Musical Recordings

Listed below are musical recordings, created with babies in mind. Some feature upbeat songs for energetic dancing or bouncing, while others feature calming lullabies:

Bach, Johann Sebastian. Bach for Babies: Fun and Games for Budding Brains. Uni/Philips, 1999.

Beethoven, Ludwig van. Beethoven for Babies: Brain Training for Little Ones. Philips, 1998.

Buchman, Rachel. Hello Everybody! A Gentle Wind, 1998.

Dajani, Sari. Rock-A-Tot. Kidzup, 1996.

Guthrie, Woody. Nursery Days. Smithsonian Folkways, 1992.

Guthrie, Woody. Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child. Smithsonian Folkways, 1991.

Henger, Priscilla. et al. Baby Games. Kimbo Educational, 1987.

Hegner, Priscilla A. and Rose N. Grasselli. Diaper Gym. Kimbo Educational, 1985.

McGrath, Bob and Katherine Smithrim. The Baby Record. Kids' Records, 1983.

Monet, Lisa. Circle Time: Songs and Rhymes for the Very Young. Music for Little People, 1993.

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. The Mozart Effect - Music for Babies - Playtime to Sleepytime. Wea/Atlantic/Children's Group, 1998.

Old Town School of Folk Music. Songs for Wiggleworms. Old Town School of Folk Music, 2000.

Palmer, Hap. Babysong. Educational Activities, 1984.

Palmer, Hap. Baby Songs Good Night. Backyard Audio, 1995.

Palmer, Hap. Hap Palmer's Baby Songs Car Songs. Hap-Pal Music, 1995.

Palmer, Hap. Peek-A-Boo and Other Songs for Young Children. Educational Activities, 1996.

Palmer, Hap, and Martha Cheney. Hap Palmer's Super Baby Songs. Backyard Audio, 1994.

Palmer, Hap, and Martha Palmer. More Baby Songs. Educational Activities, 1990.

Sharon, Lois & Bram. Mainly Mother Goose. Drive Entertainment, 1998.

Stewart, Georgiana Liccione. Baby Face. Kimbo Educational, 1983.

Various Artists. Baby's First: Happy Songs. St. Clair Records,1999.

Various Artists. Baby's First: Playtime Songs.St. Clair Records, 1999.

Vaious Artists. The World Sings Goodnight. Silver Wave Records, 1993.

Various Artists. The World Sings Goodnight II. Silver Wave Records, 1995.

Wiseman, Wendy. Sleepy Time Rock-A-Byes. Kidzup, 1996.

Most of the above can be found at your local library, favorite music store, or online through an e-commerce site, such as Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com) or that of Tower Records (http://www.towerrecords.com).

Some of the recordings listed can be found at CD Baby, "a little online record store that sells CDs by independent musicians" (http://www.cdbaby.com).

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Web Sites for Companies

Listed below are links to the Web sites for many of the record/entertainment companies, associated with the recordings listed above:

A Gentle Wind
http://www.gentlewind.com/

Educational Activities
http://www.edact.com

Hap Palmer
http://www.happalmer.com/

Kidzup
http://www.kidzup.com

Kimbo Educational
http://www.kimboed.com/

Music for Little People
http://www.mflp.com/

Old Town School of Folk Music
http://www.oldtownschool.org/

Silver Wave
http://www.silverwave.com/

Smithsonian Folkways
http://www.folkways.si.edu/

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*Please note: The American Library Association's Association for Library Service to Children offers a brochure, "How to Learn and Grow with Music: A Selective Audio List for Infants and Toddlers." More information is available at http://www.ala.org/alsc/audio_btr.html.

 

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