Who are little Jerry and the monotones?

Answer 1

Little Jerry and the Monotones are a rock band that appeared on Sesame Street in 1970, the group has sung a menagerie of songs on subjects ranging from emotions to the human body, members include "Little" Jerry Lee Nelson (1970-present) Christopher Marlon Cerf aka Chrissy (1970-present) Richard Handford Hunt aka Rockin' Richard and Radical Richie(1970-2000) and Jerry's music teacher and mentor Mr. Jeffrey "Big Jeffy" Moss (1970-present)

The group made their debut in episode 276 of Sesame Street singing their first ever song "Mad" ,although the two main singers (Moss and Nelson) had already been established the back-up singers (those who would later become Chrissy and Rockin' Richard) looked completely different from how they would later appear, for example the Lavender member had long black spaghetti hair and no nose and was actually named Fabulous Fran, who I believe was either Chrissy's sister or a proto-Chrissy and the Pumpkin member had shaggy, unkempt hair and scraggly eyebrows, this member was called Croonin' Carroll (after Carroll Spinney) after quite some time Fabulous Fran left the group and was replaced by her "brother" Chrissy, Croonin' Carroll took voice lessons and found a new voice when he met Richard Hunt and thus changed his name to Radical Richie and later Rockin' Richard. Throughout the remainder of the 70's to 2000's The Monotones recorded new hits such as "Danger", "A Body Full of Rhythm" , the ever-popular "Telephone Rock" and The Mountain of Love. In 2000 the band returned to Sesame Street to perform "When you Move the Mouse, it makes the Arrow Go" this was also the year Monotone Rockin' Richard called it quits, since then the group has disbanded nowadays Little Jerry or Jerry Lee as he is now known performs in various venues, Big Jeffy joined Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats(although he still finds time to get together with Jerry), and Chrissy and Rockin' Richard own a recording studio in California. And now with the 42nd season of Sesame Street just years away, it is possible that our Monotones will make yet another comeback, this time with newer members.

Jerry and the Monotones

Current Members

Jerry Lee Nelson: vocals, lead guitar (1970-present)

Christopher Marlon Cerf: back-up vocals, bass (1970-present)

Jeffrey Moss:back-up vocals,keyboard (1970-present)

Former Members

Fabulous Fran(1970):back-up vocals

Rockin' Richard (1970): back-up vocals,drums, cowbell

Joseph"Jumpin' Joey" Raposo (1970):back-up vocals

Psychadelic Frankie (I think that 's the Purple Monotone's name) (1980?): back-up vocals,coughing