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"Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a 1988 song by Bobby McFerrin, released as the first single from his album Simple Pleasures (1988). It was the first a cappella song to reach number-one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks.
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) [1] is an American singer, songwriter, and conductor.His vocal techniques include 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.
Vocabularies (stylized as VOCAbuLarieS) is a studio album by American jazz vocalist Bobby McFerrin that was recorded with composer Roger Treece and released on April 6, 2010 by EmArcy in the United States.
The Los Angeles Times wrote that "McFerrin sings splendidly, his intonation never faltering as he goes from throbbing bass notes to a soaring, light falsetto." [2] The Austin American-Statesman wrote that "McFerrin's penchant for unusual vocal innovation is present throughout the album, but it is the songs without words, nominally called instrumentals in the McFerrin musical universe, that are ...
“Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin (1988) Start whistling (or perfecting your ‘ohs’). Between the jazz singer’s croons to his little quips, you’ll be singing along in no time ...
Hush is a collaborative album by vocalist Bobby McFerrin and cellist Yo-Yo Ma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was released on the Sony Masterworks label in 1992. [ 3 ] The pair first met at a 1988 celebration of Leonard Bernstein .
Circlesongs is a 1997 studio album by American vocalist Bobby McFerrin, released by Sony Classical.. In 2018, McFerrin toured with his ensemble the Voicestra, performing material from Circlesongs, as well as improvisational works with audience improvisation encouraged.
The song was first recorded by Lemme B. Good (stage name of singer Limmie Snell) in March 1965 and written by Rudy Clark.The following month it was recorded with different lyrics by R&B artists The Olympics, produced by Jerry Ragovoy; this version reached #81 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart.