''Sesame Street Fever'' is a concept album made by the cast of

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in 1978. It follows the characters as a love of disco sweeps Sesame Street. The album heavily parodies '' Saturday Night Fever'', and the cover features

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where John Travolta should be, and

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, and

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in the place of the Bee Gees. Bee Gee Robin Gibb also appears on the album, and according to the LP's

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, "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 (except for a 1991 Japanese re-release) but is available to download on

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, iTunes and file sharing sites. Singles of "Sesame Street Fever"/"Trash" and "Doin' the Pigeon"/"Rubber Duckie" were released as promotional items. A follow-up album, ''Sesame Disco!'' was released in 1979.

Track listing

# "Sesame Street Fever" by Robin Gibb,

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# "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

and Robin Gibb) # "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?" - Marty &

(Cookie Monster makes a brief cameo.) *Both "Doin' The Pigeon" and "Has Anybody Seen My Dog?" have overextended instrumental outros (the former's is broken up with one more singing of the chorus by the girls), possibly to help pad the album's sides.

Personnel

* Robin Gibb –

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

Frank Oz Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; May 25, 1944) is an American actor, puppeteer, and filmmaker. He began his career as a puppeteer, performing the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in ''The Muppet Show ...

– vocals *

Jerry Nelson Jerry L. Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with The Muppets. Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on ''Sesame Street'', ' ...

– vocals *

Caroll Spinney Caroll Edwin Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019) was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on ''Sesame Street'' from its inception in 1969 until 2018. ...

– vocals *

Jim Henson James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, animator, cartoonist, actor, inventor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide notice as the creator of The Muppets and '' Fraggle Rock'' (1983–1987) and ...

– vocals *Maeretha Stewart – vocals * Ullanda McCullough – vocals *Yvonne Lewis – vocals *Jack Cavari –

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*Jeff Layton – guitar *Cliff Morris – guitar *

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–

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*Richard Crooks – drums *David Horowitz – keyboards *

Pat Rebillot Patrick Earl "Pat" Rebillot (born April 21, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life and education Born in Louisville, Ohio, Rebilliot studied music at Mt. Union College and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Jeno Tak ...

– keyboards *George Devons –

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– conga *

Joe Shepley Joseph James Shepley (born in Yonkers, New York on August 7, 1930; March 26, 2016) was an American jazz trumpeter. He worked with Burt Collins, Mike Longo, Duke Pearson and others. He can be heard in the docudrama ''Pumping Iron''. Discography ...

–

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* Alan Raph –

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Lou Marini Louis William Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as "Blue Lou" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brothe ...

–

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s * Dave Tofani – baritone saxophone *Paul Gershman – strings *Harold Kohon – strings *Joe Malin – strings *

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– strings *Matt Raimondi – strings *Gerald Tarack – strings *Jesse Levy –

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Kermit Moore Kermit Moore (March 11, 1929 – November 11, 2013) was an American conductor, cellist, and composer. Early life and education Of African American heritage, Moore was born in Akron, Ohio. While still in high school, Moore studied at the Cl ...

– cello *Michael DeLugg -

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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,''The Bilboad Albums'', 6th edn. Joel Whitburn. 2006. Record Research Inc. p. 1366. . and was certified

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by the RIAA.

References

Disco soundtracks Sesame Street albums 1978 albums Concept albums Disco albums by American artists {{childrens-album-stub

Track listing

Personnel

Chart performance

See also

References