Philadelphia Chickens is a book/music CD combination by Sandra Boynton and Michael Ford, published in 2002. The first half of the book contains lyrics and illustrations, while the second half contains musical notation for each song. It was reviewed favorably by The Philadelphia Inquirer and was also reviewed by Publishers Weekly.
A new edition of the songbook with updated illustrations was released on September 5, 2023.
Tracks/Chapters
Title Performer Style 1 Cows The Seldom Herd Broadway chorus line 2 Nobody Understands Me Meryl Streep Slow jazz 3 Philadelphia Chickens The Bacon Brothers Swing 4 Be Like A Duck Keith Boynton 5 Please, Can I Keep it Laura Linney 6 Snuggle Puppy Eric Stoltz 7 I Like To Fuss Patti LuPone Broadway 8 Snoozers The Bacon Brothers Folk song 9 Faraway Cookies Caitlin McEwan Torch song 10 The Intermission Song! Aaaardvarks Barbershop quartet 11 Fifteen Animals John Stey 12 Belly Button (Round) The Heath Sisters New Age/Round 13 BusyBusyBusy Kevin Kline Patter song / Gilbert and Sullivan 14 Those Dinosaur Blues Michael Ford Blues 15 Dinosaur, Dinosaur Darcy Boynton Jump-rope rhyme 16 Jump Rope Jive Beth Andrien Andrews Sisters 17 Pig Island Scott Bakula Jimmy Buffett / Calypso 18 Pajama Time Adam Bryant Elvis Presley / Bubblegum Pop 19 Silly Lullaby Natasha Richardson Lullaby 20 Philadelphia Chickens (instrumental reprise)
Awards Philadelphia Chickens was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Album for Children at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004.
In 2014, the album was certified platinum.
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