Bobby McFerrin

For the album, see Bobby McFerrin (album).

American jazz vocalist and conductor

Bobby McFerrin
McFerrin in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.
Born	March 11, 1950 (age 69) Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, a cappella, vocal, world, classical, smooth jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, conductor, arranger, producer
Instruments	Vocals, piano, vocal percussion
Years active	1970–present
Labels	Manhattan, Blue Note, Elektra, Sony Classical
Associated acts	Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma
Website	bobbymcferrin.com

Robert Keith McFerrin Jr.,also known as Bobby, (born March 11, 1950) is an American jazz vocalist and conductor. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is known for his unique vocal techniques, such as 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. He is widely known for performing and recording regularly as an unaccompanied solo vocal artist. He has frequently collaborated with other artists from both the jazz and classical scenes.

McFerrin's song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a No. 1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors at the 1989 Grammy Awards. McFerrin has also worked in collaboration with instrumentalists, including pianists Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul, drummer Tony Williams, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Contents

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  1 Early life and education
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Vocal technique
  


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  4 Personal life
  


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  5 Discography
  
  
  
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    5.1 As leader
    
    
    
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      5.1.1 Compilations
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    5.2 As sideman
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Grammys
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

Early life and education

McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York City, the son of operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and singer Sara Copper. He attended Cathedral High School in Los Angeles and the California State University, Sacramento.^{[citation needed]}

Career

McFerrin's first recorded work, the self-titled album Bobby McFerrin, was not produced until 1982, when McFerrin was already 32 years old. Before that, he had spent six years developing his musical style, the first two years of which he attempted not to listen to other singers at all, in order to avoid sounding like them. He was influenced by Keith Jarrett, who had achieved great success with a series of improvised piano concerts including The Köln Concert of 1975, and wanted to attempt something similar vocally.^[1]

In 1984 McFerrin performed onstage at the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles as a sixth member of Herbie Hancock's VSOP II sharing horn trio parts with the Marsalis Brothers.

In 1986, McFerrin was the voice of Santa Bear in Santa Bear's First Christmas, and in 1987 he was the voice of Santa Bear/Bully Bear in the sequel Santa Bear's High Flying Adventure. That same year, he performed the theme song for the opening credits of Season 4 of The Cosby Show.

In 1988, McFerrin recorded the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy", which became a hit and brought him widespread recognition across the world. The song's success "ended McFerrin's musical life as he had known it," and he began to pursue other musical possibilities on stage and in recording studios.^[2] The song was used in George H. W. Bush's 1988 U.S. presidential election as Bush's 1988 official presidential campaign song, without Bobby McFerrin's permission or endorsement. In reaction, Bobby McFerrin publicly protested that particular use of his song, including stating that he was going to vote against Bush, and completely dropped the song from his own performance repertoire, to make the point even clearer.^[3]

At that time, he performed on the PBS TV special Sing Out America! with Judy Collins. McFerrin sang a Wizard of Oz medley during that television special.

In 1989, he composed and performed the music for the Pixar short film Knick Knack. The rough cut to which McFerrin recorded his vocals had the words "blah blah blah" in place of the end credits (meant to indicate that he should improvise). McFerrin spontaneously decided to sing "blah blah blah" as lyrics, and the final version of the short film includes these lyrics during the end credits. Also in 1989, he formed a ten-person "Voicestra" which he featured on both his 1990 album Medicine Music and in the score to the 1989 Oscar-winning documentary Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt. The song "Common Threads" has frequently reappeared in some public service advertisements about AIDS. A modified version of the song Thinkin' About Your Body (as Thinkin' About Your Chocolate) from the album Spontaneous Inventions was used in a series of UK Cadbury's chocolate adverts in 1989/1990.^[4][5]

As early as 1992, widespread rumors circulated that falsely claimed McFerrin committed suicide. The rumors intentionally made fun of the distinctly positive nature of his popular song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by claiming McFerrin took his own life.^[6]

In 1993, McFerrin sang Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther" theme for the movie Son of the Pink Panther.

