When Paul Williams and Kenny Ascher were hired by Jim Henson to write the songs for The Muppet Movie, they started with Kermit's opening number. That song, "The Rainbow Connection," would become a ...

Kermit the Frog plays his banjo in 1979's The Muppet Movie. The Muppet Movie is 40 now. And I could tell you that this makes me feel old, but it doesn't. It oddly makes me feel just right. The music ...

The soundtrack to the upcoming “Muppets” movie is going to rock. Paramore singer Hayley Williams has teamed up with Weezer to cover one of the puppet series’ most famous songs, the Oscar-nominated ...

The Rainbow Connection is going digital, as Walt Disney Records celebrates the upcoming 35th Anniversary of the classic frogs-to-riches story, "The Muppet Movie," with the re-release of its ...

This was not on our 2024 bingo cards. For the first time ever, Willie Nelson and Kermit the Frog performed “Rainbow Connection” as a duet Thursday at Nelson’s 2024 Luck Reunion festival. The Muppet ...

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The Muppet Movie is 40 now. And I could tell you that this makes me feel old, but it doesn't. It oddly makes me feel just right. The music has been with me from when I was little until right now, and ...