Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella (album)

Songs from	Sesame Street
Released	1974
Format	LP
Label	Sesame Street Records
Cat no.	CTW 22061

Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella is one in a series of character-centered Sesame Street albums released in 1974. Although some of the material comes from the earlier Columbia and Warner Brothers albums, some tracks appear here for the first time. This album was later released as part of the 2-LP set Just Friends.

Track listing

Side One

1. Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella - Oscar the Grouch and Farley
   (Fain-Kahal-Wheeler)
2. The Grouch Song - Oscar the Grouch and Mr. Hooper
   Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
   from The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album
3. The Garden - Oscar the Grouch and Susan
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
   from The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album
4. Simple Song - Oscar the Grouch with Big Bird, Grover, Ernie, Sherlock Hemlock and Herbert Birdsfoot
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
   from Havin' Fun with Ernie & Bert
5. Rain Falls - Oscar the Grouch
   (Moss-Raposo)
6. The Word Family Song - Oscar the Grouch with Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper
   (Raposo-Moss)
   from The Official Sesame Street 2 Book-and-Record Album

Side Two

1. I Love Trash - Oscar the Grouch
   Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
   from The Sesame Street Book & Record
2. Oscar's B Sandwich - Oscar the Grouch
   (Raposo-Juhl)
   from The Muppet Alphabet Album
3. The Noodle Song - Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird
   (Juhl-Raposo)
   from The Muppet Alphabet Album
4. The Monster's Three Wishes - Oscar the Grouch, Herbert Birdsfoot and Cookie Monster
   Written by Jeff Moss
5. I Don't Wanna - Oscar the Grouch
   (Raposo-Moss)
6. Tu Me Gustas - Oscar the Grouch and Grover
   (Raposo-Moss)

Note

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

Other releases

LPSesame Street Records
CTW 22061
(Reissue cover)

International releases

LPAustralia
Axis Records
AXIS 6287

CassetteAustralia
Axis Records
TC-AXIS 6287

LPAustralia
Summit Records
8013

CassetteAustralia
Summit Records
8013

Cast

• Will Lee as Mr. Hooper
• Loretta Long as Susan
• Sonia Manzano as Maria
• Bob McGrath as Bob
• Matt Robinson as Gordon
• Caroll Spinney as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch
• Frank Oz as Cookie Monster and Grover
• Jerry Nelson as Herbert Birdsfoot, Sherlock Hemlock, and Farley

Credits

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

See also

• Sesame Street discography