Rockabye Baby!

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Rockabye Baby Music
Founded	2006
Genre	Children's
Country of origin	United States
Location	Los Angeles, California
Official website	link

Rockabye Baby! is a series of CDs geared toward infants and newborns, containing instrumental lullaby versions popular rock bands including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin. This CMH Records series debuted in 2006, and garnered many reviews from the music and entertainment industry, including MTV, The Boston Globe, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, In Style magazine, ABC World News, and The Washington Post.^[1] Rockabye Baby CDs were included in gift bags given to all of the presenters and performers at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.^[2]

As of January 2012 there are 50+Rockabye Baby! albums on the market, from a diverse of artists, such as Journey, Björk and Kanye West. The Spokesman Review said "the series is designed for modern-music-minded parents who want to share songs like 'Paranoid Android' with their kids without scarring them for life."

Reviews

Rockabye Baby has been reviewed in the national media and child-rearing magazines Parents, Parenting, American Baby and Child.^[3]

|| Rockabye Baby! Baby's Favorite Rock Songs, which was available exclusively at Starbucks March 23-April 19, 2010, reached #3 on Billboard’s Kids Albums chart,^[4] #18 on the Billboard Independent Albums,^[5] and #111 on the Billboard Top 200.^[6] || Rockabye Baby! and Hushabye Baby CDs were featured on Good Day LA's "Style File: Jill's Favorite Baby Gifts" on December 9, 2009.^[7]

Awards

2007 Greatest Product - iParenting Media Award for three of their albums: Lullaby Renditions of Green Day, Lullaby Renditions of The Rolling Stones, and Lullaby Renditions of U2.^[8]
Best Kids' Album - The 2007 ESKY (Mini) Awards - (Esquire)^[9]
Favorite Audio/Video Source - Baby and Children's Product News
Cribsie Award for Catchiest Kids Tune - First annual Cribsie award with over 135,000 votes cast

Celebrity fans

Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method and his wife, Brandi, have stated that the Rockabye Baby! CDs play nightly in the nursery of their 14-month-old son Jett,^[3]
During a videotaped interview Metallica guitarist, Kirk Hammett, mentioned playing the Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Metallica for his own son.^[10]
In the episode of Rachael Ray that aired February 15, 2008, Rachael Ray presented Kate Hudson with Rockabye Baby! cds as a gift for soon-to-be father, Matthew McConaughey.^[11]
In the March 17, 2008 issue of People, Rockabye Baby! is mentioned in the cover story, Nicole's Baby Girl, that features an interview with Nicole Richie and Joel Madden. A blurb in the article says, "Rockabye Baby! CDs: Lullaby versions of Radiohead and Nirvana sooth Harlow (Richie's new baby girl) on car trips."
Other celebrities who have expressed interest in Rockabye Baby! CDs include Tori Spelling, Scott Baio, Denise Richards and Carnie Wilson.^[1]

Discography

Date	Title
2006-08-29 !08/29/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Coldplay
2006-08-29 !08/29/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Metallica
2006-08-29 !08/29/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Radiohead
2006-09-19 !09/19/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Pink Floyd
2006-09-19 !09/19/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Tool
2006-10-10 !10/10/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Beach Boys
2006-10-10 !10/10/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Cure
2006-10-31 !10/31/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Led Zeppelin
2006-10-31 !10/31/2006	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nirvana
2007-01-02 !01/02/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Queens of the Stone Age
2007-01-09 !01/09/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Eagles
2007-01-30 !01/30/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Ramones
2007-01-30 !01/30/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of U2
2007-02-20 !02/20/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nine Inch Nails
2007-02-20 !02/20/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of No Doubt
2007-02-20 !02/20/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Smashing Pumpkins
2007-03-13 !03/13/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Beatles
2007-03-13 !03/13/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Björk
2007-03-13 !03/13/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Bob Marley
2007-06-05 !06/05/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Green Day
2007-09-11 !09/11/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Rolling Stones
2007-09-11 !09/11/2007	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Christmas Rock
2008-03-04 !03/04/2008	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of AC/DC
2008-06-10 !06/10/2008	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of the Pixies
2009-01-27 !01/27/2009	Rockabye Baby! More Lullaby Renditions of The Beatles
2009-05-19 !05/19/2009	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Queen
2009-09-15 !09/15/2009	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Aerosmith
2009-11-11 !11/11/2009	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Guns N' Roses
2010-02-09 !02/09/2010	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Journey
2010-03-23 !03/23/2010	Rockabye Baby! Baby's Favorite Rock Songs
2010-05-18 !05/18/2010	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Kanye West
2010-07-23 !07/23/2010	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Black Sabbath
2010-08-10 !08/10/2010	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Elvis Presley
2010-10-26 !10/26/2010	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Pearl Jam
2010-11-23 !11/23/2010	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Bon Jovi
2011-02-15 !02/15/2011	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Weezer
2011-04-26 !04/26/2011	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Flaming Lips
2011-06-14 !06/14/2011	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Def Leppard
2011-08-16 !08/16/2011	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Madonna
2011-10-18 !10/18/2011	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Police
2011-11-15 !11/15/2011	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Van Halen
2011-02-07 !02/07/2012	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Depeche Mode
2011-03-06 !03/06/2012	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Dave Matthews Band
2011-04-24 !04/24/2012	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The Smiths
2011-05-29 !05/29/2012	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Foo Fighters
2011-07-31 !07/31/2012	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Red Hot Chili Peppers
2011-08-28 !08/28/2012	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Kiss
2011-09-25 !09/25/2012	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Prince
2011-10-16 !10/16/2012	Rockabye Baby! More Lullaby Renditions of U2
2013-01-29 !01/29/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Rush
2013-02-26 !02/26/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Muse
2013-03-26 !03/26/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Blur
2013-04-30 !04/30/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of The White Stripes
2013-06-18 !18/06/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Silverchair
2013-07-09 !09/07/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Jay Z
2013-08-13 !13/08/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Michael Jackson
2013-09-10 !10/09/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Elton John
2013-10-29 !29/10/2013	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Nickelback
2014-02-04 !04/02/2014	Rockabye Baby! Lullaby Renditions of Pink

References

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↑ "iParenting Media Awards Winners". Iparentingmediaawards.com. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
↑ "The 2007 ESKY (Mini) Awards". Esquire. 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
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