Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

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The classical TV series Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra was created by world-renowned orchestra conductor Leonard Bernstein, in 1960. Bernstein created the show for the purpose of exposing young viewers, mainly school-aged children, not just to European classical music, but to various kinds of orchestral instruments as well. It was a weekly show on CBS, and then PBS picked up the show in 1972.

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1959−1975	"The Chipmunk Song (Christmas Don't Be Late)" – Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1959) Peter and the Wolf – Peter Ustinov (1960) Let's All Sing with The Chipmunks – Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (1961) Prokofiev: Peter and The Wolf – Leonard Bernstein (1962) Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals/Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra – Leonard Bernstein (1963) Bernstein Conducts for Young People – Leonard Bernstein (1964) Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Dick Van Dyke & Julie Andrews (1965) Dr. Seuss Presents: "Fox in Sox" and "Green Eggs and Ham" – Marvin Miller (1966) Dr. Seuss Presents - "If I Ran the Zoo" and "Sleep Book" – Marvin Miller (1967) Dr. Seuss: How The Grinch Stole Christmas – Boris Karloff (1968) No Award (1969) Peter, Paul and Mommy – Peter, Paul and Mary (1970) Sesame Street – Joan Cooney & Thomas Z. Shepard (producers) (1971) Bill Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs – Bill Cosby (1972) The Electric Company – Bill Cosby & Rita Moreno (1973) Sesame Street Live! – Joe Raposo (producer) (1974) Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too – Paul Winchell, Sebastian Cabot & Sterling Holloway (1975)
1976−1993	The Little Prince – Richard Burton (1976) Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf / Saint-Saëns: "Carnival of the Animals" – Hermione Gingold & Karl Böhm (1977) Aren't You Glad You're You – Christopher Cerf & Jim Timmens (producers) (1978) The Muppet Show – Jim Henson (producer) (1979) The Muppet Movie – Jim Henson & Paul Williams (producers) (1980) In Harmony: A Sesame Street Record – David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) (1981) Sesame Country – Jim Henson & (producers) (1982) In Harmony 2 – David Levine & Lucy Simon (producers) (1983) E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial – Michael Jackson and Quincy Jones (producer) (1984) Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein and Ron Haffkine (producer) (1985) Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird – Jim Henson & Steve Buckingham (producers) (1986) The Alphabet – Jim Henson, Geri Van Rees & Kathryn King (producers) (1987) The Elephant's Child – Bobby McFerrin & Jack Nicholson (1988) Pecos Bill – Robin Williams and Ry Cooder (1989) The Rock-A-Bye Collection, Volume 1 – Tanya Goodman (1990) The Little Mermaid: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1991) A Cappella Kids – Clifford "Barney" Robertson (producer) (1992) Beauty and the Beast: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Alan Menken & Howard Ashman (songwriters) (1993)
2012−present	All About Bullies... Big and Small – Gloria Domina, James Cravero, Kevin Mackie, Patrick Robinson & Steve Pullara (producers) (2012) Can You Canoe? – The Okee Dokee Brothers (2013) Throw a Penny in the Wishing Well – Jennifer Gasoi (2014) I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World – Neela Vaswani (2015) Home – Tim Kubart (2016) Infinity Plus One – Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (2017) Feel What U Feel – Lisa Loeb (2018) All the Sounds – Lucy Kalantari & The Jazz Cats (2019) Ageless Songs for the Child Archetype – Jon Samson (2020) All the Ladies – Joanie Leeds (2021)
From 1994–2011, the category was split into Best Musical Album for Children and Best Spoken Word Album for Children.

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