There's a Hippo in My Tub

There's a Hippo in My Tub is a 1977 children's album by Anne Murray. Though the album did not make any of the major charts in the U.S. or Canada, it was certified Platinum in Canada. The album was initially reissued in 1979 by Sesame Street Records entitled "Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation". It was again reissued in 2001 in CD format by EMI Music Canada, including three extra songs not on the original album. It was produced by Pat Riccio, Jr.

There's a Hippo in My Tub
Studio album by
Anne Murray
Released1977
GenreCountry, children's music
LabelCapitol
ProducerPat Riccio, Jr.
Anne Murray chronology
Keeping In Touch
(1976)		 There's a Hippo in My Tub
(1977)		 Let's Keep It That Way
(1978)

As Anne Murray Sings for the Sesame Street Generation, the album was nominated for the 1980 Grammy Awards in the Best Children's Album category, where it was up against two other Sesame Street-branded albums and the soundtrack to The Muppet Movie, which won.

Track listing (1977)
  1. "Hey Daddy" (Bob Ruzicka)
  2. "Stars Are the Windows of Heaven" (Jimmy Steiger, Tommie Malie)
  3. "Animal Crackers" (Irving Caesar, Ted Koehler)
  4. "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch)
  5. "Why Oh Why (Why, Why, Why)" (Woody Guthrie)
  6. "Teddy Bears' Picnic" (Jimmy Kennedy, John Walter Bratton)
  7. "Inchworm" (Frank Loesser)
  8. "You Are My Sunshine/Open Up Your Heart" (Stuart Hamblen, Charles Mitchell)
  9. "Sleepytime" (John Renton)
  10. "Lullaby Medley: Hush Little Baby/Sleep Child/Brahms Lullaby" (Traditional, Robbie MacNeill)

Track listing (2001 reissue)
  1. "Hey Daddy" (Bob Ruzicka)
  2. "Stars Are the Windows of Heaven" (Jimmy Steiger, Tommie Malie)
  3. "Animal Crackers" (Irving Caesar, Ted Koehler)
  4. "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Bronisław Kaper, Helen Deutsch)
  5. "Why Oh Why (Why, Why, Why)" (Woody Guthrie)
  6. "Teddy Bears' Picnic" (Jimmy Kennedy, John Walter Bratton)
  7. "Sing High, Sing Low" (Brent Titcomb)
  8. "Inchworm" (Frank Loesser)
  9. "You Are My Sunshine/Open Up Your Heart" (Stuart Hamblen, Charles Mitchell)
  10. "I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash)
  11. "What a Wonderful World" (Robert Thiele, Jr., George David Weiss)
  12. "Sleepytime" (John Renton)
  13. "Lullaby Medley: Hush Little Baby/Sleep Child/Brahms Lullaby" (Traditional, Robbie MacNeill)

Chart performance
Chart (1978/81) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums 55
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 44

Personnel
  • Anne Murray - lead vocals
  • Lisa Dryburgh, Christine MacIntosh, Kathleen Langstroth, Aidan Mason, Anne Murray, Pat Riccio, Jr., Lisa Wonnacott - backing vocals
  • Pete Cardinali - bass guitar
  • Paul Beedham - drums
  • Sid Beckwith - flute
  • Bob Mann, Aidan Mason, Miles Wilkinson - guitar
  • John Mills Cockell, Pat Riccio, Jr. - keyboards
  • Bob Lucier - steel guitar
  • Rick Wilkins - string arrangements

References
  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 212. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.



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