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In Harmony (compilation albums)
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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.

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Of the two albums, only the first album charted, reaching No. 156 on the Billboard 200.[2] The Doobie Brothers' 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.[3] A second single, Al Jarreau's "One Good Turn", failed to chart. The first album was released on Sesame Street Records through Warner Bros. Records, and is the only album in the series with a direct connection to the popular children's series Sesame Street, as it includes a song performed by the characters Ernie and Cookie Monster. The second album was released on Columbia Records, and while no Muppet-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 23rd Annual Grammy Awards and 25th Annual Grammy Awards, respectively. The Grammys were awarded to the producers, David Levine and Lucy Simon.[4]

Bruce Springsteen's performance of "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", which appears on the second album, was recorded live at C. W. Post College 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 Hot Singles Recurrents 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 "My Hometown" in 1985 and has since been released on several other compilations.

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In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record

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Musicians

  • Jonathan Abramowitz – strings (11, 12)
  • Alex Acuña – drums (6)
  • Sanford Allen – strings (11, 12)
  • Wayne Andre – horns and reeds (12)
  • Stanley Banks – bass (10)
  • Jeff Baxter – pedal steel guitar (7)
  • George Benson – guitar (10)
  • Warren Bernhardt – keyboards (11)
  • Jay Berliner – guitar (5)
  • Lynn Blessing – vibraphone (6)
  • Laura Brannigan – hand claps (6)
  • Samanthan Broun – children's chorus (6)
  • Timothy Broun – children's chorus (6)
  • Al Brown – strings (11, 12)
  • Cornelius Bumpus – flute and saxophone (1)
  • John Campo – horns and reeds (12)
  • Tom Canning – piano (6)
  • Ron Carter – bass (9)
  • Lennox Church – hand claps (6)
  • Bob Cranshaw – bass (5)
  • George Devens – percussion (5)
  • Jimmy Douglass – hand claps (6)
  • Kenny Edwards – bass (4, 7, 8)
  • Steve Ferrone – drums (5)
  • Sammy Figueroa – percussion (2, 11, 12)
  • Barry Finclair – strings (11, 12)
  • Steve Gadd – drums (2, 3, 11, 12)
  • Maureen Gallagher – strings (11, 12)
  • Al Gorgoni – guitar (12)
  • Sara Gorham – children's chorus (6)
  • Don Grolnick – keyboards (3, 12)
  • Tom Heid – hand claps (6)
  • Amy Helm – children's chorus (6, 8)
  • L. Marlo Henderson – guitar (6, 8)
  • Jim HensonErnie (5)
  • Timothy "Ace" Holleran – drums (4, 7)
  • Craig Hull – guitar (4, 7)
  • Anthony Jackson – bass (1)
  • Al Jarreau – vocals (6)
  • Arthur Jenkins – keyboards (5)
  • Jim Keltner – drums (8)
  • Jinee Kim – children's chorus (6)
  • Mike Lawrence – horns and reeds (12)
  • Jeff Layton – guitar (5)
  • John McFee – violin (1)
  • Keith Knudsen – drums (1)
  • Tony Levin – bass (2, 3, 11, 12), tuba (2)
  • James Levine – cookie cruncher (5), children's chorus (8)
  • Julie Levine – cookie cruncher (5), children's chorus (6, 8)
  • Tony Lewis – drums (10)
  • Arif Mardin – hand claps (6)
  • George Marge – horns and reeds (12)
  • Chet McCracken – percussion (1)
  • Michael McDonald – vocals and keyboards (1)
  • Sid McGinnis – guitar (11)
  • Earl McIntyre – horns and reeds (12)
  • David Nadien – strings (11, 12)
  • Jeffrey Oliveros – children's chorus (6)
  • Jennifer Oliveros – children's chorus (6)
  • Frank OzCookie Monster (5)
  • Gregory Phillinganes – acoustic piano and arp string ensemble (10)
  • Robert Popwell – bass (6)
  • Tony Posk – strings (11, 12)
  • Tony Price – tuba (4), horns and reeds (12)
  • Nick Raposo – children's chorus (6)
  • Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack – piano and tack piano (4), keyboards (8)
  • Bruce Roberts – background vocals (4), arrangements (4)
  • Barry Rogers – horns and reeds (12)
  • Ora Shiram – strings (11, 12)
  • Pat Simmons – vocals and guitar (1)
  • Carly Simon – background vocals (1, 12), harmony vocals (3)
  • Joanna Simon – background vocals (12)
  • Lucy Simon – background vocals (1, 4, 8, 12), harmony vocals (3, 11), hand claps (6)
  • Lewis Soloff – horns and reeds (12)
  • Richard Sortomme – strings (11, 12)
  • David Spinozza – guitar (3, 9, 11, 12), arrangements and conducting (11, 12)
  • Sally Stevens – background vocals and soprano obligato (8)
  • David Stone – children's chorus (6)
  • Sooky Kim Streiff – children's chorus (6)
  • Hugh Taylor – background vocals (12)
  • James Taylor – guitar (2, 3), background vocals (2, 12)
  • Kate Taylor – lead vocal (12)
  • Livingston Taylor – guitar (9), background vocals (12)
  • Dave Tofani – horns and reeds (12)
  • Phil Upchurch – guitar (10)
  • Randy Waldman – electric piano and synthesizer (10)
  • Wendy Waldman – piano (7), background vocals (4)
  • The Watts Double Rock Baptist Church Junior Choir – children's chorus (6)
  • Larry Williams – synthesizer (6)
  • Susan Winterbottom – strings (11, 12)
  • Cengic Yaltkaya – additional scoring (12)

