Looking for a song kids love to practice?
Kids love to practice songs that they’ve heard before, and connect with. “Rainbow Connection” from Disney’s The Muppet Movie is one of the most popular songs with kids by far, and it makes a great addition to any elementary piano teacher’s library.
The following easy piano sheet music arrangement is perfect for advancing piano students with at least 2 years of experience. If you’d like to check it out further, you can click the link to print the first page and give it a test drive, or click to play button on the site to listen to an excerpt of a digital performance.
Print Rainbow Connection – Easy Piano Sheet Music
About “Rainbow Connection”
“Rainbow Connection” from the 1979 movie ”The Muppet Movie”, was written by pop singer and lyricist, Paul Williams, with Kenneth Ascher. In the movie the song is performed by Kermit the Frog, which is voiced by the Muppet’s founder and puppeteer, Jim Henson. “Rainbow Connection” reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November of that year, and remained on the Top 40 chart for 7 weeks. The song garnered Williams and Ascher an Academy Award nomination at the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Original Song. In 2021 the Library of Congress deemed “Rainbow Connection” aesthetically significant, and chose to preserve in the National Recording Registry.
About “The Muppet Movie”
The Muppet Movie (1979) is a musical road comedy that was produced by Jim Henson. It is the first of several films featuring the Muppets. The film was produced during the third season of The Muppet Show television production, and tells how the Muppets united. The film opens with Kermit the Frog embarking on a cross-country trip to Hollywood. He encounters other Muppets along the way who share the same dream of finding success in show business. The villain in this story is Doc Hopper, an evil restaurateur that wants to employ Kermit to promote his frog legs business.
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