Kenneth Ascher

Kenneth Ascher (born October 26, 1944, Washington, D.C.), also known as "Ken" or "Kenny" Ascher, is an American musician (keyboards), songwriter and musical arranger.

Among Ascher's work through the years has been keyboard parts and string arrangements on John Lennon's album Walls and Bridges and Yoko Ono's A Story, lyrics to several tunes from Barbra Streisand's remake of A Star is Born (where he also served as music coordinator), and arrangements for portions of Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf's masterpiece, Bat Out of Hell (produced by Todd Rundgren).

Ascher is also notable for his many songs cowritten with singer-songwriter and actor Paul Williams, including "The Rainbow Connection", sung by Kermit the Frog in The Muppet Movie.