Joe Raposo

Joseph Guilherme Raposo OIH February 8 1937 February 5 1989 was an American composer lyricist songwriter singer and pianist best known for his work on the childrens television series Sesame Street for which he wrote the theme song as well as classic songs such as Bein Green C Is For Cookie and Sing later a 3 hit for The Carpenters He also wrote music for television shows such as The Electric Company Shining Time Station and the sitcoms Threes Company and The Ropers including their theme songs In addition to these works Raposo also composed extensively for three Dr Seuss TV specials in collaboration with the DePatieFreleng Enterprises Halloween Is Grinch Night 1977 Pontoffel Pock Where Are You 1980 and The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat 1982 Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe Raposo licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia