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Free to Be… You and Me
Soundtrack by Various artists
Released November, 1972
Label Bell

Free to Be… You and Me is a record album and illustrated songbook for children, first released in November 1972, and later in 1974 as a television special, featuring songs and stories from celebrities (credited as "Marlo Thomas and Friends"). In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music This article is about the record label active in the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Using poetry, songs, and sketches, the basic concept was to salute values such as individuality, tolerance, and happiness with one's identity; a major thematic message is that anyone, whether a boy or a girl, can achieve anything one wants.

The album has become a cult classic across the United States amongst many who were children in the 1970s. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970.

Contents

Overview

The original idea to create the album came from Thomas; she wanted to teach her then-young niece Dionne about life, in particular that it was OK to go against the gender stereotypes that were blatantly evident in the children's books of that time (ie, Daddy's a construction worker or a doctor while Mommy is a teacher or a nurse--if Mommy even works at all; boys don't play with dolls or cry; girls can't be athletes or go through life unmarried). The album was produced by Carole Hart, with music produced by Stephen J. Lawrence and Bruce Hart, with stories and poems directed by Alan Alda. Stephen J Lawrence is an American Composer, living and working in New York City. Bruce Hart ( January 15, 1938 - February 21, 2006) was an Emmy Award -winning American Songwriter and screenwriter perhaps Alan Alda (born January 28 1936 is an American Actor. He is well known for his role as " Hawkeye Pierce " in the Television series Proceeds went to the Ms. Foundation for Women. The Ms Foundation for Women is a Non-profit organization established by ''Ms The album has been published by Arista Records since 1983 (it was first published by Bell Records), and is still in print today. Arista Records (ˈɛərɪstə is an American Record label. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment and operates under the This article is about the record label active in the US and UK in the 1960s and 1970s As of 2006 it has sold more than 500,000 copies. (A well-received sequel, Free to Be. . . A Family, was produced in 1987. )

Well-known songs include "It's All Right to Cry," sung by football hero Rosey Grier; the title track by the New Seekers; "Help" by Tom Smothers; "Sisters and Brothers" by The Voices of East Harlem; and "When We Grow Up" performed by Diana Ross on the album, and performed by Roberta Flack and Michael Jackson on the special. Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American actor Christian minister The New Seekers were a British / German / Australian pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the Thomas Bolin “Tom” Smothers III (born February 2, 1937) is an American Comedian, Composer and Musician, best known Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who is notable in the areas of Jazz Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman

Other sketches, some of them animated in the television special, include "Atalanta," narrated by Alan Alda, a retelling of the ancient Greek legend of Atalanta; "Boy Meets Girl" with Marlo Thomas and Mel Brooks providing the voices for puppets resembling human babies, who use cultural gender stereotypes to try to discover which is a boy and which a girl; and "Dudley Pippin" with Billy De Wolfe. Alan Alda (born January 28 1936 is an American Actor. He is well known for his role as " Hawkeye Pierce " in the Television series Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance Atalanta (Αταλάντη English translation: "balanced" is a character from ancient Greek mythology. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Billy De Wolfe ( February 18, 1907 - March 5, 1974) was an American Character actor.

The children pictured on the original LP jacket were school-mates of Abigail, Robin and David Pogrebin, the children of Letty Cottin-Pogrebin, then the editor of Ms. Magazine. Ms is an American feminist magazine co-founded by American feminist and activist Gloria Steinem and founding Most of the children attended Corlears School.

Television special

The television special first aired March 11, 1974, on ABC, earning an 18. Events 1425 BC - Thutmose III, Pharaoh of Egypt, dies (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. 6 rating/27 share and went on to win an Emmy. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television 16mm prints of the special were also struck, and some schoolchildren from the 1970s remember seeing the television special projected in schools in that period.

The special appeared occasionally on HBO in the 1980s, and more recently, on the cable channel TV Land. It is currently available on home video.

