{"id":9463,"date":"2023-09-22T16:59:36","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T23:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9463"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:45:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T17:45:28","slug":"sesame-street-12-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9463","title":{"rendered":"Sesame Street pinball number count song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TMtGImlEmu0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Cornell sat down with the deceptively simple song about counting to 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VOaZbaPzdsk\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VOaZbaPzdsk\">You almost certain know this song<\/a> if you were a kid between 1977 and 2002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Called the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinball_Number_Count\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pinball_Number_Count\">Pinball Number Count<\/a> on Sesame Street, Cornell peals back the surprising layers of complexity. Odd time signatures (7\/4 or pairs of 4\/4 + 3\/4), funky chord compositions, and famous musicians that had no business being on a kids show. It&#8217;s definitely fun watching a musician pull apart this little masterpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was written in 1976 by Walt Kraemer, arranged by Ed Bogas, and vocals were performed by the Pointer Sisters. Yes, the actual <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8iwBM_YB1sE?si=_v9RgmiY9GZV1_k5\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8iwBM_YB1sE?si=_v9RgmiY9GZV1_k5\">Pointer Sisters<\/a>. It first appeared on Sesame Street in Season 8 which aired in1977. It appeared continually until 2002. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andynarell.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.andynarell.com\/\">Andy Narell<\/a> plays the steel drums for numbers 2, 4, 9, and 12. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/musicians\/mel-martin\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutjazz.com\/musicians\/mel-martin\/\">Mel Martin<\/a> plays the soprano sax bits for numbers 5, 6, 7, and 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.djfood.org\/discog\/walt-kraemer-pinball-number-count\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.djfood.org\/discog\/walt-kraemer-pinball-number-count\/\">More details about the song from someone that interviewed Walt Kraemer about this song can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or, you can play the <a href=\"https:\/\/interactive.sesamestreet.org\/games\/prod\/269-pinball-number-count\/e27f661f75eea10b7059a748494a44c9abeeb71e\/run\/index.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/interactive.sesamestreet.org\/games\/prod\/269-pinball-number-count\/e27f661f75eea10b7059a748494a44c9abeeb71e\/run\/index.html\">Number Count pinball game<\/a> from the Sesame Street website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charles Cornell sat down with the deceptively simple song about counting to 12. You almost certain know this song if you were a kid between 1977 and 2002. Called the Pinball Number Count on Sesame Street, Cornell peals back the surprising layers of complexity. Odd time signatures (7\/4 or pairs of 4\/4 + 3\/4), funky chord compositions, and famous musicians that had no business being on a kids show. 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