| When THE ME NOBODY KNOWS closed on Broadway at the end of 1971, Children's Television Workshop (CTW) hired half of the musical's cast
to star in their new show, The Electric Company. Irene Cara, Hattie Winston, Melanie Henderson and Douglas Grant were hired for The Electric Company. (Northern Calloway was hired for Sesame Street). The Electric Company become a great success. After its first 2 years on the air, CTW hired Gary William Friedman to be the Music Director and Composer for The Electric Company. Gary wrote around 40 songs for The Electric Company, including the popular "Spiderman Theme" - for which he wrote the words and music and was the vocalist. A new CD single of the Spider Man Theme Song has been released! Available at Amazon.com and iTunes! Here are most of the songs he wrote for the program: |
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"Alphabet Song" "C Song" "Commercial Anthology" "Drifter" "Drummers Three" "For Teeth" "For The Love Of Willy" "Freeze" "Green Gremlins" "I Enjoy Feeling Annoyed" "I Hate to Take A Nap" "I'm Glad" "I'm Not Afraid to Cry" "In the Hay" "Is" "Is That All I Did" "Junk" "King Of Of" |
"Low Limbo" "Made of What Are Little Girls Made Of" "Misfit's Waltz" "My Old Friend Ed" "Puppet Pantomime" "Rough Rougher Roughest" "Sloppy Slob" "Smile" "Sneaker Freak" "Spider Man" "Springing From A Sponge" "There's A Hole" "Three Musketeers" "Violin On The Vine" "Was" "Welcome To Westwood" "Words Words Words" |
