There's a Hippo in My Tub

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There's a Hippo in My Tub
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Studio album by
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)

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.

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[]

  • Background Vocals: Lisa Dryburgh, Christine MacIntosh, Kathleen Langstroth, Aidan Mason, Anne Murray, Pat Riccio Jr., Lisa Wonnacott
  • Bass guitar: Pete Cardinali
  • Drums: Paul Beedham
  • Flute: Sid Beckwith
  • Guitar: Bob Mann, Aidan Mason, Miles Wilkinson
  • Keyboards: John Mills Cockell, Pat Riccio Jr.
  • Lead Vocals: Anne Murray
  • Steel Guitar: Bob Lucier
  • String Arranger: Rick Wilkins

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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