TV cast

Track listing

  1. "Free To Be. Alan Alda (born January 28 1936 is an American Actor. He is well known for his role as " Hawkeye Pierce " in the Television series Harold George Belafonte Jr (born March 1 1927 is an American musician actor and Social activist. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945, in Lafayette Tennessee) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer Billy De Wolfe ( February 18, 1907 - March 5, 1974) was an American Character actor. Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who is notable in the areas of Jazz Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American actor Christian minister Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 &ndash May 10 1999 was an American poet songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author Thomas Bolin “Tom” Smothers III (born February 2, 1937) is an American Comedian, Composer and Musician, best known Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Dionne Warwick (born Marie Dionne Warrick on December 12, 1940) is an acclaimed five-time Grammy Award -winning singer actress activist Cicely Tyson (born December 19 1933) is an American Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated actress Carol Elaine Channing (b January 31 1921, Seattle Washington) is an American Singer and actress. The New Seekers were a British / German / Australian pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the . . You And Me" - Music by Stephen J. Lawrence, Lyrics by Bruce Hart, Performed by The New Seekers
  2. "Boy Meets Girl" - Written by Carl Reiner and Peter Stone, Performed by Mel Brooks and Marlo Thomas
  3. "When We Grow Up" - Music by Stephen J. Lawrence, Lyrics by Shelley Miller, Performed by Diana Ross
  4. "Don't Dress Your Cat In An Apron" - Performed by Billy De Wolfe
  5. "Parents Are People" - Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall, Performed by Harry Belafonte and Marlo Thomas
  6. "Housework" - Performed by Carol Channing
  7. "Helping" - Written by Shel Silverstein, Performed by Tom Smothers
  8. "Ladies First" - Performed by Marlo Thomas (based on a Shel Silverstein poem about a girl whose insistence on always getting to "go first" simply because she is a girl ends up making her the chosen meal of cannibals)
  9. "Dudley Pippin And The Principal" - Performed by Billy De Wolfe, Bobby Morse, and Marlo Thomas
  10. "It's All Right To Cry" - Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall, Performed by Rosey Grier
  11. "Sisters And Brothers" - Music by Stephen J. Lawrence, Lyrics by Bruce Hart, Performed by Sisters and Brothers
  12. "My Dog Is A Plumber" - Performed by Dick Cavett
  13. "William's Doll" - Music by Mary Rodgers, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, Performed by Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas (based on the children's book of the same name, about a boy whose family is perplexed by his desire for a doll to care for)
  14. "Atalanta" - Performed by Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas
  15. "Grandma" - Performed by Diana Sands
  16. "Girl Land" - Music by Mary Rodgers, Lyrics by Bruce Hart, Performed by Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones
  17. "Dudley Pippin And His No-Friend" - Performed by Bobby Morse and Marlo Thomas
  18. "Glad To Have A Friend Like You" - Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall, Performed by Marlo Thomas

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Stephen J Lawrence is an American Composer, living and working in New York City. Bruce Hart ( January 15, 1938 - February 21, 2006) was an Emmy Award -winning American Songwriter and screenwriter perhaps The New Seekers were a British / German / Australian pop group, formed in 1969 by Keith Potger after the Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922) is an American Actor, Film director, producer, Writer and Comedian Peter Stone ( February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater television and movies Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Stephen J Lawrence is an American Composer, living and working in New York City. Diana Ross (born March 261944 is an American twelve-time Grammy and Oscar -nominated singer Record producer and actress whose musical repertoire Billy De Wolfe ( February 18, 1907 - March 5, 1974) was an American Character actor. Carol Hall is an American composer and lyricist born in Abilene Texas. Harold George Belafonte Jr (born March 1 1927 is an American musician actor and Social activist. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Carol Elaine Channing (b January 31 1921, Seattle Washington) is an American Singer and actress. Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 &ndash May 10 1999 was an American poet songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author Thomas Bolin “Tom” Smothers III (born February 2, 1937) is an American Comedian, Composer and Musician, best known Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Sheldon Alan "Shel" Silverstein (September 25 1930 &ndash May 10 1999 was an American poet songwriter musician composer cartoonist screenwriter and author Billy De Wolfe ( February 18, 1907 - March 5, 1974) was an American Character actor. Robert Morse (born May 18, 1931, Newton Massachusetts) is an American Actor. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Carol Hall is an American composer and lyricist born in Abilene Texas. Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American actor Christian minister Stephen J Lawrence is an American Composer, living and working in New York City. Bruce Hart ( January 15, 1938 - February 21, 2006) was an Emmy Award -winning American Songwriter and screenwriter perhaps Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is an American former Television Talk show host known for his conversational Mary Rodgers (born January 11, 1931) is an American Composer of musicals an author of children's books and the daughter of Broadway Sheldon Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American Lyricist best known for his collaborations with Composer Jerry Bock Alan Alda (born January 28 1936 is an American Actor. He is well known for his role as " Hawkeye Pierce " in the Television series Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That William's Doll is a 1972 children's Picture book by Charlotte Zolotow about a boy who wants a Doll even though dolls typically are Atalanta (Αταλάντη English translation: "balanced" is a character from ancient Greek mythology. Alan Alda (born January 28 1936 is an American Actor. He is well known for his role as " Hawkeye Pierce " in the Television series Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Diana Sands ( August 22, 1934 - September 2, 1973) was an African-American dramatic actress perhaps most famous for her portrayal Mary Rodgers (born January 11, 1931) is an American Composer of musicals an author of children's books and the daughter of Broadway Bruce Hart ( January 15, 1938 - February 21, 2006) was an Emmy Award -winning American Songwriter and screenwriter perhaps John Joseph Edward “Jack” Cassidy ( March 5, 1927 &ndash December 12, 1976) was an American Actor of stage Shirley Mae Jones (born March 31, 1934) is a American Singer and character actress of Stage, Film and Robert Morse (born May 18, 1931, Newton Massachusetts) is an American Actor. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Carol Hall is an American composer and lyricist born in Abilene Texas. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That
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