I’ve posted this Sesame Street scene from 1969 before and have decided to post it again. As a young boy I was often left out and felt very isolated, fearful and different from my peers. Sesame Street offered me a place where I could fit in. I started watching Sesame Street in 1969 which was the year it premiered, and the same year Oliver released this song. I remember this song playing on the radio as I also vividly remember the first time seeing this performance by the Sesame Street cast.
This song is warm and loving. I adored it. Every time I heard it I felt safe and ok. Seeing it on screen in this clip I felt included, part of and loved. To this day I cannot hear it without feeling those same feelings. I can often be heard singing it to myself when I need a lift. Needless to say with all that has gone on with me these past two weeks, I need this song more than ever.
Thus I will start my week with Good Morning Starshine, both the Sesame Street version as well as the original by Oliver.
Good Morning Starshine – Sesame Street Cast – 1969
Oliver – Good Morning Starshine – 1969
May your coming week be filled with light, love, peace and joy.
Fearsome Beard 
Thanks, we needed that.
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One of those unforgettable ditties that encapsulates an era – late 60s. Such an optimistic, happy song too, the superior Oliver version peaking here at #6 and remaining18 weeks in our charts, far preferable to that offered in the insipid film version of ‘Hair’.
I agree the Hair film version wasn’t good.