McFerrin in 1994

In addition to his vocal performing career, in 1994, Mr. McFerrin was appointed as creative chair of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He makes regular tours as a guest conductor for symphony orchestras throughout the United States and Canada, including the San Francisco Symphony (on his 40th birthday), the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and many others. In McFerrin's concert appearances, he combines serious conducting of classical pieces with his own unique vocal improvisations, often with participation from the audience and the orchestra. For example, the concerts often end with McFerrin conducting the orchestra in an a cappella rendition of the "William Tell Overture," in which the orchestra members sing their musical parts in McFerrin's vocal style instead of playing their parts on their instruments.

For a few years in the late 1990s, he toured a concert version of Porgy and Bess, partly in honor of his father, who sang the role for Sidney Poitier in the 1959 film version, and partly "to preserve the score's jazziness" in the face of "largely white orchestras" who tend not "to play around the bar lines, to stretch and bend". McFerrin says that because of his father's work in the movie, "This music has been in my body for 40 years, probably longer than any other music."^[7]

McFerrin also participates in various music education programs and makes volunteer appearances as a guest music teacher and lecturer at public schools throughout the U.S. McFerrin has collaborated with his son, Taylor, on various musical ventures.

In July 2003, McFerrin was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music during the Umbria Jazz Festival where he conducted two days of clinics.^[8]

In 2009, McFerrin and musician-scientist (Psychologist) Daniel Levitin served as co-hosts of The Music Instinct, a two-hour award-winning documentary produced by PBS and based on Levitin's best-selling book This Is Your Brain on Music. Later that year, the two appeared together on a panel at the World Science Festival, where McFerrin demonstrated audience participation with the ubiquitous nature of human understanding of the pentatonic scale by singing and dancing, and having the audience sing while following his movements.^[9]

McFerrin was honored with the "Lifetime Achievement" award during the A Cappella Music Awards event, May 19, 2018.

Vocal technique

As a vocalist, McFerrin often switches rapidly between modal and falsetto registers to create polyphonic effects, performing both the main melody and the accompanying parts of songs. He makes use of percussive effects created both with his mouth and by tapping on his chest. McFerrin is also capable of multiphonic singing.^[10][11]

A document of McFerrin's approach to singing is his 1984 album The Voice, the first solo vocal jazz album recorded with no accompaniment or overdubbing.^[12]

Personal life

McFerrin married Debbie Green in 1975. They have three children, Taylor, Jevon, and Madison. Jevon is an actor and currently an alternate and standby in Hamilton: An American Musical on Broadway.^[13][14] McFerrin's daughter, Madison McFerrin, is a singer-songwriter. Madison attended the Berklee College of Music. She has two projects, Finding Foundations Vol. I and II, to her name.^[15]

Discography

As leader

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  Bobby McFerrin (1982)


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  The Voice (1984)


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  Spontaneous Inventions (1986)


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  Elephant's Child (1987)


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  Simple Pleasures (1988)


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  Bobby's Thing (1988)


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  How the Rhino Got His Skin / How the Camel Got His Hump (1988)


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  Many Faces of Bird (1989)


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  Medicine Music (1990)


• "The Siamese Cat Song" on Simply Mad About the Mouse (1991)


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  Play, with Chick Corea (1992)


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  Hush, with Yo-Yo Ma (1992)


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  Somewhere over the Rainbow (1993)


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  Sorrow Is Not Forever (1994)


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  Paper Music (1995, with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra)


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  Bang!Zoom (1995)


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  The Mozart Sessions, with Chick Corea (1996)


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  Circlesongs (1997)


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  Beyond Words (2002) – featuring Chick Corea, Cyro Baptista, Richard Bona and Omar Hakim
  


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  Konzert für Europa -The Schönbrunn Concert (2004)


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  Live in Montreal (DVD, 2005)


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  VOCAbuLarieS (EmArcy, 2010)


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  Spirit you all (2013)

Compilations

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  Don't Worry, Be Happy (1988)


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  The Best of Bobby McFerrin (The Blue Note Years) (1996)


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  Mouth Music (2001)

As sideman

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  Pharoah Sanders, Journey to the One (Theresa, 1980)


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  Grover Washington Jr., The Best Is Yet to Come, 1982


• Various Artists, The Young Lions, 1983


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  Charles Lloyd Quartet, A Night in Copenhagen (Blue Note, 1984)


• Various Artists, A Tribute to Thelonious Monk, 1984


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  Chico Freeman, Tangents, 1984


