who sang the theme song to pee wee playhouse
Cyndi Lauper
title: Pee-wee's Playhouse text: Mitchell Froom, Van Dyke Parks, George S. Clinton and Dweezil Zappa with Scott Thunes (spelled 'Tunis' in the credits). Mothersbaugh, who later went on to become a fixture in composing music for children's shows like "Rugrats", joined the show on hiatus from recording with Devo: The opening prelude theme is an interpretation of Les Baxter's "Quiet Village". The theme song, which originally followed the prelude, was performed by Cyndi Lauper (credited as "Ellen Shaw"), imitating Betty Boop. For the final season in 1990, a new version of the prelude theme was recorded, and the opening theme was slightly edited. This title: Pee-wee's Playhouse text: Pee-wee jumps into the Magic Screen, as well as inserted clay animation sequences (some made by Aardman Animations, who would later make "Wallace & Gromit") and excerpts from cartoons from the Golden Age of American animation, usually presented by the character "The King of Cartoons". Each episode also featured specially written soundtrack music by noted rock/pop musicians such as Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo), Todd Rundgren, Mitchell Froom and The Residents. The show's theme song performance was credited to "Ellen Shaw", though in her autobiography, Cyndi Lauper admits to being the actual singer. Each episode usually contained a running gag particular to title: Cyndi Lauper text: in its commercials. In 1986, Lauper appeared on the Billy Joel album "The Bridge", with a song called "Code of Silence". She is credited as having written the lyrics with Joel and she sings a duet with him. In the same year, Lauper also sang the theme song for the series "Pee-wee's Playhouse", credited as "Ellen Shaw". In 1987, David Wolff produced a concert film for Lauper called "Cyndi Lauper in Paris". The concert was broadcast on HBO. Lauper made her film debut in August 1988 in the quirky comedy "Vibes", alongside Jeff Goldblum, Peter Falk, and Julian Sands. Lauper title: Quiet Village text: Martin Denny version, The Ritchie Family recording did not chart on the pop singles chart. It did peak at #68 on the R&B singles chart. In 1986, composer Mark Mothersbaugh incorporated the song and animal sounds into the prelude theme for the children's television program "Pee-wee's Playhouse". Influential noise artist Boyd Rice and writer/publisher Adam Parfrey released a comedic version of the song entitled "Quiet Village Idiot" under the moniker "The Tards" in 1993. In 1991 Guitarist Danny Gatton recorded a version on the album "88 Elmira Street". This version introduced Les Baxter and Martin Denny's music to a new title: Joe Delia text: prequel to Brian De Palma's "Carlito's Way") directed by Michael Bregman and executive produced by Martin Bregman. He composed theme music for a season of "Pee Wee's Playhouse", while continuing to score feature films. He composed for three seasons on the History Channel's most successful series "Digging for the Truth", and wrote the score for the Discovery Channel series "Weapon Masters". Delia scored the PBS series "Nova", the BBC web series "Becoming Human", National Geographic Channel's "Pythons", and the PBS/National Geographic Channel joint productions "Blue Holes" and "King Solomon's Mines". Delia toured internationally with rock singer David Johansen, in the