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Let a Frown Be Your Umbrella first edition cover.

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
3. The Garden - Oscar the Grouch and Susan
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
4. Simple Song - Oscar the Grouch with Big Bird, Grover, Ernie, Sherlock Hemlock and Herbert Birdsfoot
   Music and Lyrics by Joe Raposo
5. Rain Falls - Oscar the Grouch
   (Moss-Raposo)
6. The Word Family Song - Oscar the Grouch with Gordon, Susan and Mr. Hooper
   (Raposo-Moss)

Side Two

1. I Love Trash - Oscar the Grouch
   Music and Lyrics by Jeff Moss
2. Oscar's B Sandwich - Oscar the Grouch
   (Raposo-Juhl)
3. The Noodle Song - Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird
   (Juhl-Raposo)
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)	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