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 1st time. This album was later released as part of the 2-LP set Just Friends.

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
 * 1) The Garden -  Oscar the Grouch  & Susan
 * 3. Simple Song -  Oscar the Grouch  with Big Bird, Grover, Ernie, Sherlock Hemlock & Herbert Birdsfoot

(Moss-Raposo)
 * 4. Rain Falls -  Oscar the Grouch 

(Raposo-Moss)
 * 5. The Word Family 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 Sandwich -  Oscar the Grouch 

(Juhl-Raposo)
 * 3. The Noodle Song -  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 Wanna -  Oscar the Grouch 

(Raposo-Moss)
 * 6. Tu Me Gustas -  Oscar the Grouch  with Grover

Note
Although the front cover lists a track called "A Rotten Poem", no such track appears on the album.

Cast

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

Muppet Performers

 * Caroll Spinney as  Oscar the Grouch  & Big Bird
 * Jim Henson as Ernie
 * Frank Oz as Cookie Monster & Grover
 * Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot, Sherlock Hemlock & Farley

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, Jon Stone, Joseph A. Bailey, Jerry Juhl, Emily Perl Kingsley, Nina Link, 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