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  Michael Hedges, Watching My Life Go By, 1985


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  The Manhattan Transfer, Vocalese, 1985


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  Weather Report, Sportin' Life, 1985


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  Joe Zawinul, Di•a•lects, 1986


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  Herbie Hancock, Round Midnight, 1986


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  W.A. Mathieu, Available Light, 1987


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  Al Jarreau, Heart's Horizon, 1988


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  Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989


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  Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels, 1989


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  Gal Costa, The Laziest Gal in Town, 1991


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  Dizzy Gillespie, Bird Songs: The Final Recordings (Telarc, 1992), To Bird with Love (Telarc, 1992)


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  Modern Jazz Quartet, MJQ & Friends: A 40th Anniversary Celebration (Atlantic, 1994)


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  Jack DeJohnette, Extra Special Edition (Blue Note, 1994)


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  Yellowjackets, Dreamland, 1995


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  George Martin, In My Life, 1998 – on "Come Together" with Robin Williams
  


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  En Vogue, Masterpiece Theatre, 2000


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  Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Little Worlds, 2003


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  Chick Corea, Rendezvous in New York, 2003


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  Wynton Marsalis, The Magic Hour, 2004

Grammys

McFerrin has won ten Grammy Awards, ranging from the 28th ceremony for releases from 1985, and the 35th ceremony for releases from 1993, and has won a record total of four awards for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male, surpassing Harry Connick Jr., who has since won this accolade twice.

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  1985, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male for "Another Night in Tunisia" with Jon Hendricks from the album Vocalese
  


• 1985, Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices, "Another Night in Tunisia" with Cheryl Bentyne
  


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  1986, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male, "Round Midnight" in the soundtrack album Round Midnight
  


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  1987, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Male, "What Is This Thing Called Love" in the album The Other Side of Round Midnight with Herbie Hancock
  


• 1987, Best Recording for Children, "The Elephant's Child" with Jack Nicholson
  


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  1988, Song of the Year, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" in the album Simple Pleasures
  


• 1988, Record of the Year, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" in the album Simple Pleasures
  


• 1988, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male, "Don't Worry, Be Happy" in the album Simple Pleasures
  


• 1988, Best Jazz Vocal Album, "Brothers" in the album Duets by Rob Wasserman
  


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  1992, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, "Round Midnight" from the album Play
  

References

1. 
   ^ Bobby Solo, bobbymcferrin.com (official website)
   


2. 
   ^ Bobby McFerrin's Improv-Inspired 'Vocabularies'. NPR. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
   


3. 
   ^ "The Echo & Dissonance of George Bush’s 1988 Campaign Music". Carl Anthony Online, October 13, 2012. Retrieved November 12, 2012.
   


4. 
   ^ "Compilation of UK adverts in 1989" (YouTube). Retrieved July 1, 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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   ^ "Cadburys Fruit&Nut (chocolate) 'steam train' advert 1990" (YouTube). Retrieved July 1, 2015.
   


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   ^ "Don't Worry, Be Dead". Snopes.com. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
   


7. 
   ^ Cori Ellison, "'Porgy' and Music's Racial Politics", December 13, 1998, The New York Times; available online here [1]. Retrieved July 15, 2010.
   


8. 
   ^ Russell Carlson (June 21, 2003). "Berklee Honors Rollins, Holds Summer Clinics". JazzTimes.
   


9. 
   ^ Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus", from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2014
   


10. 
    ^ "Jazz, at Ritz, McFerrin", The New York Times, December 12, 1984
    


11. 
    ^ McFerrin, Bobby. "Bobby McFerrin singing two tones at one time" (YouTube).
    


12. 
    ^ Scott Yanow, "Bobby McFerrin – The Voice", AllMusic Review.
    


13. 
    ^ "Bobby McFerrin – Biography". IMDb.
    


14. 
    ^ "Whatever Happened to Bobby McFerrin? Don't Worry, He's Happy". Yahoo!Music. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
    


15. 
    ^ Greene, David. "Finding Foundation: How Bobby McFerrin And His Daughter Make Music A Family Affair". National Public Radio. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
    

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bobby McFerrin.

