Twinkle Album Discography
By Mike Callahan and David Edwards
Last update: August 3, 2023





Twinkle was a children's sublabel of Premier Albums, Inc. of New York City. They seemed to have a limited number of tracks which they endlessly repackaged into many albums with different covers. Some of the early albums were repackagings of albums previously released on Robin Hood Records, and several mid-series albums were the same albums released on the Rocking Horse label.

The early releases often featured cartoonish drawings by Vicki Calabrese. The album artists were rarely identified, probably since they were a collection of tracks by various artists, probably studio musicians who recorded singles under various names in the 1950s. The albums on the Twinkle label were apparently all mono. Release dates are approximate.

Covers from TW-1 to TW-31 used the block logo shown above. Starting with TW-32, the logo on the cover changed to that shown at right.

Twinkle attempted to identify these records as "Educational Products" for different age groups, e.g., 3-6, 4-8, or 6-10.


The basic label for this entire series was yellow with black print (far left). A variation (near left) had green print on the yellow label.
Variations for repressings included an orange label (far left) and a green label (near left).



We would appreciate any additions or corrections to this discography. Just send them to us via e-mail. Both Sides Now Publications is an information web page. We are not a catalog, nor can we provide the records listed below. We have no association with Twinkle Records or Premier Albums. Should you be interested in acquiring albums listed in this discography (which are all out of print), we suggest you see our Frequently Asked Questions page and follow the instructions found there. This story and discography are copyright 2023 by Mike Callahan.



TWINKLE ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY

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Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents



Twinkle TW-1 Series:

TW-1 - Happy Birthday: 27 Songs For Fun And Frolic - Unknown Artist [1962] Medley (Happy Birthday To You-Old MacDonald Had A Farm-A Frog He Would A Wooin' Go-Peas Porridge Hot- I've Been Working On The Railroad-Ding Dong Bell-Casey Jones-Lazy Mary-Hey Diddle Diddle-Little Tommy Tucker-Did You Ever See A Lassie-Jack And Jill-Where Has My Little Dog Gone-Arkansas Traveler-Brother John-Humpty Dumpty-Twinkle Twinkle Little Star-Old King Cole-A Tisket Tasket-Sing A Song Of Six Pence-Tom Tom The Piper's Son-Happy Birthday To You)//The Magic Train/What's My Name/Follow The Leader/All Around The Mulberry Bush/Happy Birthday To You

TW-2 - Fun At The Circus - Unknown Artist [1962] Reissue of Robin Hood RHLP-1001. Arrival Of The Circus/The Circus Band/The Elephant Trunk/Lee Stacy, World Famous Midget/The Midget And The Giant Sing: "We've Been Working On The Railroad"/The Talking Flea/Circus Fireworks/The Big Arena And Billy, The Wonder Boy/Bobo, The Clown/The Acrobats/The Grand Finale//Bunky, The Monkey

TW-3 - Fairy Tales: Hans Christian Andersen - Unknown Artist [1962] Reissue of Robin Hood RHLP-1011. The Ugly Duckling/The Emperor's New Clothes//Thumbelina/The Steadfast Tin Soldier

TW-4 - Baby's First Record - Unknown Artist [1962] Little Bo Peep/Little Jack Horner/The Farmer In The Dell/Baa, Baa Black Sheep/Mary Had A Little Lamb/Three Blind Mice/Old MacDonald/London Bridge/Diddle Diddle Dumpling/Simple Simon/Four And Twenty Black Birds/Goosey, Goosey Gander/Pickety Pickety/To Market, To Market//Humpty Dumpty/Jack And Jill/Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son/Little Boy Blue/Pop Goes The Weasel/The Green Grass Grew All Around/Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat/Ding Dong Bell/The Cat And The Fiddle/Old King Cole/Three Little Kittens/Mistress Mary/The Alphabet Song

