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Kermit the Frog
United States Formed 1955 Muppet character
Kermit the Frog formed in 1955 in the United States. Kermit the Frog has 5 chart appearances on 5 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2024. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Rainbow Connection”, which appears on 4 lists with a best position of #281. The station that charted Kermit the Frog most often is KEXP (Seattle, WA), with 2 appearances.
Kermit the Frog has been around since 1955, when Jim Henson created him, and in 1979 he picked up his banjo in The Muppet Movie and sang "Rainbow Connection". It's a wistful, gently strummed ballad, and Kermit's reedy, earnest voice sells it completely; the song climbed to No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and, in 2021, went into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.
It wasn't his first brush with a hit. Back in 1970 he gave Sesame Street "Bein' Green", and he became the harried everyman host of The Muppet Show, the one sane frog in a madhouse. The Muppet Movie was the first full-length feature starring the gang.
Henson voiced him until his death in 1990. Steve Whitmire took over from then until he was let go in 2016, and Matt Vogel has performed him since 2017. Disney acquired the character in 2004, and he has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Kermit the Frog on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rainbow Connection | 4 | #281 | – | – | |
| 2 | It Ain't Easy Being Green | 1 | #449 | – | – |
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 281 | Rainbow Connection | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time |
| 2022 | 310 | Rainbow Connection | KEXP Top Songs of the Last 50 Years (1972-2022) |
| 2020 | 1485 | Rainbow Connection | WXPN 2020 Greatest Songs of All Time |
| 2018 | 854 | Rainbow Connection | The Current's 893 Essential Songs |
| 2001 | 449 | It Ain't Easy Being Green | WFPK 2001 Greatest Songs of All Time |
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