Deep Dive: Tiny Desk Sesame Street

If you aren’t familiar with NPR Music’s Tony Desk Concert series, you can read the Wikipedia article. However, all you really need to know is that the public radio project has been featuring intimate performances by a variety of artists for about 15 years now. I’ve only seen a few that I’ve happened upon in my worldwide web travels but imagine my surprise when I came across one featuring the cast of SESAME STREET! It was recorded in June of 2019 and features some of the show’s beloved Muppets (Big Bird, Bert, Ernie, Grover, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Abby Cadabby and Zoe) singing musical numbers from the long-running children’s series. See and hear for yourself…

My Top Five: Sesame Street Songs

SESAME STREET has a long history of music. From that very first episode in 1969, it was obvious that songs and singing were part of the very lifeblood of SESAME STREET. When I pondered the question of what my favorites were it was difficult to narrow it down. I could go with parody songs, Sesame originals or tunes that were covered by the colorful cast of Muppets and humans alike. I could probably create a list composed merely of songs written by the late, great Joe Raposo. But I eventually came up with five songs that, to me, represent the wonder and enormity of SESAME STREET’s pop culture influence.

So here they are… MY TOP FIVE SESAME STREET SONGS…

5) C IS FOR COOKIE. Ah, how wonderful Sid aka Cookie Monster is. His insatiable appetite (even for healthy foods – a song which nearly made the list) is legendary. Written by the aforementioned Joe Raposo, this ode to his favorite food is a classic. And that’s good enough for me.