Sesame Street Ernie Rubber Ducky

The song is named after ernie s toy a rubber duck affectionately named rubber duckie.
Sesame street ernie rubber ducky. I don t like that there is a long talking intro and intermission. The song enjoyed popular fame reaching number 16 on billboard s hot 100 singles chart in 1970. It is exactly like the skit on the original episode of sesame street. I like that is ernie singing.
This was directed by jon stone. It was popular enough to be recorded as a 45 rpm single and. He needs bert to practice singing rubber duckie to his rubber duckie just in case ernie isn t around to do it. A distraught ernie calls bert to say he s lost rubber duckie until his bouncing on the chair causes it to squeak.
Classic sesame street ernie and his rubber ducky. Ernie originally performed the song in the first season of. It was even nominated for a grammy award for best recording for children but it lost to the sesame street book record which also contains the song. Rubber duckie is a song sung by the muppet character ernie voiced by jim henson on sesame street.
The squeaking of the duckie is a but excessive. If i could have heard the whole thing i would have bought a different version and may still do so. Rubber duckie is ernie s signature song a tribute to his beloved rubber duckie. Rubber ducky you re the one.
The song written by jeff moss and arranged by joe raposo was first heard by children watching an episode of sesame street on february 25 1970.