Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (album)

 Let   a   FROWN   Be   Your   Umbrella  is 1  in a series of  character  - centered  SESAME STREET  albums release d in  1 9 7 4. Although some of the material come s from the earlier Columbia & Warner Brothers Records album s, some tracks appear here for the 1  st time. This album was later re lease d as part of the 2  -  L  P  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 & Lyric s by Joe Raposo
 * 3| 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  Fall s  -  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
Mus ic & Lyrics by Jeff Moss
 * 1 .  I LOVE TRASH  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

( Raposo  -  Juhl  )
 * 2 .  OSCAR  ' s B S an d wi ch  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

( Juhl  -  Ra poso  )
 * 3| 3 .  T h e  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   DO N ' T  W a nn a  -  OSCAR THE GROUCH 

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

Note s

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

Hum ans Cast

 * Will Lee :  M r . Hooper
 * Manzano| Sonia Manzano] : Maria
 * Bob Mc Grath :  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 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