"Sing" is a song created for Sesame Street, that gained popularity when performed by The Carpenters. From A Celebration of Me, Grover, showing much of the main cast of Sesame Street. ... Karen and Richard Carpenter This article is about a musical group. ...

"Sing" was initially written by Joe Raposo, who was the staff songwriter for the children's television series Sesame Street. In it's initial appearance, the song was sung by adult human cast members of the show, and Muppet puppets, including Big Bird. Joe Raposo (February 8, 1937 - February 5, 1989) was a composer and lyricist, best known for his work on the childrens television series Sesame Street, including the theme song. ... From A Celebration of Me, Grover, showing much of the main cast of Sesame Street. ... John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together The Muppets are a group of puppets and costume characters created by Jim Henson and the company he created. ... Big Bird finds Ernie in a game of Journey to Ernie. ...

This, and subsequent Sesame Street recordings were released on Sesame Street Concert/On Stage - Live! (1973), Sing The Hit Songs of Sesame Street (1974), Bert & Ernie Sing-Along (1975), Sesame Street Silver - 10th Anniversary Album (1978), Sesame Street Disco (1979), Sing: Songs of Joe Raposo (1992), Sesame Street Platinum: All Time Favorites (1995), The Bird Is The Word - Big Bird's Favorite Songs, Songs from the Street: 35 Years of Music (2003), and The Best of Elmo. A Spanish version was included in Fiesta Songs! (1998).

In early 1973, Karen and Richard Carpenter were guests on ABC television special Robert Young With The Young. The Carpenters loved the song, and say in retrospect that they knew it would "be a hit". Their associates primarily though the duo were "nuts". The song acted as their debut single from the LP album Now and Then, released in 1973. "Sing" reached #3 on the Billboard charts, and became the group's seventh gold single. Now and Then is a 1995 film directed by Lesli Linka Glatter and starring Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie ODonnell and Rita Wilson, which tells the story of four friends that have been busy with their lives until an important event takes place and reunites them in their (fictional...

Their recording of the song was produced and arranged by Richard Carpenter, engineered by Ray Gerhardt. The lead vocal was sung by Karen Carpenter, with backing vocals by Karen and Richard Carpenter and the Jimmy Joyce Children's Choir. Keyboards were by Richard Carpenter, bass by Joe Osborn, drums by Karen Carpenter, and recorders by Tom Scott. 1937- American electric bass virtuoso, notable for his work as a session musician in Los Angeles and Nashville during the period from the 1960s through the 1980s. ... There are different people named Tom Scott: Tom Scott, Scottish poet. ...

The Carpenters did an additional recording and remix in 1994, that time with sound engineer Roger Young.

External links

• Tiny Dancer: Sing, fan page includes English and Spanish lyrics