TW-5 - 7 Best Loved Bedtime Stories - Unknown Artist [1962] Reissue of Robin Hood RHLP-1006. Pinocchio/The Little Red Hen/Puff 'N Toot//Little Red Riding Hood/Goldilocks/Tales Of Peter Rabbit/The House That Jack Built

TW-6 - Lullabies for Little Ones - Unknown Artist [1962] Evening Song/Rock-a-Bye Baby/Sleep, Baby, Sleep/Goodnight Angel/Goodnight Sweetheart/Brahms Lullaby//Moonlight/Stars In My Eyes/Lieberstraum/Silent Night/Liebeslied

TW-7 - The Complete Score of Peter Pan - Unknown Artist [1962] Score of Peter Pan (Part 1)//Score of Peter Pan (Part 2)

TW-8 - Songs And Stories For A Rainy Day - Unknown Artist [1962] Rain, Rain Go Away/Green Grass Grew All Around/Ten Little Indians/Pop Goes The Weasel/Three Blind Mice/Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Jack Horner/Little Bo Peep/Farmer In The Dell/Row, Row, Row Your Boat/The Gingerbread Man/London Bridge/Patty Cake, Patty Cake/O Susanna/Little Boy Blue//Baa, Baa Black Sheep/I Saw A Ship A-Sailing/Rain, Rain Go Away/Bimbo/Choo-Choo Train/The Cat And The Fiddle/A Tisket A Tasket/Mistress Mary/See-Saw Marjorie Daw/The Alphabet Song/Open Up Your Heart/The Bible Tells Me So/Early To Bed, Early To Rise/Rock-A-Bye Baby/Sleep, Baby, Sleep

TW-9 - Storyland - Unknown Artist [1962] Cinderella/The Gingerbread Man/Little Brave Sambo//Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs/Alice In Wonderland

TW-10 - Punch & Judy: Complete Show Today - Unknown Artist [1962] Punch And Judy (Part One)//Punch And Judy (Part Two)

TW-11 - Song Stories for Little Ones - Unknown Artist [1962] The Tired Pony/Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie/Froggie, Froggie/Little Bo Peep-Little Jack Horner/Little Miss Muffet-Lazy Mary/The Alphabet Song//The Cat And The Fiddle/Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone/Little Boy Blue/Mary Has A Little Lamb/Goosie Gander/Pop Goes The Weasel/Humpty Dumpty

TW-12 - Sing Along With The Grasshoppers - Grasshoppers [1962] Dixie/Swanee River/Red River Valley/Anchors Aweigh/Aloha/A Boy In Buckskin//A Hunting We Will Go/A Bicycle Built For Two/Glow Worm/Row Row Row Your Boat/When The Saints Go Marching In

TW-13 - Peter & The Wolf: The Complete Story And Music - Victor Jory (Narrator) [1962] Narrator not credited on the Twinkle release, but is credited on the same LP on Wonderland 2072. Peter And The Wolf/Cinderella/Pinocchio//Peter Pan/Puff 'N Toot/Alice In Wonderland

TW-14 - Songs For Little Cowboys - Tex Johnson & His Six Shooters [1962] Artist is uncredited on this Twinkle release, but credited on the Peter Pan and Diplomat releases. Cheyenne/Pride Of The Prairie/El Paso/Buffalo Bill/Yellow Rose Of Texas/Red Wing//Davy Crockett/San Antonio/Wyatt Earp/Running Bear/Red River Valley/Wild Bill Hickok

TW-15 - Hymns for Children - Unknown Artist [1962] The Lord's Prayer/Onward Christian Soldiers/Angels In The Sky/Savior Teach Me Day By Day/Jesus Tender Shepherd//God Bless Us All/Nearer My God To Thee/Rock Of Ages/Stand Up For Jesus/Prayer Of Thanksgiving/Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

