The Muppet Alphabet Album

The Muppet Alphabet Album is an educational album based on the children's television series Sesame Street. It was first released in 1971 by Columbia,^[1][2] then reissued in 1976.^[1][3] Afterwards, it was reissued by Golden Music in 1990,^[4] followed by Sony Wonder in 1996, and by Koch Records in 2008. The latest reissues rename the album to Sing the Alphabet, and include Elmo singing a rendition of the song "ABC-DEF-GHI" in place of the original opening. The album features one song or sketch for each letter in the alphabet, performed by a variety of Sesame Street characters from the time. Each of the songs utilizes a different musical style.

Jim Henson, one of the album's producers,^[1] included a short description of the project on the album jacket of the initial release: "The idea is very simple – a little song or skit about each of the twenty-six letters of the alphabet..". A short history of the production process was later posted to a posthumous blog representing his estate.^[1][5][6]

For the third season of Sesame Street, multiple tracks from the album were adapted as segments for the show, with the Muppet characters lip-syncing to the original audio.

1. "ABC-DEF-GHI" - Elmo* (Sing the Alphabet reissues only)
2. "The Opening" (pre-Sing the Alphabet releases only)
3. "The Sound of the Letter A" - Big Bird*
4. "Oscar's B Sandwich" - Oscar the Grouch (and Farley)
5. "C is for Cookie" - Cookie Monster*
6. "Dee, Dee, Dee" - Ernie*
7. "E - What's My Letter" - Guy Smiley and Prairie Dawn*
8. "Four Furry Friends" - Grover, Herry Monster, Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster
9. "Two G Sounds", with Grover and George*
10. "Hee Hee Ha Ha", - Harvey Kneeslapper, Herry Monster and Big Bird
11. "I Stand Up Straight and Tall" - Grover*
12. "J Friends", with the Anything Muppets*
13. "K - Herbert's Silly Poem" - Herbert Birdsfoot
14. "La La La", with Bert and Ernie*
15. "M-M-M Monster Meal", with Cookie Monster and Herry Monster*
16. "The Noodle Story" - Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch

An asterisk indicates a track that was performed on the Sesame Street series.

1. "Would You Like to Buy an O?" - Ernie and Lefty the Salesman*
2. "P - My Favorite Letter" - Anything Muppets*
3. "The Question Song" - Grover and Little Girl*
4. "The R Machine" - Bert and Ernie
5. "Sammy the Snake" - Sammy the Snake*
6. "The Tale of Tom Tattertall Tuttletut" - Herbert Birdsfoot and the Anything Muppets
7. "U Lecture" - Professor Hastings (and Ernie)
8. "Very, Very Special Letter" - Big Bird
9. "The National Association of W Lovers" - Bert*
10. "X Marks the Spot!" - Sherlock Hemlock*
11. "Y - Just Because" - Grover and Little Girl
12. "The Zizzy Zoomers" - Anything Muppets*
13. "Madrigal Alphabet"* (Sing the Alphabet releases only)
14. "The Closing" (pre-Sing the Alphabet releases only)

An asterisk indicates a track that was performed on the Sesame Street series.

• Caroll Spinney - Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
• Jim Henson - Ernie, Guy Smiley, J Friend #2, Zizzy Zoomer #1, Tom Tattertall Tuttletutt, and Anything Muppet #2
• Frank Oz - Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, Lefty the Salesman, Harvey Kneeslapper, Professor Hastings, J Friend #4, Zizzy Zoomer #3, and Anything Muppet #3
• Jerry Nelson - Herry Monster, Herbert Birdsfoot, Sherlock Hemlock, Farley, George, J Friend #1, Zizzy Zoomer #2, Sammy the Snake, Ambercrombie the Ant, "What's My Letter?" Announcer, and Anything Muppet #1
• Fran Brill - Prairie Dawn, Little Girl, Singer, and J Friend #3
• Jerry Juhl - Queen (uncredited)
• Joe Raposo - Additional Voices (uncredited)
• Jeff Moss - Additional Voices (uncredited)
• Kevin Clash - Elmo