Phillip Namanworth

Phillip Namanworth (b. 1945) is a composer and keyboardist who holds a degree in music from CUNY. His compositions include a rock ballet entitled Caviar; scores and cues for films including Heart of Dixie, Long Gone, The Carol Warmus Story, Looking for an Echo, and Hairspray; and songs for Saturday Night Live and Nickelodeon's Rugrats. He played keyboards in the original Broadway productions of Jesus Christ, Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show, and on tour with musicians such as Roberta Flack and Dave von Ronk.

His Sesame Street composing credits include such songs as "Beautiful Baby," the "Garbageman's Blues Song," "Do You Like Me?" and all the songs on the album Fair Is Fair, which he produced. He also sang on the album, as part of the Muppet hillbillies ("Very Fair, Very Square Dance") and the Orange Helicopter ("It's Too High"), and played keyboards.