• Robert Keith McFerrin Sr. (March 19, 1921 – November 24, 2006) was an American operatic baritone and the first African-American man to sing at the Metropolitan...
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    Robert Keith McFerrin Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and conductor. He is known for his vocal techniques, such as singing...
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  • American Civil War Melissa McFerrin, American basketball coach Robert McFerrin (1921–2006), American opera singer Taylor McFerrin, American DJ, music producer...
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  • Thundercat, Robert Glasper, Cesar Mariano, Marcus Gilmore and Bobby McFerrin. Taylor's latest musical venture sees him as part of Robert Glasper's new...
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  • by American singer and musician Bobby McFerrin, released in 1988 by Manhattan Records. The album was McFerrin's commercial breakthrough and contained...
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  • Cab Calloway substituted his own vocals of Sportin' Life's songs. Robert McFerrin was the singing voice of Porgy, and Adele Addison the singing voice...
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    off to find her. Sidney Poitier as Porgy (singing voice dubbed by Robert McFerrin) Dorothy Dandridge as Bess (singing voice dubbed by Adele Addison)...
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  • with Linda Goldstein, the producer of "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin, to sample it. Goldstein crafted the intricate vocal arrangements of "Mientras...
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  • Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera. A few weeks later, baritone Robert McFerrin becomes the first black male to do so. Norman Granz produces the Jazz...
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  • Medicine Music (category Bobby McFerrin albums)
    'Medicine' Singer McFerrin happy with new direction". Milwaukee Sentinel. Feature. p. 16. Swedin, Karen Boren (January 30, 1991). "MCFERRIN SHINES FORTH BY...
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    Still's Troubled Island, opposite Marie Powers, Marguerite Piazza and Robert McFerrin. In Mexico City, the baritone appeared with Maria Callas in 1950, in...
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  • Bobby McFerrin that was released in 1984. This was the first album by a jazz singer to be recorded without accompaniment or overdubbing. When McFerrin's album...
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  • scienceworldreport.com. October 18, 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-26. "Louis Wright Roberts, Dr". Who's Who Among African Americans. Gale. 2005. Official athletics...
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  • "Mientras Me Curo del Cora" Carolina Giraldo Daniel Echavarría Kevyn Cruz Robert McFerrin Jr. Ovy on the Drums Linda Goldstein Juan Andrés Ospina 2:44 2. "X...
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    black artists had preceded Price in leading roles at the Met: baritone Robert McFerrin (1955), soprano Gloria Davy (1956), and soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs (1958)...
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    and Virginia E. Johnson) Bill Mauldin Virginia Mayo Tim McCarver Michael McDonald Robert McFerrin Sr. David Merrick Archie Moore Marianne Moore Agnes Moorehead...
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    Madgett (1923–2020), poet and publisher Robert McFerrin (1921–2006), opera singer and father of Bobby McFerrin Gene Moore (born 1945), basketball player...
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    Earhart Eleanor Roosevelt Robert McFerrin Marian Anderson Pat Boone Emmylou Harris Ulysses S. Grant Rutherford B. Hayes William McKinley Champ Clark Drew...
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    La Julia Rhea, and other members included Minto Cato, Carol Brice, Robert McFerrin, and Lillian Evanti. NNOC mounted productions in Washington D.C., New...
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    Hepburn in My Fair Lady, Annette Warren for Ava Gardner in Show Boat, Robert McFerrin for Sidney Poitier in Porgy and Bess, Betty Wand for Leslie Caron in...
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    Among the singers he coached were Marian Anderson, Charles Holland, Robert McFerrin and Shirley Verrett. His arrangements of the spirituals have been recorded...
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    (1915–1944), college football player who died in a Japanese POW camp Robert McFerrin Sr. (1921–2006), opera singer Hughie Miller (1886–1945), baseball player...
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    Grist, Grace Bumbry, Shirley Verrett, Martina Arroyo, George Shirley, Robert McFerrin, and many others. Other celebrated singers who debuted at the Met during...
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    Pagliacci, with Todd Duncan's performance as Tonio. Lawrence Winters and Robert McFerrin were other notable African American opera pioneers to sing with the...
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  • Melba Liston, US (1926–1999) Sam Lucas, US (1850–1916) Bobby McFerrin (Robert McFerrin Jr.), US (born 1950), jazz composer-vocalist-conductor Wynton...
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    Concert honoring Mattiwilda Dobbs, Todd Duncan, Camilla Williams, and Robert McFerrin, Verrett said: I'm always so happy when I can speak to young people...
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  • of the Year went to Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy". Record of the Year Linda Goldstein (producer) & Bobby McFerrin for "Don't Worry, Be Happy"...
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    saxophone player and composer who received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1993 Robert McFerrin, opera singer who was the first African-American man to sing at the...
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    concert in January 1955, when baritone Robert McFerrin gave a recital. Soon after this performance, McFerrin was the first African American to join the...
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    Giraldo Navarro Daniel Echavarria Oviedo Kevyn Mauricio Cruz Moreno Robert McFerrin Jr. Mañana Será Bonito 2023 "Mil Maneras" Karol G Carolina Giraldo...
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