Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (album)



 Let a FROWN Be Your Umbrella  is 1 in a series of character - centered Sesame Street albums released in 1974. Although some of the material comes from the earlier Columbia & Warner Brothers Records albums, some tracks appear here for the 1 st time. This album was later released as part of the 2 - LP set Just Friend s.

Side 1
( Fain - Kahal - Wheeler )
 * 1 .  Let a FROWN Be Your Umbrella  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  with Farley

Music & Lyrics by Jeff Moss
 * 2 . The  GROUCH  Song  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  & Mr . Hooper

Music & Lyrics by Joe Raposo Music & Lyrics by Joe Raposo
 * 3 . The Garden -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  & Susan
 * 4 . Simple Song -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  with BIG BIRD, Grover , Ernie , Sherlock Hemlock & Herbert Birdsfoot

( Moss  - Raposo )
 * 5 . Rain Falls  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

( Raposo - Moss  )
 * 6 . The Word Fam ily Song -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  with Gordon, Susan & Mr . Hooper

Side 2
Music & Lyrics by Jeff Moss
 * 1 .  I LOVE TRASH  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

( Raposo - Juhl )
 * 2 .  OSCAR  ' s B Sand wich -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

( Juhl - Raposo )
 * 3 . The Noodle Story -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  & BIG BIRD

Written by Jeff Moss
 * 4 . The  Monster  ' s Three Wishes -  OSCAR THE GROUCH , Cookie Monster & Herbert Birdsfoot

( Raposo - Moss  )
 * 5 .  I  Don ' t W anna -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

( Raposo - Moss  )
 * 6 . Tu Me Gustas -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  w ith Grover

Hum ans Cast

 * Will Lee : Mr. Hooper
 * Loretta Long : Susan
 * Sonia Manzano : Maria
 * Bob McGrath : Bob
 * Matt Robinson : Gordon

Muppet Cast

 * Caroll Spinney :  OSCAR THE GROUCH  & BIG BIRD
 * Jim Henson : Ernie
 * Frank Oz : Grover & Cookie Monster
 * Jerry Nelson : Herbert Birdsfoot, Farley & Sherlock Hemlock

Credits

 * Album Produced by Joe Raposo
 * Project Supervisor : Arthur Shimkin
 * Words & Music Mostly by Jeff Moss  & Joe Raposo
 * Additional material written by the Sesame Street writers : Jeff Moss ,  Joseph A . Bailey  ,  Nina B . Link  , Jon Stone , Jerry Juhl , Emily Perl Kingsley , Robert Oksner , Ray Sipherd ,  Norman Stiles  & Daniel Wilcox
 * Musical Director : Joe Raposo
 * Head Writer : Jeff Moss
 * Music Coordinator : Danny Epstein
 * Editing by James Timmens
 * Project Coordinator : Jacquie Turner
 * Art Director : Robert Pierce
 * Photography : Judy Ross & Sandy Speiser
 * Properties Director : Nat Mongioi
 * Project Directors for CTW : Christopher Cerf & Sharon Lerner