Music for Little People: 15th Anniversary Collection (2000)

About this title: Premiere children's music label Music for Little People has compiled a 15 song best-of in honor of their 15 years as a label. This isn't your parent's version of children's music: Buckwheat Zydeco tackles "Iko Iko," Michelle Shocked contributes the fanciful "Flying Lesson," and Los Lobos' version of the Farfisa work-out "Wooly Bully" from their award-winning Papa's Dream all fit into the Little People regime where kids music equals education and entertainment. Even the original rock & roll counting song, "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley & the Comets, fits into the eclectic mix. Clearly ... read more

Tracks:

1. Iko Iko [Hawkins/Crawford/Jo]
2. Baby Beluga [Pike/Raffi]
3. Yellow Submarine [Lennon/McCartney]
4. The Monster Mash [Picket/Capizzi]
5. The Banana Boat Song (Day-O) [Burgie/Attaway]
6. Little Red Caboose [Traditional]
7. Flying Lesson [Shocked]
8. Wooly Bully [Samudio]
9. Shake a Tail Feather [Hayes/Rice/Williams]
10. Nursery Rhyme Medley
11. Rock Around the Clock [DeKnight/Freedman]
12. Skip to My Lou [Traditional]
13. On the Sunny Side of the Street [Fields/McHugh]
14. Light up the World [Shenandoah/Malia]
15. Mbube [Linda]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.