TW-16 - Children's Hour Of Nursery Rhymes - Unknown Artist [1963] Humpty Dumpty/A Tisket A Tasket/Jack And Jill/Jack Horner/Jack Spratt/Three Little Kittens/Pussy Cat/I Love A Little Pussy/Old Mother Hubbard/Where Has My Little Dog Gone/Hark The Dogs Do Bark/Old King Cole/Cat And The Fiddle/Little Tommy Tucker/Little Boy Blue/Rock-A-Bye-Baby//Counting Song/Three Blind Mice/Little Bo Peep/Mulberry Bush/Did You Ever See A Lassie/Bye Baby Bunting/Alphabet Song/Twinkle Little Star/Sing A Song Of Sixpence/Mary Had A Little Lamb/Sleep Baby Sleep

TW-17 - Puff And Toot - Twinkle Orchestra & Chorus [1963] Puff & Toot/The Red Caboose/Chocolate Train/Squeegie The Happy Clown//Down By The Station/I've Been Working On The Railroad/Circus/Where Do Ya Worka John

TW-18 - Party Time Dance & Game Songs - Unknown Artist [1963] I'm A Little Tea Pot/Bunny Hop/Counting Song/Little Boy - Little Girl Cha Cha/Skip To My Lou/Stasha Pandowski/Turkey In The Straw//Little Goldie Goldfish/Here We Go Looby Loo/Mexican Clap Hands/Aloha/East Side West Side/Frere Jacques/Hokey Pokey

TW-19 - Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes - Unknown Artist [1963] Funny Little Bunny/Good Morning Merry Sunshine/Hi Ho Rig A Jig & Away We Go/Pop Goes The Weasel/Apple On A Stick/Round The Village/The Muffin Man/Sweet & Low/She Wore A Yellow Ribbon//Farmer In The Dell/Deedle Deedle Dumpling My Son John/Oats, Peas, Beans, & Barley/Peas Porridge Hot//Polly Put The Kettle On/London Bridge/Crooked Man/Hickory Dickory Dock/Mistress Mary Quite Contrary/Lullaby & Goodnight

TW-20 - Alice In Wonderland and 6 Other Stories - Unknown Artist [1963] Alice In Wonderland/Snow White/Ozzie The Ostrich/Pony On The Merry-Go-Round//Treasure Island/Peter Rabbit/Little Brave Sambo

TW-21 - Goldilocks & The 3 Bears: 8 Superb Stories Children Love - Unknown Artist [1963] Pinocchio/Goldilocks And The Three Bears/Jack And The Beanstalk/Henny Penny//Gingerbread Man/Snow White/Little Red Riding Hood/Little Ren Hen

TW-22 - A Child's Very Favorite Song Book - Unknown Artist [1963] Land Of Lemonade And Lollipops/Little Goldie Goldfish/Old MacDonald Had A Farm/Little Tin Soldier/Tubby The Tuba/Billy Boy//Little Red Schoolhouse/Little White Duck/Pee Wee The Kiwi Bird/Little Polly Parakeet/Chocolate Train/Big Rock Candy Mountain

TW-23 - Songs Of The West That Children Love Best - Tex Johnson & His Six Shooters [1963] Red River Valley/Big Rock Candy Mountain/Sweet Betsy From Pike/Home On The Range/The Bad Brahma Bull//Riding Down The Canyon/Golden Slippers/Blue Tail Fly/Cow Poke/Big Corral

TW-24 - Sleeping Beauty Plus 5 Full-Length Children's Favorites - Narrated by David Ross with The Mullen Sisters [1964] Sleeping Beauty/Squeegee The Clown/Three Little Pigs//Pancho The Circus Donkey/Hansel And Gretel/Puff 'N Toot

TW-25 - Sing-Along For Children - Coronet Children's Chorus [1964] Jingle Bells/Standing In Need/Old Time Religion/Sidewalks Of New York/Strummin' Banjo/Bunker Hillbillies Song//Roll Out The Barrel/Oh! Susannah/Buffalo Gal/Clementine/Military Anthem/Saints Go Marching In

