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 re lease d as part of the 2 - LP s e t 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 . T h e 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 F a m i l y Son g -  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 S and wich -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

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

Written by Jeff Moss
 * 4 . T h e  Monster  ' s 3 Wish e s -  OSCAR THE GROUCH , Cookie Monster & Herbert Birdsfoot

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

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

Note s

 * Although t h e front cover list s a track called " A  ROTTEN  Poem ", no such t rack appear s on the album.

Hum ans Cast

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

Muppet Cast

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

Credit s

 * Album  Produce d  by  Joe Raposo
 * Project 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 Sipherd  ,  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 for C T W :  Christopher Cerf  &  Sharon Lerner