Editing Sesame Workshop (section)

=== Music ===
{{Main|Music of Sesame Street}}

According to director Jon Stone, the music of ''Sesame Street'' was unlike any other children's program on television.<ref>Gikow, p. 220</ref> For the first time, the show's songs fulfilled a specific purpose and was related to its curriculum.<ref>Gikow, p. 227</ref> Cooney observed in her initial report that children had an "affinity for commercial jingles",<ref>Palmer & Fisch in Fisch & Truglio, p. 17</ref> so many of the show's songs were like television advertisements.

To attract the best composers and lyricists, and to encourage them to compose more music for the series, the CTW allowed songwriters to retain the rights to the songs they wrote. For the first time in children's television, the writers earned lucrative profits, which as Davis reported, "helped the show sustain the level of public interest in the show".<ref name="davis-256">Davis, p. 256</ref> Scriptwriters often wrote their own lyrics to accompany their scripts.<ref name="davis-256"/> Songwriters of note were [[Joe Raposo]], [[Jeff Moss]], [[Christopher Cerf (producer)|Christopher Cerf]], [[Tony Geiss]], and [[Norman Stiles]]. Many of the songs written for ''Sesame Street'' have become what writer David Borgenicht termed "timeless classics".<ref>Borgenicht, David (1998). ''Sesame Street Unpaved.'' New York: Hyperion Publishing. p. 145. {{ISBN|0-7868-6460-5}}</ref> These songs included "[[Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?]]", "[[I Love Trash]]", "[[Rubber Duckie]]", "[[Bein' Green]]", and "[[Sing (Sesame Street song)|Sing]]". Many ''Sesame Street'' songs were recorded by well-known artists such as [[Barbra Streisand]], [[Lena Horne]], [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Paul Simon]], and [[José Feliciano|Jose Feliciano]].<ref name="Gikow 221">Gikow, p. 221</ref>  By 2019, there were 180 albums of ''Sesame Street'' music produced.<ref name="guthrie">{{cite news |last1=Guthrie |first1=Marisa |title=50 Years of Sunny Days on 'Sesame Street': Behind the Scenes of TV's Most Influential Show Ever |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/sesame-street-turns-50-how-a-childrens-show-revolutionized-television-1183031 |access-date=16 April 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=6 February 2019 |archive-date=24 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224104234/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/sesame-street-turns-50-how-a-childrens-show-revolutionized-television-1183031 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The show's first album, ''Sesame Street Book & Record'', recorded in 1970, was a major success and won a Grammy Award.<ref>Gikow, p. 270</ref>   ''Parade Magazine'' reported in 2019 that the show's music had been honored with 11 children's [[Grammy Award|Grammys]].<ref name="wallace">{{cite news |last1=Wallace |first1=Debra |title=Big Bird Has 4,000 Feathers: 21 Fun Facts About Sesame Street That Will Blow Your Mind |url=https://parade.com/840056/debrawallace/big-bird-has-4000-feathers-21-things-about-sesame-street-that-will-blow-your-mind/ |access-date=11 April 2019 |work=Parade |date=6 February 2019 |archive-date=5 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405031949/https://parade.com/840056/debrawallace/big-bird-has-4000-feathers-21-things-about-sesame-street-that-will-blow-your-mind/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Gikow, Raposo won three Emmys and four Grammys for his work for the series.<ref name="Gikow 221"/>