 What became "Free to Be ... You and Me" began with a series of evening discussions organized by Marlo Thomas at her apartment.Marlos chose Hart to produce the album and Bruce Hart joined the meetings, together with Letty Cottin Pogrebin of "Ms." magazine, songwriter Mary Rodgers and an expanding group of notable participants who were asked to share lessons they wished they had learned as children.Bruce Hart had proposed "Free To Be You and Me Jamboree" as the title for the theme song he was developing and it was Carole Hart who convinced her husband to eliminate the word "Jamboree" from the title.