| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Creator: | Amy Weintraub Brooks McEwan |
| Starring: | Hap Palmer |
| Executive Producer: | Nancy Steingard Wendy Moss Eric Greenspan |
| Producer: | Amy Weintraub Brooks McEwan |
| Director: | Dorian Walker Nate Bashor Lynda Taylor Tery Arnold Don Campbell |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Company: | Backyard Enterprises Hi-Tops Video Anchor Bay |
| Num Episodes: | 13 |
Baby Songs is one of the first, and longest-running, American, independent children's home video series. Since 1987, more than 4 million copies of Baby Songs have been sold.
In 1985, Amy Weintraub and Brooks McEwan founded the company Backyard Productions, now Backyard Enterprises, Inc., to release Baby Songs. Inspired by the music videos on MTV, Weintraub and McEwan created the first collection of music videos for babies and toddlers.
They partnered with American children's musician Hap Palmer, a recording artist since 1969, to create Baby Songs. The videos often feature Palmer performing either his original songs or adaptations of folk, nursery rhymes and popular songs to live children.[1] The songs are separated by short animated video segments. Baby Songs also released videos without Palmer, often starring other singers (such as John Lithgow's Kid Size Concert). Baby Songs was originally released on VHS by Hi-Tops Video in 1987 and then by Anchor Bay in 1999. In 2003, it was released on VHS and DVD by 20th Century Fox.
The company has released 17 titles on VHS and DVD, and 4 audio compilations.[2]
In 1992, a spin off video series titled Tales and Tunes, created by both Weintraub and McEwan, was released, targeting older children.
The videos aired as a segment on the TV program Lunch Box on The Disney Channel.