Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (album)

 Let   a   FROWN   Be   Your   Umbrella  is 1| 1 in a series o f  character  - centered  SESAME STREET   album s  release d i n  1 9 7 4. Although some of the material come s from the earlier Columbia & Warner Brother s Record s album s, some tracks appear here for the 1  st time. This album was later re lease d as part of the 2| 2 - L| L P| P  s e t  Just Friend s .

Side  1
( Fain  -  Kahal  -  Wheeler  )
 * 1| 1 .  Let a  FROWN  Be You r Umbrella  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  w it h  Farley

Music & Lyrics by Jeff Moss from  The Official  SESAME   STREET  2 Book - & - Record Album  Music & Lyric s by Joe Raposo Music & Lyric s by Joe Raposo from  Hav i n ' Fun w i t h  Ernie  &  Bert  ( Moss  -  Raposo  )
 * 2| 2 .  The  GROUCH  Song  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  &  Mr . Hooper
 * 3| 3 .  T h e Gard en  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  &  Susan
 * 4| 4 .  Simple Song  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  with  BIG BIRD ,  Grover  ,  Ernie  ,  Sherlock Hemlock  &  Herbert Bird s foot
 * 5| 5 .  RAIN  F all s  -  OSCAR T HE GROUCH 

( Raposo  -  MOSS  )
 * 6| 6 .  The Word F a m i l y Son g  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  w it h  Gordon ,  Susan  &  Mr . Hooper

Side 2| 2
Mus ic & Lyrics by  JEFF MOSS  from  The  SESAME   STREET  2 Book & Record  ( Raposo  -  Juhl  ) from  The Muppet Alphabet Album  ( Juhl  -  Ra poso  ) from  The Muppet Alphabet Album  Written by  JEFF MOSS 
 * 1| 1 .  I LOVE TRASH  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 
 * 2| 2 .  OSCAR  ’ s B S an d wi ch  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 
 * 3| 3 .  T h e  Noodle  S tor y  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  &  BIG BIRD 
 * 4| 4 .  T h e  Monster  ’ s  3  Wish e s  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH ,  Cookie Monster  &  Herbert Bird s foot 

( Raposo  -  MOSS  )
 * 5| 5 .  I   DO N ' T  W a nn a  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

( Raposo  -  MOSS  )
 * 6| 6 .  Tu M e Gustas  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH  w it h  Grover 

Note s

 * A l though t h e front cover l is t s a t rack call e d " A  ROTTEN  Poem ", no such t rack appear s on the album.

Hum ans Cast

 * Will Lee :  M r . Hooper
 * Sonia Man z a n o :  Maria
 * Bob M c Grath :  Bob
 * Matt Robin son :  Gordon
 * Loretta Lon g :  Susan

Muppet Cast

 *  CAROLL SPINNEY  :  OSCAR THE GROUCH  &  BIG BIRD 
 *  JIM HENSON  :  Ernie 
 *  FRANK O Z  :  Grover  &  Cookie Monster 
 *  JERRY NELSON  :  Herbert Bird s foot ,  Farley  &  Sherlock Hemlock 

Credit s

 * Album  Produce d  by  Joe Raposo
 * Pro ject Super visor : Arthur Shimkin
 * Word s & Music Mostly by  JEFF MOSS  & Joe Raposo
 * Additional material written  by the  SESAME STREET   write r s  :  Jeff M oss ,  Joseph A . Bailey  ,  Nina B . Link  ,  Ray Sip herd  ,  Norman Stiles  ,  Daniel Wilcox  ,  Jon Stone  ,  Jerry Juhl  ,  Emily Perl King s ley  , &  Robert Oksner
 * Music a l Direct o r  :  Joe Raposo
 * Head Write r  :  JEFF MOSS 
 * Music Coordinator : Danny Epstein
 * Editing by James Timmens
 * Project Coordinator : Jacquie Turner
 * Art Direct o r  :  Robert Pierce
 * Photography : Judy Ross  & Sandy Speiser
 * Properties Direct o r  :  Nat Mongioi
 * Project Director  s f or  C T W  :  Christopher Cerf  &  Sharon Lerner