TW-26 - 30 Children's Favorite Song Stories - Unknown Artist [1964] Rain, Rain Go Away/Green Grass Grew All Around/Ten Little Indians/Pop Goes The Weasel/Three Blind Mice/Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Jack Horner/Little Bo Peep/Farmer In The Dell/Row, Row, Row Your Boat/The Gingerbread Man/London Bridge/Patty Cake, Patty Cake/O Susanna/Little Boy Blue/Baa, Baa Black Sheep/I Saw A Ship A-Sailing/Rain, Rain Go Away//Bimbo/Choo-Choo Train/The Cat And The Fiddle/A Tisket A Tasket/Mistress Mary/See-Saw Marjorie Daw/The Alphabet Song/Open Up Your Heart/The Bible Tells Me So/Early To Bed, Early To Rise/Rock-A-Bye Baby/Sleep, Baby, Sleep


TW-27 - 15 Children's Party Favorites - Unknown Artists [1964] Pony Boy/Red River Valley/Frogie, Frogie/Little Bo Peep/Little Jack Horner/Jack Spratt/Lazy Mary/The Alphabet Song//The Cat and the Fiddle/Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone/Little Boy Blue/Mary Had a Little Lamb/Goosie Gander/Pop Goes the Weasel/Humpty Dumpty

TW-28 - Peter Rabbit: 7 Song Stories Children Love - Unknown Artist [1964] Reissue of Twinkle TW-5 with a different cover. Pinocchio/The Little Red Hen/Puff 'N' Toot//Little Red Riding Hood/Goldilocks/Tale Of Peter Rabbit/The House That Jack Built

TW-29 - 27 Children's Storyland Favorites - Unknown Artist [1964] Little Bo Peep/Little Jack Horner/Farmer In Dell/Baa, Baa Black Sheep/Mary Had A Little Lamb/Three Blind Mice/Old MacDonald/London Bridge/Diddle Diddle Dumpling/Simple Simon/Four And Twenty Black Birds/Goosey, Goosey Gander/Pickety Pickety/To Market, To Market//Humpty Dumpty/Jack And Jill/Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son/Little Boy Blue/Pop Goes The Weasel/The Green Grass Grew All Around/Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat/Ding Dong Bell/The Cat And The Fiddle/Old King Cole/Three Little Kittens/Mistress Mary/The Alphabet Song

TW-30 - 6 Merry Adventure Stories - Unknown Artist [1964] Peter And The Wolf/Cinderella/Pinocchio//Peter Pan/Puff And Toot/Alice In Wonderland

TW-31 - Music From Walt Disney's Mary Poppins And Other Children's Film Favorites - Unknown Artist [?] Overture/Spoon Full Of Sugar/Feed The Birds/Chimchimcheree/Finale//Take Me Out To The Ballgame-Babe Ruth Story/I've Been Working On The Railroad-Union Pacific/Beautiful Dreamer-Stephen Foster Story/Billy Boy-Billy The Kid/Oh Dear What Can The Matter Be-The Bowery





Here the cover logo changes from block logo to yellow logo shown at left.

TW-32 - Children's Favorite Folk Songs - Unknown Artist [1964] Rock Island Line/On Top Of Old Smokey/Red River Valley/Yellow Rose Of Texas/Blue Tail Fly//The Girl With Golden Braids/A Drifting Cowpoke/Sweet Betsy From Pike/Bonnie Blue Gal/Boll Weevil

TW-33 - Tell Me A Story - Unknown Artist [1965] Cinderella/Hansel & Gretel/Jack And The Beanstalk//Three Little Pigs/Henny Penny/The House That Jack Built

TW-34 - Songs For A Rainy Day - Unknown Artist [1965] Are My Ears On Straight/Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf/The World Owes Me A Living/I've Got No Strings/Yodel Song//I Want A Hippopotamus For Xmas/The Happy Shoemaker/Hi Diddle De De/Luddle Luddle Dom De Dom/I'm Gonna Get Well

TW-35 - The Big Red Fire Engine - Unknown Artist [1965] The Big Red Fire Engine/Little Toot/Little Red Caboose/The Chocolate Train/Down By The Station//The Big Red Wagon/The Magic Train/I've Been Working On The Railroad/Jingle Dingle/Where Do You Worka John

