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"Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. [1] The song was performed by Jim Henson – as Kermit the Frog – in the film.
Williams is also known for writing the score and lyrics for Bugsy Malone (1976) and his musical contributions to other films, including the Oscar-nominated song "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie, and writing the lyrics to the #1 chart-topping song "Evergreen", the love theme from the Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born, for which he ...
The Muppets: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack is a soundtrack album released by Walt Disney Records on November 22, 2011 for the musical comedy film The Muppets.The soundtrack features five original songs, four re-recordings and remasterings of popular Muppet songs ("The Muppet Show Theme", "Rainbow Connection", and "Mah Nà Mah Nà"), two cover versions of existing songs (Cee Lo ...
Having previously covered the green Muppet’s iconic “Rainbow Connection” as the title track of a 2001 album, Nelson welcomed Kermit for a truly heartwarming collaboration. “I think they ...
A 1976 episode of The Muppet Show includes a skit in which the song is performed by the all-Muppet Gogolala Jubilee Jugband. Ray Stevens recorded a version for his 1987 album Crackin' Up . In the movie The Stupids , Stanley Stupid, portrayed by Tom Arnold , sings "I'm My Own Grandpa" while on a talk show about strange families.
The closing reprise of "Rainbow Connection" featured a crowd of more than 250 Muppet characters—virtually every Muppet that had been created up to that point in time. [ 8 ] [ 13 ] [ 28 ] According to Henson Archivist Karen Falk, 137 puppeteers were enlisted from the Puppeteers of America (along with the regular Muppets performers) to perform ...
The Muppet Movie: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack album from the 1979 film, The Muppet Movie, featuring the songs and select score written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. [3] Originally released on LP by Atlantic Records in North America and by CBS internationally, the album reached No. 32 on the Billboard 200 , and was ...
Rainbow Connection is the 49th studio album by country singer Willie Nelson.It was recorded in December 2000 and January 2001 at Willie's ranch near Spicewood, Texas. Willie’s daughter Amy Nelson was just five years old when she first heard Kermit the Frog sing “Rainbow Connection” in The Muppet Movie, and she spent the next twenty years trying to talk her dad into recording it.