The Dinosaur Collection

Samples from The Dinosaur Collection

Sam The Dinosaur
Sam The Dinosaur
Nanny Poppy
Nanny Poppy
Ode To Joy
Ode To Joy
Coming 'Round The Mountain
Coming 'Round The Mountain

The Dinosaur Collection

Produced by: Rob Sayer for The Music Class Inc.
Arrangements: All arrangements by Rob Sayer unless otherwise noted.
Note: * indicates virtual instruments.

Track list

1. I'm So Happy

Composer: Rob Sayer; Michele Marcus; Raina Sayer

Vocalists

Wendy Melkonian
Rob Sayer
Raina Sayer, age 10

Instrumentalists

Egg shaker — Rob Sayer
Bass — Rob Sayer
Guitar — Rob Sayer
Steel pans (virtual) — Rob Sayer

2. See the Leaf

Composer: Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Rob Sayer
Raina Sayer, age 10

Instrumentalists

Bass — Rob Sayer
Percussion (virtual) — Rob Sayer

3. Airplane Polka

Composer: Melody by Franz von Suppe (from the “Merry Boys Polka”) with new lyrics by Carol Borowiec

Vocalists

Kim Chamberlain
Raina Sayer, age 10
Brianna Stein, age 10

Instrumentalists

Tenor saxophone — Vinnie D'Agostino
Accordion — Rob Sayer
Violin — Rob Sayer
Bass — Rob Sayer
Drums (virtual) — Rob Sayer

4. Nanny Poppy

Composer: Traditional melody from Trinidad and Tobago; new lyrics by Rob Sayer and Brian Sayer

Vocalists

Brian Sayer, age 3
Raina Sayer, age 10

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Frank Hamilton
Trumpet — Rob Sayer
Tenor saxophone — Vinnie D'Agostino
Bass — Rob Sayer
Percussion (virtual) — Rob Sayer

5. Nanny Poppy Rhythm Patterns

Vocalists

Raina Sayer, age 10

6. Brontosaurus

Composer: Traditional melody; new lyrics by Frank and Mary Hamilton

Vocalists

Raina Sayer, age 10
Brianna Stein, age 10

Instrumentalists

Percussion (virtual) — Rob Sayer

7. Coming 'Round the Mountain

Composer: Traditional (based on “When the Chariot Comes”, an African American spiritual)

Vocalists

Wendy Melkonian

Instrumentalists

Violin — Jeanne Johnson-Watkins
Guitar — Rob Sayer
Banjo — Rob Sayer
Bass (virtual) — Rob Sayer

8. Swinging

Composer: Melody from Robert Shuman’s “Album for the Young”, No. 18; lyrics by Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Vicki Feldman
Scott Miller
Raina Sayer, age 10

Instrumentalists

Clarinet — Kim Chamberlain
Flute — Anna Ayres Smith
Bass (virtual) — Rob Sayer

9. Green Light, Red Light

Composer: Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Wendy Melkonian

Instrumentalists

Tenor saxophone — Vinnie D'Agostino
Piano — Rob Sayer
Bass — Rob Sayer
Drums (virtual) — Rob Sayer

10. Higgledy-Piggledy

Composer: Traditional English nursery rhyme

Vocalists

Jennifer Cohen

11. Higgledy-Piggledy Rhythm Patterns

Vocalists

Jennifer Cohen
Raina Sayer, age 10

12. Hey Ho, Nobody's Home

Composer: Traditional; adapted by Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Melinda Atkinson
Kim Chamberlain
Jennifer Cohen
Vicki Feldman
Frank Hamilton
Scott Miller
Steffi Miller
Rob Sayer
Amy Simon
Anna Ayres Smith
Raina Sayer, age 10
Brianna Stein, age 10
Lindsay Taylor, age 9

13. Ode to Joy

Composer: L. Beethoven; new lyrics by Eileen Benator (melody from Beethoven’s 9th Symphony; text references Schiller’s “Ode to Joy”)

Vocalists

Rachel Miller, age 4

Instrumentalists

Violin — Jeanne Johnson-Watkins
Trumpet — Rob Sayer
Violin (virtual) — Rob Sayer
Viola (virtual) — Rob Sayer
Cello (virtual) — Rob Sayer
Bass (virtual) — Rob Sayer
Timpani (virtual) — Rob Sayer

14. Annie Coming Down

Composer: Traditional song from Trinidad and Tobago; additional verses by Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Kim Chamberlain
Frank Hamilton

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Frank Hamilton
Trumpet — Rob Sayer
Bass — Rob Sayer
Percussion (virtual) — Rob Sayer

15. Feed My Doggie

Composer: Traditional Irish melody “An Madarin Rua”; new lyrics by Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Wendy Melkonian
Raina Sayer, age 10
Brianna Stein, age 10

