Bobby McFerrin

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bobby McFerrin
Occupation	Pop Singer
Date Of Birth	Mar 11, 1950(1950-03-11)
Age	74
Birthplace	Manhattan
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Pisces

Bobby McFerrin Biography

Bobby McFerrin is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on March 11, 1950 in Manhattan, New York, United States. Conductor and vocalist whose hit song “Don’t Worry Be Happy” was a smash in 1988.

The year 1993 was the time he composed the music of In 1993, he recorded Henry Mancini’s “Pink Panther” theme for the movie, Son of the Pink Panther. “Pink Panther” theme for the film Son of the Pink Panther.

McFerrin’s first recorded work, the self-titled album Bobby McFerrin, was not produced until 1982, when McFerrin was already 32 years old. Before that, he had spent six years developing his musical style, the first two years of which he attempted not to listen to other singers at all, in order to avoid sounding like them. He was influenced by Keith Jarrett, who had achieved great success with a series of solo improvised piano concerts including The Koln Concert of 1975, and wanted to attempt something similar vocally.

A document of McFerrin’s approach to singing is his 1984 album The Voice, the first solo vocal jazz album recorded with no accompaniment or overdubbing.

He married Debbie Green in 1975. The couple Debbie have two sons named Taylor as well as He married Debbie Green in 1975. He and Debbie have sons named Taylor and Jevon and a daughter named Madison. along with one daughter who is named Madison.

Bobby McFerrin Net Worth

Bobby McFerrin is one of the richest Pop Singer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bobby McFerrin 's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He began performing voice work for commercials such as such companies as Cadbury Chocolates and The Cosby Show.

He has been a ten-time Grammy Award winner, including for Best Jazz Vocal Performance in 1992.

Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz vocalist. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing fluidly but with quick and considerable jumps in pitch—for example, sustaining a melody while also rapidly alternating with arpeggios and harmonies—as well as scat singing, polyphonic overtone singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. He is widely known for performing and recording regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist. He has frequently collaborated with other artists from both the jazz and classical scenes.

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Who is Bobby McFerrin Dating?

According to our records, Bobby McFerrin married to Debbie Green. As of December 1, 2023, Bobby McFerrin’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1989, he composed and performed the music for the Pixar short film Knick Knack. The rough cut to which McFerrin recorded his vocals had the words “blah blah blah” in place of the end credits (meant to indicate that he should improvise). McFerrin spontaneously decided to sing “blah blah blah” as lyrics, and the final version of the short film includes these lyrics during the end credits. Also in 1989, he formed a ten-person “Voicestra” which he featured on both his 1990 album Medicine Music and in the score to the 1989 Oscar-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt.

Facts & Trivia

Bobby Ranked on the list of most popular Pop Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Bobby McFerrin celebrates birthday on March 11 of every year.

Around 1992, an urban legend began that McFerrin had committed suicide; it has been speculated that the false story spread because people enjoyed the irony of a man known for the positive message of “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” suffering from depression in real life.

Does Bobby McFerrin have perfect pitch?

I had forgotten about how much I love Bobby McFerrin. A singer with an incongruously elastic voice and perfect pitch who’s not afraid of anything.

Why did Bobby McFerrin wrote Don t worry be happy?

In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of jazz duo Tuck & Patti in San Francisco, and he was inspired by the expression’s charm and simplicity. He wrote the song that was included in the soundtrack of the movie Cocktail and became a hit single the next year.

Is Bobby McFerrin still performing?

Unfortunately there are no concert dates for Bobby McFerrin scheduled in 2022.

What ethnicity is Bobby McFerrin?

in Manhattan, New York, on March 11, 1950, to Robert McFerrin Sr., the first African American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and an American operatic baritone, and Sara Cooper, a soprano and a Metropolitan Opera judge who chaired the vocal department at Fullerton College.

How many octaves can Bobby McFerrin sing?

With a four-octave range and a vast array of vocal techniques, Bobby McFerrin is no mere singer; he is music’s last true Renaissance man, a vocal explorer who has combined jazz, folk and a multitude of world music influences – choral, a cappella, and classical music – with his own ingredients.