The legendary singer behind the No. 1 hit 'Don't Worry, Be Happy' celebrates a birthday today. Here's why the song made music history.

How does one write about the ineffable? It is, after all, Beyond Words... We must, however, reflect on Bobby McFerrin's Beyond Words. There is a certain degree of serendipity in the fact that this ...

When Corinthia Peoples seated herself in the front row for Bobby McFerrin’s weekly Circlesongs performance at Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage, she didn’t look like someone who lacked confidence. The San ...

For a single hour at that 5 p.m. sound check, McFerrin chatted with his co-stars and sang nonsense with them to get a sense of their skill sets. He purposely kept things short and light, bantering ...

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When Judi Vinar takes the Atlanta Symphony Hall stage Friday night with the rest of Bobby McFerrin’s Gimme5 a cappella ensemble, her mind will be a blank slate. McFerrin and the four singers, who ...

Ive mentioned Bobby McFerrins name to a handful of people recently, and all responded with a variation on the same theme: how McFerrin, a vocalist who typically performs unaccompanied by any ...

The love of music has been passed down in the McFerrin family for generations. Bobby McFerrin is likely best known for his 1988 hit "Don't Worry, Be Happy" and has been entertaining audiences with his ...

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As the universal language, music has always had one problem: how to translate the words so that everyone will understand their meaning. French, Portuguese, English, and several African dialects are ...