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Kenneth Ascher

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Stop Watering Your Lawn: I Rarely Water My Lawn and Yet It Is Green

 

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Kenny Ascher performs 'The Rainbow Connection'

 

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Kenneth Ascher playing Rainbow Connection

 

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Ken Ascher Sings His Award Winning Song 'Rainbow Connection' for Fans During Covid 19

 

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Rainbow Connection - Paul Williams Kenneth Ascher

Kenneth Lee "Kenny" Ascher is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who is active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres — in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production. He is widely known for co-writing, with Paul Williams, "Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie. Both Williams and Ascher received Oscar nominations for the 1979 Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Original Score. The song was also nominated for the Golden Globes for "Best Original Song" that same year.