Sesame Street singles

As  SESAME STREET  began to make Record album s  that feature d  song  s from the  show , they also release d 4 5 R P M single s from those album s. The first series of album s on Columbia Record s  &  Warner Bro s . Record s  led to a similar series of 4 5 R P M single s, which were package d as book & record set s , with picture s & draw in g s either take n from or similar to the album s , & lyric s to the song s. Some of these title s were also pack age d into boxed set s  with cove r art work similar to the album cover s.

Some of the song s, such as "  RUBBER DUCKIE  " & " Sing  , " prove d to be so popular with adult s that they were also release d as adult pop single s. These record s were produced between 1 9 7 0  &  1 9 7 3. T he "  RUBBER DUCKIE  " single even reached number 1 6 on  B ill board  ' s Hot 1 00 Single s chart in 1 9 7 0.

In 1 9 7 4 , a new series of single s began to be release d on the recently formed  SESAME STREET   Record s  label , which had also begun issuing album s. At first, they were manufacture d & distribute d by C h i l d r e n ’ s Re cord s of A m e r i c a  , & then in 1977 Distinguished Product ion s took over product i on , as well as reissuing the earlier C R A single s under their own name. Nearly all of the early song s were re - release d in the new series, although they only had simple picture sleeve s with no lyric s.

The last commercially release d 4 5 R P M single s in the U S were produce d in 1 9 7 9 , although several promotional release s were produce d until 1 9 8 4 , when the l abe l was , unfortunately , shut down. There was also a promotional E P release d to radio station s in 1 9 8 5 , to promote the release of  Follow That  BIRD .

Several 1 2  " single s were also release d over the y ear s, most of them to promote art is t s who had recorded  SESAME STREET  song s . How ever , during the height of  disc o  , 1 2 " single s of son g s from  SESAME   STREET  F e v e r  were release d for D J ' s to play in club s. These contained extended version s & remixes not found on the album.