:Hap Palmer

Palmer taught from 1972 at a school for mentally challenged children, and achieved a master's degree in dance education from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1983.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teachers.net/gazette/SEP08/archive/|title=Hap Palmer: The Music, Movement, and Learning Connection - Teachers.Net Gazette|access-date=2021-09-28|archive-date=2021-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928124239/https://www.teachers.net/gazette/SEP08/archive/|url-status=live}}

His early albums include the Learning Basic Skills Through Music series, (in both English and Spanish language versions) Getting to Know Myself (which features his signature song "Sammy"), Sally the Swinging Snake, and Walter the Waltzing Worm.{{cite web |title=Walter the Waltzing Worm |url=https://folkways.si.edu/hap-palmer/walter-the-waltzing-worm |website=Smithsonian Folkways |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406081316/https://folkways.si.edu/hap-palmer/walter-the-waltzing-worm |url-status=live }} He released the Halloween song Witches' Brew in 1978, co-written by his then wife Martha Cheney.{{cite web |title=Witches' Brew: Pot Full of Songs for Oral Language Development |url=https://folkways.si.edu/hap-palmer-and-martha-cheney/witches-brew/pot-full-of-songs-for-oral-language-development |website=Smithsonian Folkways |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406080413/https://folkways.si.edu/hap-palmer-and-martha-cheney/witches-brew/pot-full-of-songs-for-oral-language-development |url-status=live }} He also released a series of DVDs and videos called Baby Songs.{{cite news |last1=Heffley |first1=Lynne |title=The Bob Dylan of the Diaper Set |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-18-ca-9192-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=18 February 1999 |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406081315/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-feb-18-ca-9192-story.html |url-status=live }} His album Multiplication Mountain was released on January 15, 2009, and in 2012 Palmer released a DVD of musical picture books.{{cite journal |last1=Bateman |first1=Teresa |title=Multiplication Mountain. By: Bateman, Teresa |journal=School Library Journal |date=June 2009 |volume=55 |issue=6 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=41043661&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |access-date=2023-04-06 |archive-date=2023-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406134147/https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=41043661&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Multiplication Mountain Hap Palmer |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/multiplication-mountain-mw0000814453 |website=Allmusic |access-date=2023-04-06 |archive-date=2023-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406110826/https://www.allmusic.com/album/multiplication-mountain-mw0000814453 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Bateman |first1=Teresa |title=Read and Sing with Hap Palmer: Musical Picture Books for Young Children |journal=School Library Journal |date=1 November 2012 |url=https://www.slj.com/review/read-and-sing-with-hap-palmer-musical-picture-books-for-young-children |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406110826/https://www.slj.com/review/read-and-sing-with-hap-palmer-musical-picture-books-for-young-children |url-status=live }} In 2013 Palmer released the album Count, Add, Subtract! Fun with Math, Music, and Movement aimed at teaching mathematical concepts to pre-schoolers, which was reviewed as a "fun way to teach early math concepts".{{cite journal |last1=Wrigglesworth |first1=Beverly |title=Count, Add, Subtract! Fun with Math, Music, and Movement |journal=School Library Journal |date=1 December 2013 |url=https://www.slj.com/review/count-add-subtract-fun-with-math-music-and-movement |access-date=6 April 2023 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406144814/https://www.slj.com/review/count-add-subtract-fun-with-math-music-and-movement |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Shackman |first1=Paul |title=Count, Add, Subtract! Fun with Math, Music, and Movement. |journal=Booklist |date=15 October 2013 |volume=110 |issue=4 |page=63 |url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=91558906&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |issn=0006-7385 |quote=Listening to musician Palmer is always a joy, and this title is a winner. |access-date=7 April 2023 |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407160003/https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f6h&AN=91558906&lang=en-gb&site=eds-live&scope=site |url-status=live }}

Smithsonian Folkways, the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution, published over 30 of Palmers' albums. His 2016 release received the Parents' Choice Gold Award, and the American Library Association denoted his recordings as "Best of the Best for Children".

Jill Jarlow in All Ears (Viking, 1991) called him one of America's most prolific children's songwriters, who makes innovative and award-winning recordings.{{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/allearshowtochoo0000jarn/page/138/mode/2up?q=%22hap+palmer%22 |title=All Ears: How to Choose and Use Recorded Music for Children |chapter=Hap Palmer |first=Jill |last=Jarnow |location=New York |publisher=Viking |page=139 |year=1991 |isbn=9780670823130 }} Sonia Taitz in Mothering Heights (William Morrow, 1992) said he is "famous for his [song] videos".{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/motheringheights0000tait/page/110/mode/2up?q=%22hap+palmer%22 |title=Mothering Heights: Reclaiming Motherhood From the Experts |first=Sonia |last=Taitz |author-link=Sonia Taitz |year=1992 |page=111 |isbn=9780688105884 |location=New York |publisher=William Morrow }}

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