I Wanna Play2007
Get ready to shake, rattle, roll, strum, howl and sway with Bill as he serenades kids and families with his characteristic silliness, hilarity, and poignancy on his all song recording "I Wanna Play". The 12 original songs on "I Wanna Play", including the much-loved Barbie's Head is Missing, are hilarious, sweet, silly and touching, and have a world music feel. Click here to visit YouTube and see Bill perform "I Like to Sing"
Click here to visit YouTube and see Bill perform "I Like to Sing"
Reviews & Memorable Quotes
"Listening to I Wanna Play and loving it so much. Lovely, funny and singalongable as Bill's songs are, they're so much more. The thought that keeps going through my mind is that his songs make me want to be a better parent and a better citizen of the world. We've had so many wonderful family moments by putting on Bill's music during car trips - even when we're feeling tired and cranky, he pulls us together. It's lovely." Sharon "No child - or parent for that matter - will make it through this CD without laughing out loud." MetroParent "Give your baby a head start on our finest local children's singer/songwriter (and for my money, the best in the country): Seekonk's own Bill Harley. Unlike so many cute and fuzzy children's entertainers that sing about rainbows and purple dinosaurs, Harley doesn't send parents screaming from the room. This is from his brand new CD, yet another gem." Jim McGaw, Seekonk Star "Bill Harley shows why he is still at the top echelon of the children's music industry with his latest recording I Wanna Play. The recording opens with the beautifully arranged "I Like to Sing" which instantly went on to my personal "Best Original Children's Songs of All-Time List." The energetic children's chorus contribute wonderfully infectious "la-la-la's" that listeners will find themselves hooked to sing along. Harley has a natural knack for blending soulful, serious songs - such as "Touch One Thing," a song that celebrates life and our world - and humor with songs like "Barbie's Head Is Missing." Everyone will be up and dancing to the "C-R-A-Z-Y" song and will then be inspired to head down to the library with the American Library Association-sanctioned song "At Your Library," which is probably the best ode to libraries ever. My personal favorite song was the slow "To the South Pole" - with its cowboy-tinged background vocals (and their witty inserts) - about a child who did something naughty and is convinced that he'll have to flee to the South Pole in exile. This is a priority purchase!" Rob Reid, Author of Children's Jukebox and Something Musical Happened at the Library
"No child - or parent for that matter - will make it through this CD without laughing out loud." MetroParent
"Give your baby a head start on our finest local children's singer/songwriter (and for my money, the best in the country): Seekonk's own Bill Harley. Unlike so many cute and fuzzy children's entertainers that sing about rainbows and purple dinosaurs, Harley doesn't send parents screaming from the room. This is from his brand new CD, yet another gem." Jim McGaw, Seekonk Star
"Bill Harley shows why he is still at the top echelon of the children's music industry with his latest recording I Wanna Play. The recording opens with the beautifully arranged "I Like to Sing" which instantly went on to my personal "Best Original Children's Songs of All-Time List." The energetic children's chorus contribute wonderfully infectious "la-la-la's" that listeners will find themselves hooked to sing along. Harley has a natural knack for blending soulful, serious songs - such as "Touch One Thing," a song that celebrates life and our world - and humor with songs like "Barbie's Head Is Missing." Everyone will be up and dancing to the "C-R-A-Z-Y" song and will then be inspired to head down to the library with the American Library Association-sanctioned song "At Your Library," which is probably the best ode to libraries ever. My personal favorite song was the slow "To the South Pole" - with its cowboy-tinged background vocals (and their witty inserts) - about a child who did something naughty and is convinced that he'll have to flee to the South Pole in exile. This is a priority purchase!" Rob Reid, Author of Children's Jukebox and Something Musical Happened at the Library
