The Baby Sitters (folk group)

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The Baby Sitters was a music group that recorded four albums of children's folk songs from 1958 until 1968.[1] Its original members were Alan Arkin, his then-wife Jeremy Arkin, Lee Hays[2], and Doris Kaplan, although Jeremy Arkin was later replaced by Barbara Dana.[3]

For instruments, the group used a guitar, a toy piano, a toy xylophone, pots, pans, and jars.[4]

[edit] Discography

  • The Baby Sitters (1959)
  • Songs and Fun with the Baby Sitters
  • The Baby Sitters' Family Album
  • The Baby Sitter's Menagerie (1968)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Alan Arkin Biography". Hollywood.com. http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/186232. Retrieved 2006-12-09. 
  2. ^ Willens, Doris. Lonesome Traveler: The Life of Lee Hays, W.W. Norton (New York) 1988
  3. ^ Swift, P.J.. "The Babysitters". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p1916/biography. Retrieved 2006-12-09. 
  4. ^ Kohn, Martin (June 1 1994). "The latest in kids' products". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,317505_7%7C108873%7C%7C0_0_,00.html. 

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