0-9 Series

0–9 Series is a 1989 series of ten compilation albums released by ABC for Kids. It won the ARIA Award for Best Children's Album in 1990, and was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Cover Art in the same year.

The ten albums are aimed at children of each age from 0 to 9. The album titled 0 for 0 year olds through to 9 for 9 year olds. Over 270 songs were recorded for the album series with 214 appearing on the final products. Featured artists are Adam Bowen, Aku Kadoga, Andrew Bell, Andrew Can, Angela Webber, Anne Kirkpatrick, Armando Hurley, Barry Crocker, Barry Leef, Chantelle Ormandy, Chris Bailey, Chris Lloyd, Christopher Patlon, Col Joye, Danielle Spencer, Darryl Aberhart, Dave Sandbach, Dave Sandford, Debbie Byrne, Don Spencer, Doug Parkinson, Ernie Dingo, Floyd Vincent, Gillian Eastoe, Gillian Jones, Grace Knight, Graeme Connors, Greedy Smith, Gus O'Brien, James Gillard, Jamie Rigg, Jenny Morris, Jim Conway, Joan Sydney, Joanne Jackson, John Paul Young, John Spence, Jonathon Biggins, Kerrie Biddell, Ketaki Kishor Dongre, Kiri Uu, Lana Warner, Laurie Balmer, Leonora Jackson, Linda Kenny, Linda Marr, Linda Nagle, Lizzie Clear, Lori Vallins, Lucky Starr, Malcolm McCullum, Marc Hunter, Marcus Holden, Margret RoadKnight, Maria Fotiadis, Mark Williams, Maroochy Barambah, Mary Schneider, Melanie Saloman, Mesana Salata, Mic Conway, Mic Conway's Whoopee Band, Mick Layton, Mike Kennings, Moya Simpson, Nicholas Wareham, Normie Rowe, Peter Chambers, Peter Combe, Peter Kenny, Rami Var, Rhonda Burchmore, Rick Price, Robyn Archer, Robyne Dunn, Ross Higgins, Ruth Cracknell, Sabahattin Akdagcik, Sally Dodds, Sharon O'Neill, Shauna Jensen, Stuart Grant, Su Cruickshank, Sweet Atmosphere, Tamina Haider, Tania Bowra, Terry Hannagan, Terry Kaff, Terry Murray, The Moy Sisters, Tommy Emmanuel, Trinidad Calypso Band, Trish Goddard, Wendy Grose, Wendy Matthews and Zachiary Haider. A documentary on the production of the albums was released alongside it.

Tracklists[]

Zzzero[]

Going Home - Tommy Emmanuel
Mockingbird/All the Pretty Little Horses - Gillian Eastoe
Maranoa Lullaby - Maroochy Barambah
Ninna Nanna - Moya Simpson
Brahms Lullaby - Peter Kenny
Golden Slumbers - Rick Price and Wendy Matthews
Indian Lullaby - Kataki Kishor Dongre
Forever Young - Marc Hunter
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Margret RoadKnight
The Night Will Never Stay - Graeme Connors
Greek Lullaby - Maria Fotiadis
Turn Around - Ruth Cracknell
Grandma's Hands - Joanne Jackson
God Bless the Child - Marc Hunter

One[]

Never Smile at a Crocodile/Crocodile Rock - Normie Rowe
A Step Before Dinner - Sharon O'Neill
The Little Cow Eats Grass - Dave Sandford
The High Skip/Andy Spandy - Lizzie Clear and Lana Warner
Li'l Liza Jane - Floyd Vincent
Bimbo/Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree - Don Spencer and Chantelle Ormandy
Sea Shanty Medley - Graeme Connors, James Gillard, Marcus Holden and Peter Kenny
Pigeons and Crows - Melanie Saloman
Rockin' Robin - The Moy Sisters
Hokey Pokey - Dave Sandford
Tiffy Taffy - Lizzie Clear and Lana Warner
Chop Chop Chipitty Chop - Trish Goddard
Baby Food - Robyn Archer
Berceuse Pour Rêver - Jamie Rigg
When You're Smiling - Grace Knight
Sunset - Tommy Emmanuel
This Old Man - Trish Goddard
Jerry Hall - Joan Sydney
Tip Top - Trish Goddard
Little Red Car - Graeme Connors
Baby's Drinking Song - Graeme Connors
Coots Eats Waterbeetles - Chris Bailey
Insallah - Sabahattin Akdağcık
Pop Goes the Weasel - Trish Goddard
Kennebunk Port - Anne Kirkpatrick
Gurrwayi, Gurrwayi, the Rainbird - Ernie Dingo and Marrochy Barambah
Banana - Aku Kadoga
Babes in the Wood - Tania Bowra
Gershwin Lullaby - Graeme Connors
Why Worry - John Spence

