▁grew , ▁they ▁moved ▁from ▁school ▁concert s ▁to ▁larger ▁family ▁shows . ▁Their ▁version ▁of ▁" T ed dy ▁B ears ' ▁Pic nic " ▁was ▁their ▁first ▁children ' s ▁music ▁hit . ▁By ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁the ▁group ▁was ▁famous ▁enough ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁Kennedy ▁Center ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C .. ▁Five ▁more ▁albums ▁and ▁several ▁videos ▁followed , ▁but ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁re cess ion ▁led ▁to ▁fewer ▁book ings ▁and ▁they ▁part ed ▁ways ▁as ▁a ▁du o . ▁ ▁Later ▁years ▁Go ing ▁solo , ▁Gary ▁Rosen ▁released ▁his ▁first ▁solo ▁album , ▁Tot ▁Rock , ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁followed ▁by ▁albums ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁Tw ice ▁during ▁the ▁Cl inton ▁years ▁he ▁performed ▁at ▁E aster ▁concert s ▁on ▁the ▁White ▁House ▁la wn . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Rosen ▁announced ▁he ▁was ▁batt ling ▁Amy ot roph ic ▁later al ▁s cl eros is . ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁family ▁continued ▁to ▁tour , ▁taking ▁center ▁stage ▁at ▁Boston ’ s ▁First ▁Night ▁celebr ation . ▁Rosen ▁and ▁Sh ont z ▁performed ▁together ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁time ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁at ▁a ▁celebr ation ▁of ▁Gary ' s ▁life ▁and ▁fund ra iser . ▁Gary ▁Rosen ▁died ▁on ▁April ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁at ▁his ▁Br attle