is the only album in the series with a direct connection to the popular children's series ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

'', as it includes a song performed by the characters

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and

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The second album was released on Columbia Records, and while no

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-related content appears on the album, the credits state that a "royalty is being donated to the Children's Television Workshop and various children's charities" from its proceeds. Each album won the Grammy Award for Best Recording for Children, at the

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and

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, respectively. The Grammys were awarded to the producers, David Levine and

Lucy Simon Lucy Elizabeth Simon (May 5, 1940 – October 20, 2022) was an American composer for the theatre and of popular songs. She recorded and performed as a singer and songwriter, and was known for the musicals ''The Secret Garden'' (1991) and '' Doc ...

. Bruce Springsteen's performance of "

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", which appears on the second album, was recorded live at

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in Brookville, New York on December 12, 1975. Springsteen's rendition of the song has received radio airplay perennially at Christmastime for years; it has appeared on ''Billboard'' magazine's

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chart each year from 2002 to 2009 due to seasonal airplay. ''In Harmony 2'' marks the first appearance of the recording on an album, although it was later released as the B-side of Springsteen's single "

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" in 1985 and has since been released on several other compilations.

Awards

Grammy Awards

Track listings

In Harmony #"

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889. The original title was "Dutch Lullaby". The poem is a fantasy bed-time story about three children sailing a ...

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#"Jellyman Kelly" -

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#"Be With Me" - Carly Simon #"Blueberry Pie" - Bette Midler #"Share" -

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#"One Good Turn" - Al Jarreau #"I Want a Horse" -

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and

Wendy Waldman Wendy Waldman (born November 29, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Biography Early life Waldman (born Wendy Steiner) grew up in the Los Angeles area. She was raised in a musical environment: her father Fred Steiner ...

#"The Sailor and the Mermaid" - Libby Titus and

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#"Pajamas" -

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#"A Friend for All Seasons" -

George Benson George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, play ...

and

Pauline Wilson Seawind was an American jazz fusion band from Hawaii, consisting of its lead singer Pauline Wilson, guitarist Bud Nuañez, bassist Ken Wild, drummer Bob Wilson, keyboardist, flutist and saxophonist Larry Williams, saxophone and flute player Kim ...

#"I Have a Song" -

#"In Harmony" - Kate Taylor and The Simon/Taylor Family In Harmony 2 #"Nobody Knows But Me" - Billy Joel #" Sunny Skies" -

#"The Owl and the Pussycat" - Lou Rawls and

Deniece Williams Deniece Williams (born June Deniece Chandler; June 3, 1951) is an American singer. She has been described as "one of the great soul voices" by the BBC. She is best known for the songs " Free", " Silly", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle" and two ''Bil ...

Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" is the debut solo single of singer Diana Ross, released in April 1970 as the first single from her solo self-titled debut 1970 album by Motown Records. Background Diana Ross, having just left The Suprem ...

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Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...

#"Ginny the Flying Girl" -

Janis Ian Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink; April 7, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child, Society's Child (Baby I've Been Thinking)" an ...

#"Here Comes the Rainbow" - Crystal Gayle #"Splish Splash" -

#"Some Kitties Don't Care" -

Kenny Loggins Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. His ...

#"Maryanne" - Carly and

" - Bruce Springsteen

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

References

External links

In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record
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