Two[]

Oodnadatta, Parramatta - Jim Conway
Sand Between my Fingers - Sharon O'Neill
Cat's Got the Measles - Tamina and Zachiary Haider
The Witch - Melanie Saloman
Family Treasures - Anne Kirkpatrick
See Ya Later, Alligator - Col Joye
I've Got an Itch - Floyd Vincent
The Glowworm - Jim Conway
Sing A Song Of Sixpence - Tania Bowra
The Kangaroo - Mic Conway
Squeezes - Gillian Eastoe
There Was a Crooked Man - Armando Hurley
The Guppy - Joan Sydney
Ralphy Balfen - Grace Knight
Five Little Monkeys - Floyd Vincent
Slowly, Slowly - Leonora Jackson
Three Fleas - James Gillard
Heigh-Ho - Darryl Aberhart and Andrew Can
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles/Splish Splash/Singing in the Bathtub - Mic Conway and Col Joye
Something's Drastic - Mic Conway
The Clever Rabbit - Anne Kirkpatrick
Where - Stuart Grant
Beni Vi Tui - Aku Kadoga
At the Codfish Ball - Su Cruickshank and Linda Nagle
The Duck - Joan Sydney
An Elephant Goes - Linda Kelly and Graeme Connors
I Sing the Song of Froggie Swimming - Peter Chambers
I Put Out to Sea - Barry Leef
I Wish I Was a Little Grub/Isn't it Funny - Jenny Morris
Mrs Moon - Stuart Grant
Coming Home (The Song of the Naturalist's Wife) - Graeme Connors
Fascinating Rhythm - Kerrie Biddell

Three[]

Hiccups - Gillian Eastoe
Tailpiece - Stuart Grant
Pick Me Up - Robyn Archer
The Name Game - Aku Kadoga
Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too - Tania Bowra
Two Witches - Melanie Saloman
Chickery Chick - Ross Higgins and Jonathon Biggins
Granny's Boot - Joan Sydney
Healthy Pig - James Gillard
Jiribuga the Porcupine - Ernie Dingo and Maroochy Barambah
The Cow - Aku Kadoga
The Worm - Mic Conway
The Woody Wodpecker Song - Ross Higgins
Kilkenny Cats - Gus O'Brien
Pet Parade - Terry Hannigan
The Little Red Hen - Don Spencer
Goodness Gracious - Gillian Eastoe
Let's Twist Again - Greedy Smith
Josephine - Aku Kadoga
Simon Says - Armando Hurley
Signal - Dave Sandbach
You Twiddle Your Thumbs - Stuart Grant, Dave Sandford and Andrew Bell
When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbing Along) - Mic Conway
Multikirtwigo - Jame Gillard
Jiminy Cricket - Ross Higgins
Ow Sut Mohowri - Rami Var
Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) - Armando Hurley

Four[]

Anancy the Spiderman - Armando Hurley
Happy Talk - Grace Knight
Dr Knickerbocker - Aku Kadoga
Louder Than a Clap of Thunder - Mic Conway
40 Performing Bananas - Mick Layton
The Owl and the Pussycat - Mick Layton
Goosey Goosey Gander - Robyn Archer and Mic Conway
Trn Da Ti Eh - Masana Salata
Windy Nights - Robyne Dunn
High Hopes - Debbie Byrne
Muddly, Muddly - Jenny Morris, Joan Sydney and Gillian Jones
The Purple People Eater - Barry Leef
Nursery Rhyme Rap - Armando Hurley
Digital Watch/Hickory Dickory - Leonora Jackson
Wimoweh - Terry Kaff
The Ships - John Paul Young
Nightening - Melanie Saloman
Greedy Dog - Tania Bowra
Jollity Farm - Mic Conway's Whoopee Band
The Umbrella Man - Ross Higgins
Frosty the Snowman - Lori Vallins
Let 'em In - Mark Williams

Five[]

Emma Hackett's Newsbook - Shauna Jensen
Fish Fingers - Dave Sandford
Running Bear - Anne Kirkpatrick
If Pigs Could Fly - Sally Dodds
My Brain - Robyn Archer
Happy Birthday Dear Dragon - Joan Sydney
Sneezes - Grace Knight
Ooby Dooby - John Spencer
Alice Song - Stuart Grant
Hermano Chay - Linda Marr
Juba - Aku Kadoga
The Peanut - Anne Kirkpatrick
Heart of the Country - Gillian Eastoe
The Court of King Caractcus - Terry Hannigan
Bushrangers - Tania Bowra and Robyne Dunn
Skye Boat Song - Wendy Matthews
Beep Beep - Sweet Atmosphere
Heads or Tails - Mike Kennings
There is a Thing - Chris Bailey
76 Trombones - Barry Crocker
With His Mouth Full of Food - Chris Bailey
The Trouble with my Brother - Mike Kennings
Viru Polka - Kiri Uu
I Know Someone - Christopher Patlon
You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd - Terry Hannigan
The Bogeyman - Stuart Grant

