Joan Constance "Joanie" Bartels (born May 21, 1953, Dorchester, Massachusetts

Dorchester, Massachusetts

Dorchester is a dissolved municipality and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is named after the town of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset, from which Puritans emigrated and is today endearingly nicknamed "Dot" by its residents. Dorchester, including a large...

) is an American children's singer. Her 1985 album, Lullaby Magic, was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America

Recording Industry Association of America

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 in 1992.

Early life

Bartels' father was a native of Southport, North Carolina

Southport, North Carolina

Southport is a city in Brunswick County, North Carolina, near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 and her mother was a native of Sharon, Massachusetts

Sharon, Massachusetts

Sharon is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,612 at the 2010 census. Sharon is part of Greater Boston, about 17 miles southwest of downtown Boston....

. She is of English, French, German, Scottish, Swiss and native American descent. She is a graduate of Natick High School

Natick High School

Natick High School is a public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Natick, Massachusetts. The school is located on the banks of Lake Cochituate. It enrolled 1189 students as of the 2005-06 school year. Rose Bertucci is currently the interim principal after the retirement of former...

.

She had her own recording company called Frog, and created Dreamland.

She was married in New Zealand, and officially moved to the country to stay with her recent husband.

Albums

• 1980 – Sillytime Magic
• 1985 – Lullaby Magic
• 1986 – Morning Magic
• 1987 – Lullaby Magic 2
• 1988 – Travelin' Magic
• 1990 – Bathtime Magic
• 1990 – Christmas Magic
• 1991 – Dancin' Magic
• 1993 – Jump for Joy
• 1996 – (Adventures with) Friends and Family
• 2001 – Put Your Dancing Shoes On
• 2002 – Angels of December with Thom Rotella (on iTunes
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   only)
• 2002 – Dreamland
• 2005 – Jazzy (on iTunes only)

Songs

• "Animal Crackers in My Soup
  Animal Crackers in My Soup
  "Animal Crackers in My Soup" was a song introduced by Shirley Temple in the 1935 film "Curly Top". The lyrics were written by Irving Caesar and Ted Koehler and the music by Ray Henderson, sheet music published by Sam Fox Publishing Company....
  
  "
• "Dinosaur Rock 'n' Roll"
• "Golden Slumbers/Rock-A-Bye Baby"
• "Good Day Sunshine"
• "Goodnight My Someone"
• "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes"
• "Hush-A-Bye, Don't You Cry"
• "Hush Little Baby"
• "It's Time to Say Goodnight/Brahms' Lullaby"
• "Lullaby and Goodnight"
• "The Loco-Motion"
• "Sillie Pie"
• "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
• "There's a Hippo in My Tub"
• "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"
• "Wynken, Blynken, and Nod"
• "You Can Never Go Down the Drain"

Filmography

• 1993 – Simply Magic: The Rainy Day Adventure – Herself
• 1994 – Simply Magic: The Extra-Special Substitute Teacher – Herself

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