Great Big Hits

Great Big Hits is the 11th album by popular children's entertainers Sharon, Lois & Bram, originally released in 1992. The album features 31 favorite Sharon, Lois & Bram songs, most released on previous albums, although the trio did re-recorded several songs especially for this album to give them more of a "Sharon, Lois & Bram sound".

Releases
The original release was in 1992 under Elephant Records in Canada, and under A&M Records in the United States. Then in 2004, Great Big Hits was re-released under Casablanca Kids Inc. The album is also available in a 2-Disc BoxSet released by Casablanca Kids in 2004.

1992 (Elephant Records/A&M Records)Cassette/CD 2004/2005/2008 (Casablanca Kids Inc.) CD

Touring and promotions
To promote the album, Sharon, Lois & Bram launched their "Great Big Tour" across Canada and the United States, presented by Nickelodeon US and Eaton's Canada. Pictures from the tour can be seen in the Sharon, Lois & Bram Photo Album that was published to sell at Great Big Hits concerts. The Great Big Tour sold over 200,000 seats across North America.

They also released a mini-compilation album to promote Great Big Hits. It was titled Kidbits and featured a selection of songs from their earlier albums as well as a special Skinnamarink Introduction where the trio personally welcomes you to the album and gives a brief description of their career and what to expect in terms of the Great Big Hits album. It is available only on cassette.

Great Big Hits proved that Sharon, Lois & Bram were rising stars and were an upward trend in popularity at the time because the album only took 2 months to "go gold", whereas their previous album, Sing A to Z, released in 1990, took 2 years to "go gold".

In addition, a Songbook titled "Great Big Hits" was published by Warner-Chappell Music in 1993. It contains piano music, guitar chords, and lyrics to all of the songs found on the album, as well as a special 4-Hand Skinnamarink Duet for the piano.

Nominations and awards

 * Our Choice Award, Canadian Children's Book Centre (1992)
 * iParenting Media Awards, Hottest Product for 2004 (2004)
 * Parents Choice, Recommended (2004)
 * Gold

Track listing

 * 1) "One Elephant"*
 * 2) "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain"*
 * 3) "Peanut Butter & Jelly"*
 * 4) "Jenny Jenkins"*
 * 5) "Chugga-Chugga"*
 * 6) "Savez-Vous Planter Les Choux?"
 * 7) "If I Could Have A Windmill"
 * 8) "A You're Adorable"*
 * 9) "Pop! Goes the Weasel"
 * 10) "Grandpa's Farm"
 * 11) "Susannah's A Funny Old Man"
 * 12) "Five Brown Buns"
 * 13) "We're All Together Again / If I Knew You Were Coming I'd've Baked A Cake"
 * 14) "Newfoundland Jig Medley"
 * 15) "Little Rabbit Foo-Foo"
 * 16) "Five Little Monkeys"
 * 17) "Tingalayo"*
 * 18) "Hey Dum Diddeley Dum"*
 * 19) "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?"
 * 20) "Rags"*
 * 21) "Fish & Chips & Vinegar"
 * 22) "The Smile on the Crocodile"
 * 23) "Ballin' the Jack"
 * 24) "Candy Man, Salty Dog"
 * 25) "Pufferbellies"
 * 26) "The Eensy Weensy Spider"
 * 27) "Mommy, What If..."
 * 28) "Shoe A Little Horse"
 * 29) "Caballito Blanco"
 * 30) "Little Sir Echo"
 * 31) "Precious Friends / Skinnamarink"


 * Tracks 1, 2, 17 from One Elephant, Deux Elephants
 * [*] Re-recordings

Trivia
The child saying "G. That makes me think of Grandma and Grandpa." is cut out.