Children's Songs: A Collection of Childhood Favorites

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2 Year-olds

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Feature: Susie Tallman & Friends

Feature: Rock Me Baby Records

Feature: Why we chose this music

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The playful symphony of guitars, train whistles, banjos, accordions, and even clanging spoons and good ole' people whistling in this multi-award winning album, will delight and inspire little ones as well as their parents. For over an hour of joy, listeners re-discover favorites, and uncover beloved forgotten tunes, in clever new arrangements. From playful to educational - this music is pure magic!

This album takes favorite classic children's song and remakes them with new sounds, tempos, and ways to interact for a whole new kind of fun! Pop Goes the Weasel becomes an entertaining rap; Down in the Valley is made hip with an electric guitar and very cool organ solo; and Say, Say, Oh Playmate has a funky feel as a child repeats Tallman saying "Say, say whaaaat?" after each verse. Red River Valley is slowed way down from its traditional tempo and given an almost-dreamlike quality to its guitar-led melody. The clangs of percussion adds a new feel to Row, Row, Row Your Boat, and Tallman sings rounds opposite of children and at a different speed. Children also help Tallman sing Old MacDonald had a Farm by shouting out which animal she should sing about in each verse; they even get goofy and yell out 'brontosaurus'! Do you even know what sound a brontosaurus makes? I don't! The Spanish song La Cucaracha and French song Sur Le Pont d'Avignon add more diversity and new sounds to the album. Lyrics to both are translated in the cover booklet.

Tallman has made it quite easy for listeners to interact with the music, whether your little one wants to belt out the "Da da da"s after each verse in John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, practice their vowels in Apples & Bananas, or clap along with BINGO. The Alphabet Song offers great fun for those willing to sing along, as the singers try out a new accent each verse; the first verse is sung traditionally, the second verse is sung like cowboys, the third verse is sung in a classical style with Tallman sounding like an opera singer, and the fourth version makes up a word to go with each letter. Your little one can play along and come up with his or her own words, or their own ways to sing the verses. Some listeners may want to move around while - or instead of - singing, so why not Hokey Pokey?! If your little one is still too young to do the moves on their own, you can either provide the entertainment and perform for them, or help them participate by moving their arms and legs gently back and forth, then 'shaking it all about'. Be prepared for the giggles and smiles!

My Two-year-old friend Kyle had never heard the song Kookaburra before, but it was an instant favorite. He repeated the word "Kookaburra" - or his version, which sounds more like "Coo-coo-ba" - the rest of the day. When I would repeat it after him, he would smile and clap his hands. Funny enough, I have the same reaction to the word "Chocolate."

--Audra

Susie Tallman & Friends present traditional songs with a twist; music that connects generations - bridging the years between grandparent, parent and child with song. "If parents can enjoy lullabies with their children they will share a very special time together," said Tallman. "Children are educated by the music they are brought up with, and these lullabies will teach them about the bond they share with their parents, and about the warmth of the world their parents will share with them."

Rock Me Baby Records carves out a new path in the market of music for small children," says Tallman. "The albums provide parents with a contemporary way to introduce the beauty and tradition of nursery rhymes and lullabies." All the CDs contain original and interesting arrangements of traditional songs. The lullabies are soothing and calming and the nursery rhymes are fun, exciting and unique, with multiple voices and instruments.

Rock Me Baby Records was founded in 1999 by Susie Tallman and has won the Parents' Choice Gold Award for Lullaby Themes for Sleepy Dreams, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum & Gold Awards and the Parents' Choice recommended for Classic Nursery Rhymes, the iParenting & Oppenheim Gold Award for Children's Songs, A Collection of Childhood Favorites and the iParenting Award for Classical Baby. Tallman's CDs have also been recommended in Parenting, Baby Talk, Fit Pregnancy, Child and other National Publications.

Singer Susie Tallman graduated UCLA with a BA in voice performance. She further evolved her voice in France, singing with the Choeur International and the American Chorus in Paris. Upon her return to the states, Tallman honed her classical training at the New England Conservatory Workshop in Boston. She has sung backup for such acts as Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love and Cheap Trick, and has performed at Carnegie Hall, The Rose Bowl, The Los Angeles Forum and Pauley Pavilion as well as in commercials for Taco Bell, The Coca-Cola Reunion Commercial and the movie Beaches. She is a former member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus.

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Children's Songs: A Collection of Childhood Favorites