Corner Grocery Store

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Corner Grocery Store
Studio album by Raffi
Released	1979
Recorded	January - February, 1979
Genre	Children's music
Length	30:08
Label	Shoreline/Troubadour, A&M (Original U.S. Distributor), MCA (Second U.S. Distributor) Rounder Records (Third and Current U.S. Distributor)
Producer	Raffi, Ken Whiteley
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Raffi chronology
More Singable Songs (1977) Corner Grocery Store (1979) Baby Beluga (1980)

Corner Grocery Store is a music album by popular children's entertainer Raffi, released in 1979.

[edit] Track listing

1. "You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song" (Ella Jenkins) – 1:35
2. "Pick a Bale of Cotton" (Leadbelly) – 1:22
3. "Frère Jacques" (Traditional) – 1:04
4. "There Came a Girl from France" (Traditional) – 1:07
5. "Cluck, Cluck, Red Hen" (Traditional) – 1:31
6. "Boom Boom" (John Lee Hooker) – 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" (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" (20th century American folk standard) – 2:59

[edit] 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 Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Percussion, Piano, Arranger, Drums, Drums (Bass), Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Washboard, Jug, Producer, Harmony Vocals, Cowbell, Hawaiian Guitar, Mixing, Washtub Bass