Before we had Sesame Street, we had Professor Dick Clark, who presided over the Doo Wop Era. The adults said that our music was idiotic or moronic or both, but I actually learned the alphabet by listening to that stuff. Take this song for example:
I,I,I,I, only have I’s 4 U.
1959 by those pink birds “The Flamingos” Gu bop chu bop! —PG
Thanks Waterseller. We learned all sorts of stuff by listening to that music.
And don’t forget the movies for learning how to count—remember Mel Brooks in History of the World Part I; He was Moses carrying the Commandments down from Mt. Sinai:
From Wickipedia: When announcing the giving of the reception of the law to the people, Moses proclaims, “The Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen…” (whereupon he drops one of the tablets, which promptly shatters) “Oy… ten! TEN Commandments! For all to obey!”
—A lesson in subtraction—-Paul
Also, The ABC’s of love by Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers and learning to count with the 10 Commandments of love by The Moonglows.