| Philadelphia Chickens | |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Sandra Boynton and Various Artists |
| Cover: | Philadelphia Chickens.jpg |
| Released: | 2002 |
| Recorded: | Daisey Lane Studio, Malvern, PA The Barn, Sailsbury, CT The Hit Studio, NYC The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT The Lake House, Taconic, CT Triple Z Studio, NYC |
| Genre: | Children's music |
| Length: | 48:12 |
| Label: | Rounder Kids |
| Chronology: | Sandra Boynton |
| Prev Title: | Rhinoceros Tap |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Dog Train |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
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[1] and was also reviewed by Publishers Weekly.[2]
A new edition of the songbook with updated illustrations was released on September 5, 2023.
| Title | Performer | Style | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cows | The Seldom Herd | Broadway chorus line | |
| 2 | Nobody Understands Me | Slow jazz | ||
| 3 | Philadelphia Chickens | Swing | ||
| 4 | Be Like A Duck | Keith Boynton | ||
| 5 | Please, Can I Keep it | |||
| 6 | Snuggle Puppy | |||
| 7 | I Like To Fuss | Broadway | ||
| 8 | Snoozers | 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 | 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 | Jimmy Buffett / Calypso | ||
| 18 | Pajama Time | Adam Bryant | Elvis Presley / Bubblegum Pop | |
| 19 | Silly Lullaby | Lullaby | ||
| 20 | Philadelphia Chickens (instrumental reprise) | |||