Bobby McFerrin

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composer conductor human recording artist vocalist

Bobby McFerrin is an American vocalist, composer, and conductor best known for his innovative a cappella work and the hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy."

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Label	Occurrences
Bobby McFerrin canonical	49
McFerrin	2
Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.	1
Taylor McFerrin is a musician	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ human ⓘ recording artist ⓘ vocalist ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1970s ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance ⓘ Grammy Award for Record of the Year ⓘ Grammy Award for Song of the Year ⓘ multiple Grammy Awards ⓘ
birthName	Bobby McFerrin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.
childOccupation	Bobby McFerrin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Taylor McFerrin is a musician
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1950-03-11 ⓘ
familyName	Bobby McFerrin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: McFerrin
father	Robert McFerrin Sr. ⓘ
fatherOccupation	opera singer ⓘ
genre	a cappella ⓘ classical music ⓘ jazz ⓘ vocal jazz ⓘ world music ⓘ
givenName	Robert ⓘ
hasChild	Taylor McFerrin ⓘ
hasConducted	St. Paul Chamber Orchestra ⓘ various symphony orchestras ⓘ
instrument	voice ⓘ
isKnownFor	"Don't Worry, Be Happy" ⓘ extensive use of vocal improvisation ⓘ innovative a cappella performance ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
name	Bobby McFerrin self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ⓘ
notableCollaboration	Chick Corea ⓘ Herbie Hancock ⓘ Wynton Marsalis ⓘ Yo-Yo Ma ⓘ
notableWork	album "Circlesongs" ⓘ album "Hush" ⓘ album "Medicine Music" ⓘ album "Simple Pleasures" ⓘ album "Spontaneous Inventions" ⓘ album "The Voice" ⓘ song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" ⓘ
occupation	composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ record producer ⓘ singer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	solo multi-part vocal performance ⓘ use of overtone singing ⓘ use of vocal percussion ⓘ

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album "Medicine Music" → artist → Bobby McFerrin ⓘ