TW-36 - Bedtime Stories - Unknown Artist [1965] Snow White/Goldilocks/Little Red Hen//Treasure Island/Little Red Riding Hood/Dinky The Duck

TW-37 - Land Of Lemonade & Lollipops - Unknown Artist [1965] Land Of Lemonade & Lollipops/Big Rock Candy Mountain/Back Home (Way Back Home)/Marching Song (Children Marching Song)/Little Dutch Boy & Little Dutch Girl//Dem Dry Bones/Little Red Schoolhouse/Stasha Pandowski/Billy Boy/Grandfathers Clock

TW-38 - Let's Have A Party - Unknown Artist [1965] Musical Chairs (Pop Goes The Weasel)/Bunny Hop/Frere Jacques/Mexican Hat Dance/Old MacDonald//Hokey Pokey & Turn Around/Turkey In The Straw/East Side, West Side/Skip To My Lou/School Days

TW-39 - Children's Popular Songs N' Stories - Unknown Artist [1965] Felix And Billy The Goat/Smokey The Bear/Felix And Hector The Horse/Me & My Teddy Bear/Sweetie Bear//Felix And Benny The Bunny/Teddy Bear Picnic/Felix And Harriet The Hen/Funny Little Bunnies/It's Time To Eat Your Breakfast

TW-40 - Children's Favorite Marches - Unknown Artist [1965] Abridged reissue of Bilko Marches by Phil Silvers (Promenade 2088). Artists identified as "Eddie Maynard & His Marching Band" on Marching Songs (Spin-O-Rama 3058), as "Regimental Guards" on Marching Brass (Sutton SU 237), and as "Coronet Military Band" on Changing of the Guards (Coronet CXS-9). River Kwai/Semper Fidelis/On The Mall/Stars & Stripes Forever/Manhattan Beach//Washington Post March/Spirit Of Liberty/El Capitan/King Cotton/Them Basses

TW-41 - Ballets for Children - Various Artists [1966] The Nutcracker Suite (Story)/Dance of the Toy Flutes/Dance of the Swans//Tina the Ballerina/Chinese Dance/Waltz Of The Flowers

TW-42 - Children's Western Songbook - Unknown Artists [1966] Reissue of Twinkle TW-23 with a new cover. Red River Valley/Big Rock Candy Mountain/Sweet Betsy From Pike/Home On The Range/The Bad Brahma Bull//Riding Down The Canyon/Golden Slippers/Blue Tail Fly/Cow Poke/Big Corral

TW-43 - Fun Time - Unknown Artist [1966] Follow The Leader/Hokey Pokey/Musical Chairs (Pop Goes The Weasel)/Treasure Island//Pony On The Merry-Go-Round/Old MacDonald Had A Farm/A-Hunting We Will Go/Anchors Aweigh-Swanee River/Row Row Row Your Boat/Red River Valley

TW-44 - Merry Adventures in Toyland - Unknown Artist [1966] Cinderella/The Gingerbread Man/Little Brave Sambo//Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs/Alice In Wonderland



TW-45 - Farmyard Favorites - Unknown Artists [1966] Little Red Hen/The Ugly Duckling/Farmer In The Dell/Old MacDonald Had A Farm/Turkey In The Straw//Oats, Peas, Beans And Barley/Mary Mary Quite Contrary/Peter Rabbit/Henny Penny/Three Blind Mice

TW-46 - Circus Magic: Songs & Fun - Unknown Artist [1966] Reissue of Twinkle TW-2 with a new cover. Arrival Of The Circus/The Circus Band/The Elephant Trunk/Lee Stacy, World Famous Midget/The Midget And The Giant Sing: "We've Been Working On The Railroad"/The Talking Flea/Circus Fireworks/The Big Arena And Billy, The Wonder Boy/Bobo, The Clown/The Acrobats/The Grand Finale//Bunky, The Monkey