Technical and artistic personnel

  • Lucy Simon – producer
  • David Levine – producer
  • Arthur Shimkin – executive producer
  • Lew Hahn – associate producer, engineer (2, 3, 5, 9, 11, 12), mixing
  • Michael Boshears – engineer (4, 6-8, 10)
  • Gene Paul – engineer (1)
  • Tom Greto - additional engineering (2, 12)
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Bill Dooley – assistant engineer (1-3, 5, 9, 11, 12)
  • Tom Heid – assistant engineer (1-3, 5, 9, 11, 12)
  • Randy Mason – assistant engineer (1-3, 5, 9, 11, 12)
  • Michael O'Reilly – assistant engineer (1-3, 5, 9, 11, 12)
  • Anthony D'Amico – assistant engineer (4, 6-8, 10)
  • Glenn Feit, Jr. – assistant engineer (4, 6-8, 10)
  • Chip Leach – assistant engineer (4, 6-8, 10)
  • Skip Saylor – assistant engineer (4, 6-8, 10)
  • Peter Whorf – art direction
  • Simon Levy – design
  • Julie Levine – cover illustration
  • James Levine – hand lettering

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In Harmony 2

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Technical and artistic personnel

  • Lucy Simon – producer (1-9)
  • David Levine – producer (1-9)
  • Jim Boyer – co-producer and mixing (1-9), engineer (1-8)
  • Michele Slagter – associate producer (1-9)
  • Kenny Loggins – co-producer (8)
  • Marty Paich – co-producer (8)
  • Bruce Springsteen – producer (10)
  • Mike Appel – producer (10)
  • Jimmy Iovine – producer, engineer, and mixing (10)
  • Dan Cleary – executive producer
  • Sherwin Bash – executive producer
  • Scott Litt – engineer (9)
  • Thom Panunzio – engineer and mixing (10)
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Larry Franke – assistant engineer
  • Scott Ettinger – assistant engineer
  • Andy Hoffman – assistant engineer
  • Lincoln Clapp – assistant engineer
  • Jason Corsaro – assistant engineer
  • Jim Cassell – assistant engineer
  • Don Koldon – assistant engineer
  • Tim Garrity – assistant engineer
  • Robin Danar – assistant engineer
  • Paula Scher – design
  • Seymour Chwast – illustration
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