Instrumentalists

Percussion — Butch Sievers

16. Feed My Doggie Tonal Patterns

Vocalists

Rob Sayer
Raina Sayer, age 10

17. It's a Drumming Party

Composer: Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Melinda Atkinson

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Frank Hamilton
Wrist bells — Rob Sayer
Rhythm sticks — Rob Sayer
Water jug — Rob Sayer
Pots and pans — Raina Sayer, age 10
Bass (virtual) — Rob Sayer

18. In the Nightime

Composer: Scott Miller

Vocalists

Scott Miller

Instrumentalists

Harp — Julie Albertson

19. One, Two, Three, Wee!

Composer: Eric Litwin

Vocalists

Eric Litwin

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Eric Litwin

20. Old MacDonald

Composer: Traditional children’s song from England

Vocalists

Wendy Melkonian

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Frank Hamilton
Banjo — Frank Hamilton
Bass (virtual) — Rob Sayer

21. Little Toy Boat

Composer: Based on the traditional English song “The Galant Ship”; adapted by Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Vicki Feldman

Instrumentalists

Banjo — Rob Sayer
Bass (virtual) — Rob Sayer

22. Gonna Ride

Composer: Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Scott Miller
Raina Sayer, age 10

Instrumentalists

Egg shakers — Rob Sayer
Train whistle — Rob Sayer
Guitar — Rob Sayer
Banjo — Rob Sayer
Bass (virtual) — Rob Sayer

23. Gonna Ride Rhythm Patterns

Vocalists

Rob Sayer
Raina Sayer, age 10

24. Bunnies’ Bedtime

Composer: Traditional; adapted by Eileen Benator

Vocalists

Rob Sayer

25. What Do All the Doggies Say?

Composer: Frank and Mary Hamilton

Vocalists

Frank Hamilton
Lady Sayer (woof)

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Frank Hamilton

26. Bells

Composer: Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Kim Chamberlain

Instrumentalists

Resonator bells — Rob Sayer
Recorder — Anna Ayres Smith
Marimba (virtual) — Rob Sayer

27. I Have a Turtle

Composer: Rob Sayer

Vocalists

Wendy Melkonian
Raina Sayer, age 10

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Rob Sayer
Piano — Rob Sayer
Bass — Rob Sayer
Drums (virtual) — Rob Sayer

28. Down in the Valley Two by Two

Composer: Traditional American folk song

Vocalists

Rob Sayer
Amy Simon

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Frank Hamilton
Bass — Rob Sayer
Percussion (virtual) — Rob Sayer

29. Down in the Valley Tonal Patterns

Vocalists

Rob Sayer
Raina Sayer, age 10

30. Rolling Wave

Composer: Frank and Mary Hamilton

Vocalists

Frank Hamilton

Instrumentalists

Tuba — L.A. Tuten
Autoharp — Mary Hamilton
Guitar — Frank Hamilton

31. Sam the Dinosaur

Composer: Raina Sayer, age 10

Vocalists

Raina Sayer, age 10

Instrumentalists

Guitar — Rob Sayer
Piano — Rob Sayer
Bass — Rob Sayer
Drums (virtual) — Rob Sayer

32. Peek-a-Boo!

Composer: Frank and Mary Hamilton

Vocalists

Vicki Feldman

33. Peek-a-Boo! Tonal Patterns

Vocalists

Vicki Feldman
Raina Sayer, age 10

34. You Are My Sunshine

Composer: Jimmy David & Carl Mitchell; arrangement by Cynthia Sayer

Instrumentalists

Trumpet — Peter Ecklund
Clarinet — Dan Levinson
Soprano sax — Dan Levinson
Tenor sax — Dan Levinson
Banjo — Cynthia Sayer
Guitar — Cynthia Sayer
Xylophone — Cynthia Sayer
Bass saxophone — Vince Giordano
Tuba — Vince Giordano
Bass — Vince Giordano
Percussion — Arnie Kinsella

35. My Lullaby

Composer: Vicki S. Feldman

Vocalists

Vicki Feldman

Instrumentalists

Keyboard — Vicki Feldman

36. See You Next Time

Composer: Rob Sayer; Michele Marcus; Raina Sayer

Vocalists

Wendy Melkonian
Rob Sayer
Raina Sayer, age 9

Instrumentalists

Flugelhorn — Rob Sayer
Egg shaker — Rob Sayer
Steel pans — Chris Colaneri
Bass — Rob Sayer
Guitar — Rob Sayer
Steel pans (virtual) — Rob Sayer

* Virtual instruments

Engineer: Aristides Ioannides. Illustrator: Seth Benator. Art Director: Judy McCabe Smith.
All arrangements by Rob Sayer unless otherwise noted.

Raina coaching Brian
Raina helping Brian record "Nanny Poppy"