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The Corner Grocery Store is a music album
Music Album
Music album is the name of:* Music Album , a 1970s Canadian television series* Album, a collection of music tracks...

 by popular
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...

 children's entertainer Raffi
Raffi (musician)
Raffi Cavoukian, CM, OBC , better known by his stage name Raffi, is a Canadian-Armenian singer-songwriter, author, essayist and lecturer...

, released in 1979.

Track listing

  1. "You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song" (Ella Jenkins
    Ella Jenkins
    Ella Jenkins is an American folk singer. Dubbed “The First Lady of the Children’s Folk Song” by the Wisconsin State Journal, Jenkins has been a leading performer of children’s music for fifty years.-Family and personal life:...

    ) – 1:35
  2. "Pick a Bale o' Cotton" (Leadbelly
    Leadbelly
    Huddie William Ledbetter was an iconic American folk and blues musician, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the songbook of folk standards he introduced....

    ) – 1:22
  3. "Frère Jacques
    Frère Jacques
    "Frère Jacques" , in English sometimes called "Brother John" or "Brother Peter", is a French nursery melody. The song is traditionally sung in a round. When the first singer reaches the end of the first line the next person starts at the beginning...

    " (Traditional) – 1:04
  4. "Knees Up Mother Brown
    Knees Up Mother Brown
    "Knees Up Mother Brown" is a song, published in 1938, by when it had already been known for some years. It dates to at least 1918 and appears to have been sung widely in London on 11 November of that year, Armistice Night, at the end of the First World War...

    " (Traditional) – 1:07
  5. "Cluck, Cluck, Red Hen" (Traditional) – 1:31
  6. "Boom, Boom, Ain't it Great to Be Crazy?" (Traditional) – 1:21
  7. "Here Sits A Monkey" (Traditional) – 0:59
  8. "My Way Home" (Ken Whiteley) – 2:11
  9. "Les Zombies Et Les Loup-Garous" (Bill Russell) – 2:38
  10. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a historic African-American spiritual. The first recording was in 1909, by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University....

    " (Traditional) – 1:48
  11. "Anansi" (Raffi, Bert Simpson) – 2:09
  12. "The Corner Grocery Store" (Traditional) – 1:51
  13. "Jig Along Home" (Woody Guthrie) – 2:11
  14. "Popcorn" (Debi Pike, Bonnie Simpson) – 0:16
  15. "Y a un Rat (There's a Rat)/Sur le Pont d'Avignon (On the Bridge of Avignon)" (Traditional) – 2:06
  16. "Going on a Picnic" (Lynn Freeman Olson) – 1:10
  17. " Rock-A-Bye Baby" (Public domain) – 1:09
  18. "Goodnight, Irene
    Goodnight, Irene
    "Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1932....

    " (Leadbelly) – 2:59

Personnel

  • Johann Burkhardt – Vocals, Singer
  • Bill Cymbala – Percussion, Conga, Drums
  • Bob Doidge – Bass
  • Roger Flock – Percussion, Chimes, Bottle, Tympani [Timpani]
  • Allison Greene – Vocals, Singer
  • Caitlin Hanford – Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Harmony
  • Jaroslav Jarosil – Cello
  • Daniel Lanois – Banjo, Engineer, Mixing
  • Dennis Pendrith – Bass
  • Debi Pike – Adaptation
  • Raffi – Guitar, Piano, Arranger, Vocals, Producer, Mixing, Adaptation
  • Stan Rogers – Vocals, Guitar (12 String), Harmony Vocals, Harmony
  • Ed Roth – Organ, Accordion
  • Bill Russell – Percussion, Triangle
  • Debbie Szakson – Violin, Viola
  • Graham Townsend – Fiddle, Drums
  • Chris Whiteley – Harmonica, Trumpet, Vocals, Harmony Vocals, Harmony
  • Ken Whiteley - Guitar, Mandolin, Banjo, Piano, Arranger, Drums, Drums (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Washboard, Jug, Producer, Harmony Vocals, Cowbell, Hawaiian Guitar, Mixing, Washtub Bass
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