‘BANANA PIE’ was a winning song in the ‘International Songwriting Competition’. Co-written and co-produced by multiple Juno Award winner Paul Johnston. Eric Serre drew some wonderful illustrations for the upcoming book by the same name. Have a slice!
Banana Pie Lyrics by C. Pennington Music by C. Pennington & Paul Johnston
The inspirations for Great Big World were my two kids when they were just brand new little people.
This song was co-written with the wonderfully talented Danielle Robichaud and sung by the phenomenal Virgo.
This tune appeared on at least 20 compilation CDs for Kidzup and is probably its all time best-selling song. Co-written with another one of my incredible writing partners and founder of Kidzup and Kiboomu, Wendy Wiseman.
Good Morning – Lyrics/Music by C. Pennington & Wendy Wiseman
The Ink Black Cat – One of my faves…
There’s A Fish – a song about nothing, really, with the lyrics going backwards and forwards through the concepts of the prepositions “in”, “on”, “under” etc. Another upcoming book with wonderful illustrations by Christine Filion.
FROM THE ALBUM ‘RAINY DAY CLASSICS’
“Save the World” was the theme song for Super Hero Classics. The creative director of the record company told me that her 3 boys demanded it every time they drove in the car. She would see them in the rear view mirror all head banging in unison to the music in the back seat. I’ll never forget that image…
Little Red Rocking Horse is my tribute to Mr. Dressup. If you’re Canadian, you know who I’m talking about…
This song always gets me. The children in the recording are my kids, Kelly and Sam. Those kids sang themselves hoarse for me. And for the promise of cash and Pokemon cards – (which sometimes actually materialized…)
I try to slip a bit of Canada into songs when I can. This is an “add-on” song, like “I Knew an Old Lady”. It takes place on an imaginary boat sailing up the St. Lawrence River. Again with the young, hopeful voices of Kelly and Sam…