Six[]

Cat's Got Fleas - Floyd Vincent
Dead Skunk - Gillian Eastoe
Ghost Riders in the Sky - Mary Schnieder
The Sound of the Wind - Wendy Matthews
Michael Built a Bicycle - James Gillard
The Walk - Armando Hurley
Ode to an Extinct Dinosaur - Robyne Dunn
Thingth I Thay - Peter Combe
A Little Soulful Tune - Aku Kadoga
Ubangi Stomp - Greedy Smith
Papa Oom Mow Mow - Jenny Morris
Don't - Angela Webber and Adam Bowen
Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour? - Mic Conway's Whoopee Band
Back Seat Tragedy - Robyn Archer
Abre Kako - Mesana Salata
Up and Down - Peter Chambers, Mick Layton, Sally Dodds and Wendy Grose
Bird Eats Fruit - Tania Bowra
Limbo Rock - Trinidad Calypso Band

Seven[]

Super Computer - Don Spencer
Feeding the Family - Chris Bailey and Gillian Eastoe
Life on Mars - Melanie Saloman
Monster Mash - Ross Higgins
My Dad Snores - Anne Kirkpatrick
Feeling Groovy - Tania Bowra
When You're Eating - Ernie Dingo
Great Expectations - Gillian Eastoe and Shauna Jensen
Eagle Rock - Barry Leef
Mean Old Mean Hyena - James Gillard
Backwards Bill - Aku Kadoga
Island in the Sun - Armando Hurley
Tobiyo - Mesana Salata
Limericks - Chris Bailey
Flabbergaster - Adam Bowen
Friendship - Nicholas Wareham and Danielle Spencer
I've Been Everywhere - Lucky Starr
An Ant's Eye View - Graeme Connors
Gimmie Dat Ding - Mic Conway's Whoopee Band

Eight[]

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Grace Knight
Piggies Anthem - Rhonda Burchmore
Transfusion - Sweet Atmosphere
Down on the Corner - Malcolm McCullum, Chris Lloyd, Armando Hurley and Jamie Rigg
There's a Monkey Sitting in the Family Tree - Graeme Connors
Working Bee - Tania Bowra
Apeman - Barry Leef
Galaxy Song - Jonathon Biggins
I'm in a Rotten Mood - Laurie Balmer
Stomi Omilelo Malo - Celia White, Jarni Birmingham, Jenny Dornan, Linda Dawson and Moya Simpson
The Magpies - Graeme Connors
Sun Arise - Darryl Aberhart

Nine[]

Water For The Flowers- Sharon O'Neill
Cost of Living - Darryl Aberhart
Three Little Birds - Armando Hurley
Horror Movie - Gillian Eastoe
Swimming Song - Anne Kirkpatrick
Ballet Dancing Boffer Boys - Terry Murray
Old Time Rock and Roll - Normie Rowe
Jeremiah Peabody's... - Doug Parkinson
Gitarzan - Terry Hannigan
Money Moans - Lori Vallins
You Can Get It If You Really Want - Armando Hurley

Zzzero - Nine Sampler[]

Note: this was the promo album, released on LP only, for the series containing song from each album.

Water for the Flowers - Sharon O'Neill
Down on the Corner - Malcolm McCullum, Chris Lloyd, Armando Hurley and Jamie Rigg
Granny's Boot - Joan Sydney
Happy Talk - Grace Knight
The Ships - John Paul Young
Going Home - Tommy Emmanuel
God Bless the Child - Marc Hunter
Papa Oom Mow Mow - Jenny Morris
Monster Mash - Ross Higgins
The Peanut - Anne Kirkpatrick
Pick Me Up - Robyn Archer
Never Smile at a Crocodile/Crocodile Rock - Normie Rowe
With His Mouth Full of Food - Chris Bailey
Let's Twist Again - Greedy Smith
Skye Boat Song - Wendy Matthews
Splish Splash - Col Joye

CD & LP Gallery[]

Cassette Gallery[]

Trivia[]

The songs in the Sea Shanty Medley are Here Is The Sea, What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor, Dance To Your Daddy, Donkey Riding, Blow The Man Down & Here Is The Sea (Reprise). Not listed in notes of album
Thingth I Thay was taken from Peter Combe's album Spaghetti Bolognaise.
Super Computer was later re-recorded for Don Spencer's album Let's Have Fun.
An Ant's Eye View and There's a Monkey Sitting in the Family Tree later appeared on Graeme Connors album One of the Family.
Jollity Farm later appeared on Mic Conway's album Whoopee!.