TW-47 - Hans Christian Anderson's Fairy Tales - Unknown Artist [1966] Reissue of Twinkle TW-3 with a new cover. The Ugly Duckling/The Emperor's New Clothes//Thumbelina/The Steadfast Tin Soldier

TW-48 - Sailing Sailing and Other Children's Favorites - Unknown Artist [1966] Sailing, Sailing/Nancy Lee/Over The Summer Sea/We Sail The Ocean Blue/Blow The Man Down/Dem Dry Bones/Little Dutch Boy And Little Dutch Girl/Girl With The Golden Braids/Rock Island Line/Choo'n Gum//Goombay Drums/Mighty Mouse/Little Sir Echo/Bonnie Blue Gal/Are My Ears On Straight/Night Before Christmas/Jingle Dingle

TW-49 - Birthday Party: 27 Songs for Fun & Frolic - Unknown Artists [1966] Reissue of Twinkle TW-1 with a new cover. Medley (Happy Birthday To You-Old MacDonald Had A Farm-A Frog He Would A Wooin' Go-Peas Porridge Hot-I've Been Working On The Railroad-Ding Dong Bell-Casey Jones-Lazy Mary-Hey Diddle Diddle-Little Tommy Tucker-Did You Ever See A Lassie-Jack And Jill-Where Has My Little Dog Gone-Arkansas Traveler-Brother John-Humpty Dumpty-Twinkle Twinkle Little Star-Old King Cole-A Tisket Tasket-Sing A Song Of Six Pence-Tom Tom The Piper's Son-Happy Birthday To You)//The Magic Train/What's My Name/Follow The Leader/All Around The Mulberry Bush/Happy Birthday To You



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TW-51 - Tales And Songs For Children - Unknown Artist [1966] Peter Pan/Snow White//Peter and the Wolf/Old King Cole/Hi Diddle Diddle/Little Tommy Tucker/Little Boy Blue/Rockabye Baby/Humpty Dumpy/A Tisket A Tasket/Jack and Jill/Deedle Deedle Dumpling/Sleep Baby Sleep/Little Jack Horner/Jack Spratt

TW-52 - The Little Tin Soldier And Other Kiddie Songs - Unknown Artist [1966] Billy Boy/Little Tin Soldier/Take Me Out To The Ball Game/A Hunting We Will Go/Beautiful Dreamer/The Sailor Man//Old Kentucky Home/Dreaming The Happy Hours Away/On Top Of Old Smokey/I Love The Conga/My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

TW-53 - Little Songs For Little Folks - Unknown Artist [1967] Good Ship Lollipop/Big Rock Candy Mountain/Little White Duck/Peewee The Kiwi Bird/Little Polly Parakeet/Chocolate Train//Little Red School House/Little Tin Soldier/Little Goldie Goldfish/Little Toot/Mary Had A Little Lamb/Little Dutch Boy And Little Dutch Girl

TW-54 - Children's Favorite Animal Stories - Unknown Artist [1967] The Ugly Duckling//Dinky The Duck/Funny Little Bunny/Peewee The Kiwi Bird/Little Polly Parakeet

TW-55 - Five Fablulous Fables - Unknown Artist [1967] Cinderella/Sleeping Beauty//Alice In Wonderland/Goldilocks/Little Red Riding Hood



TW-56 -

TW-57 - Happy Songs For Children - Unknown Artist [1967] Down By The Station/Bunny Hop/I've Been Working On The Railroad/Grandfather's Clock/Skip To My Lou/I'm A Little Teapot//Red Red Robin/Hokey Pokey/Teddy Bears On Parade/Counting Song/Mexican Hat Dance/Frere Jacques



TW-58 -

TW-59 - Dr. Dolittle (And Other Animal Favorites) - Unknown Artist [1967] I Talk To The Animals/My Friend The Doctor/Funny Little Bunnies/Smokey The Bear/Me And My Teddy Bear/Bennie The Bunny//Little Red Hen/The Ugly Duckling





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