Kermit's rendition - performed by Jim Henson - reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned an Academy Award nomination for best original song. In addition to "Rainbow Connection," the two ...

Introduced in 1955, Kermit the Frog is perhaps Jim Henson's greatest creation ... In the late 1970s, his "Rainbow Connection" ...

Kermit the Frog; Hoda Kotb's final day on 'Today' ...

It really lights up a room, doesn't it?" Before Kermit launched into his signature song, "The Rainbow Connection," he said, "Hoda, you truly do make every day as beautiful as a rainbow." ...

Kermit the Frog made a rainbow connection with Hoda Kotb's tear ducts, as the Muppets star made the longtime Today show host cry with a sweet song on her last day as a permanent anchor of the ...