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[rivka]

fourgates gave Alex some CDs, including For the Kids, a collection of children's music recorded by pop stars. I've been listening to that one a lot - what's not to like about the Barenaked Ladies singing "La La La La Lemon," or Five for Fighting singing something called "The Hoppity Song"?

It's inspired me to go through my iTunes collection and start work on a couple of mix CDs for Alex. I've got the contents of two CDs sorted out, although I haven't decided on a track order yet. What would you put on CDs for a baby? (Extra points if you're willing to send me a copy.)

Mix 1: Uptempo Baby

Caribbean Amphibian - Jimmy Buffett and Kermit the Frog
Why Does the Sun Shine? - They Might Be Giants
Punky's Dilemma - Simon & Garfunkel
Mammal - TMBG
Johnny Saucep'n - Moxy Fruvous
Zombie Jamboree - Rockapella
Hot Soup - Da Vinci's Notebook
Volcano - Jimmy Buffett
A Noun is a Person, Place, or Thing - Schoolhouse Rock
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - TMBG
Donkey Riding - Great Big Sea
I've Been Everywhere - Johnny Cash
Mother and Child Reunion - Paul Simon
Moving Right Along - Kermit and Fozzy
You Will Go to the Moon - Moxy Fruvous
Haul Away Joe - Mackeel
Linus and Lucy - Vince Guaraldi Trio
Interjections! - Schoolhouse Rock
Dinner Bell - TMBG
Still the Same Me - Sweet Honey in the Rock

Mix 2: Mellow Baby

If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out - Cat Stevens
Mail Myself to You - John McCutcheon
If I Were a Moose - Fred Small
What a Wonderful World - Da Vinci's Notebook
Rainbow Connection - Kermit the Frog
The Marvelous Toy - Peter, Paul, and Mary
The Preamble - Schoolhouse Rock
Three is a Magic Number - Schoolhouse Rock
Keep on the Sunny Side - the Whites
May There Always Be Sunshine - Charlotte Diamond
It Ain't Easy Being Green - Kermit the Frog
Ship in the Sky - Woody Guthrie
Dream a Little Dream of Me - Ella Fitzgerald
Everything Possible - the Flirtations
Rock Me to Sleep - Jill Sobule
Lullaby for a Stormy Night - Vienna Tang
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwoole

Comments

[tammylc.livejournal.com]

This is not an answer to your question, but I did want to tell you about about a couple of great kids CDs that Liam and I both love. One is Philadelphia Chickens, which comes as an insert in the book of lyrics and music of the same name, which is by Sandra Boynton, who writes some of the greatest board books there are. (I highly recommend Doggies for even the youngest of babies - Liam laughed hysterically from about 4 months or so - Mom barking is just too funny, apparently). And it's got an all star cast - Meryl Streep, Scott Bakula, Kevin Klein.

The band Trout Fishing in America does both adult and kids music, and I adore the kids CD given to Liam as a gift - I think it's called My World.

We just picked up the ABC CD from TMBG, but have only listened to it once so far - it didn't immediately grab me.

Liam has gotten to the age where he bounces and dances and flaps to music and it's so much fun. Your CD mixes sound great!

[abbylee]

I love Sandra Boynton, although I've not heard the cd.

Friends of mine just had a baby. My present? Sandra Boynton books and John Lithgow's Singing in the Bathtub cd.