Paul Williams was nominated for an Oscar for The Rainbow Connection from The Muppet Movie, sung by Kermit the Frog If you were a child in the 1980s, there’s a good chance you had four or five ...

With his stature, wit, blond bowl cut, wide lapels, and oversize glasses, legendary songwriter Paul Williams (“Rainy Days and Mondays,” “We’ve Only Just Begun,” and maybe most indelibly, “The Rainbow ...