Latest Release
- 17 NOV 2023
- 1 Song
- The Best of Bobby McFerrin · 1988
- The Voice · 1984
- Round Midnight · 1986
- Bang!Zoom · 1995
- SpiritYouAll · 2013
- Play · 1990
- SpiritYouAll · 2013
- Medicine Music · 1990
- Medicine Music · 1990
- Simple Pleasures · 1988
Essential Albums
- 1988
- 2013
- 2010
- 2002
- 1997
- 1996
- 1995
Music Videos
- 2005
- 2005
Artist Playlists
- Don't worry, be happy—listen to Bobby.
- Bold and fluid, his voice is the guest of honour in any setting.
Singles & EPs
Live Albums
Compilations
Appears On
- Chico Freeman
About Bobby McFerrin
Bobby McFerrin’s parents were both opera singers, and his father was the first African American male to sing leading roles at New York’s Metropolitan Opera. ∙ His unmistakable vocal technique, encompassed by a four-octave range, combines elements of scat singing, polyphonic singing, and improvisational vocal percussion. ∙ Before recording his debut album, McFerrin avoided listening to other singers for two years, because he didn’t want to be influenced by their styles. ∙ McFerrin’s The Voice, released in 1994, was the first-ever solo jazz album recorded with no overdubbing or accompanying musicians. ∙ His global hit, 1988’s “Don’t Worry, Be Happy,” won two Grammy Awards and was the first a cappella song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts. ∙ McFerrin won 10 Grammy awards and scored 18 nominations for his career-spanning work as a jazz and pop vocalist and classical arranger. ∙ In 1989, McFerrin wrote and performed the score for the Academy Award-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt, about the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. ∙ At age 40, he began a new career as a conductor, and the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra named him its creative chair in 1994.
- HOMETOWN
- New York, NY, United States
- BORN
- 11 marzo 1950
- GENRE
- Pop