Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? "Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street?" is the theme song of the children's television series "Sesame Street". It is the oldest song in "Sesame Street's" history, dating back to the show's very beginning on November 10, 1969. The "Sesame Street" theme song was composed by Joe Raposo, a writer and composer of many of television shows' songs. The opening riff is a variation from the "Good Vibrations" song by The Beach Boys, which was released 3 years prior. In his book on the history of "Sesame
Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning "received a death threat and a kidnapping threat", which he took seriously enough to purchase a bulletproof limousine and hire a bodyguard/chauffeur. Berlin also performed "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" in the 1942 stage play "This Is the Army", which ran for 113 performances on Broadway and was adapted as a Warner Brothers musical the following year. Today they finished shooting my portion of the picture and I am certainly glad it's over with. All I do is sing "Hate to Get Up in the Morning" as I did in the show, but the camera