• Bobby McFerrin official website


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  Bach & Friends documentary


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  Bobby McFerrin: Still Unpredictable by Alex Henderson, The New York City Jazz Record
  

v t e Bobby McFerrin
Studio albums	Bobby McFerrin (1982) Simple Pleasures (1988) Medicine Music (1990) Hush (1992) Bang!Zoom (1995) Circlesongs (1997)
Live albums	The Voice (1984) Spontaneous Inventions (1986) Play (1992)
Compilation albums	Don't Worry, Be Happy (1988)
Singles	"Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Awards for Bobby McFerrin

v t e Grammy Award for Song of the Year 1959−1980 "Volare" – Domenico Modugno (songwriter) (1959) "The Battle of New Orleans" – Jimmy Driftwood (songwriter) (1960) "Theme of Exodus" – Ernest Gold (songwriter) (1961) "Moon River" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1962) "What Kind of Fool Am I?" – Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley (songwriters) (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" – Johnny Mercer & Henry Mancini (songwriters) (1964) "Hello, Dolly!" – Jerry Herman (songwriter) (1965) "The Shadow of Your Smile" – Paul Francis Webster & Johnny Mandel (songwriters) (1966) "Michelle" – John Lennon & Paul McCartney (songwriters) (1967) "Up, Up, and Away" – Jimmy Webb (songwriter) (1968) "Little Green Apples" – Bobby Russell (songwriter) (1969) "Games People Play" – Joe South (songwriter) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" – Paul Simon (songwriter) (1971) "You've Got a Friend" – Carole King (songwriter) (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" – Ewan MacColl (songwriter) (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox (songwriters) (1974) "The Way We Were" – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (songwriters) (1975) "Send In the Clowns" – Stephen Sondheim (songwriter) (1976) "I Write the Songs" – Bruce Johnston (songwriter) (1977) "Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)" – Barbra Streisand & Paul Williams (songwriters) / "You Light Up My Life" – Joe Brooks (songwriter) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" – Billy Joel (songwriter) (1979) "What a Fool Believes" – Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald (songwriters) (1980) 1981−2000 "Sailing" – Christopher Cross (songwriter) (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" – Donna Weiss & Jackie DeShannon (songwriters) (1982) "Always on My Mind" – Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Carson (songwriters) (1983) "Every Breath You Take" – Sting (songwriter) (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" – Graham Lyle & Terry Britten (songwriters) (1985) "We Are the World" – Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie (songwriters) (1986) "That's What Friends Are For" – Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager (songwriters) (1987) "Somewhere Out There" – James Horner, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil (songwriters) (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" – Bobby McFerrin (songwriter) (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" – Larry Henley & Jeff Silbar (songwriters) (1990) "From a Distance" – Julie Gold (songwriter) (1991) "Unforgettable" – Irving Gordon (songwriter) (1992) "Tears in Heaven" – Eric Clapton & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1993) "A Whole New World" – Alan Menken & Tim Rice (songwriters) (1994) "Streets of Philadelphia" – Bruce Springsteen (songwriter) (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" – Seal (songwriter) (1996) "Change the World" – Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick & Tommy Sims (songwriters) (1997) "Sunny Came Home" – Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal (songwriters) (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" – James Horner & Will Jennings (songwriters) (1999) "Smooth" – Itaal Shur & Rob Thomas (songwriters) (2000) 2001−present "Beautiful Day" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2001) "Fallin'" – Alicia Keys (songwriter) (2002) "Don't Know Why" – Jesse Harris (songwriter) (2003) "Dance with My Father" – Richard Marx & Luther Vandross (songwriters) (2004) "Daughters" – John Mayer (songwriter) (2005) "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" – Adam Clayton, David Evans, Laurence Mullen & Paul Hewson (songwriters) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" – Emily Burns Erwin, Martha Maguire, Natalie Maines Pasdar & Dan Wilson (songwriters) (2007) "Rehab" – Amy Winehouse (songwriter) (2008) "Viva la Vida" – Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion & Christopher Martin (songwriters) (2009) "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" – Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart (songwriters) (2010) "Need You Now" – Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott (songwriters) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth (songwriters) (2012) "We Are Young" – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess (songwriters) (2013) "Royals" – Joel Little & Ella Yelich O'Connor (songwriters) (2014) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) – James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith (songwriters) (2015) "Thinking Out Loud" – Ed Sheeran & Amy Wadge (songwriters) (2016) "Hello" – Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin (songwriters) (2017) "That's What I Like" – Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip (songwriters) (2018) "This Is America" – Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson & Jeffery Lamar Williams (songwriters) (2019) v t e Grammy Award for Record of the Year 1959−1980 "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare)" by Domenico Modugno (1959) "Mack the Knife" by Bobby Darin (1960) "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith (1961) "Moon River" by Henry Mancini (1962) "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by Tony Bennett (1963) "Days of Wine and Roses" by Henry Mancini (1964) "The Girl from Ipanema" by Astrud Gilberto & Stan Getz (1965) "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass (1966) "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra (1967) "Up, Up and Away" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1968) "Mrs. Robinson" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1969) "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" by The 5th Dimension (Billy Davis Jr., Florence LaRue, Marilyn McCoo, Lamonte McLemore, Ron Townson) (1970) "Bridge over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (Art Garfunkel, Paul Simon) (1971) "It's Too Late" by Carole King (1972) "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack (1973) "Killing Me Softly with His Song" by Roberta Flack (1974) "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John (1975) "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon, Toni Tennille) (1976) "This Masquerade" by George Benson (1977) "Hotel California" by Eagles (Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh) (1978) "Just the Way You Are" by Billy Joel (1979) "What a Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers (Jeffrey Baxter, John Hartman, Keith Knudsen, Michael McDonald, Tiran Porter, Patrick Simmons) (1980) 1981−2000 "Sailing" by Christopher Cross (1981) "Bette Davis Eyes" by Kim Carnes (1982) "Rosanna" by Toto (Bobby Kimball, Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, David Hungate, Steve Porcaro) (1983) "Beat It" by Michael Jackson (1984) "What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (1985) "We Are the World" by USA for Africa (1986) "Higher Love" by Steve Winwood (1987) "Graceland" by Paul Simon (1988) "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by Bobby McFerrin (1989) "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler (1990) "Another Day in Paradise" by Phil Collins (1991) "Unforgettable" by Natalie Cole with Nat King Cole (1992) "Tears in Heaven" by Eric Clapton (1993) "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston (1994) "All I Wanna Do" by Sheryl Crow (1995) "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal (1996) "Change the World" by Eric Clapton (1997) "Sunny Came Home" by Shawn Colvin (1998) "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion (1999) "Smooth" by Santana (Rodney Holmes, Tony Lindsay, Karl Perazzo, Raul Rekow, Benny Rietveld, Carlos Santana, Chester Thompson) featuring Rob Thomas (2000) 2001−present "Beautiful Day" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2001) "Walk On" by U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.) (2002) "Don't Know Why" by Norah Jones (2003) "Clocks" by Coldplay (Guy Berryman, Jon Buckland, Will Champion, Phil Harvey, Chris Martin) (2004) "Here We Go Again" by Ray Charles & Norah Jones (2005) "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Frank Edwin Wright III) (2006) "Not Ready to Make Nice" by Dixie Chicks (Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines, Emily Robison) (2007) "Rehab" by Amy Winehouse (2008) "Please Read the Letter" by Alison Krauss & Robert Plant (2009) "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon (Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill, Nathan Followill) (2010) "Need You Now" by Lady Antebellum (Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley, Dave Haywood) (2011) "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele (2012) "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2013) "Get Lucky" by Daft Punk featuring Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers (2014) "Stay with Me" (Darkchild version) by Sam Smith (2015) "Uptown Funk" by Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars (2016) "Hello" by Adele (2017) "24K Magic" by Bruno Mars (2018) "This Is America" by Childish Gambino (2019)

v t e Chick Corea (discography)
As leader	Tones for Joan's Bones Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Is Sundance The Song of Singing A.R.C. The Leprechaun My Spanish Heart The Mad Hatter Secret Agent Friends Tap Step Three Quartets Trio Music Touchstone Again and Again Summer Night: Live Chick Corea Akoustic Band Alive Time Warp Rendezvous in New York The Ultimate Adventure Super Trio Five Peace Band Live The Vigil Trilogy
Solo albums	Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 Delphi I Delphi II & III Expressions Children's Songs Solo Piano - Originals Solo Piano - Standards
Duos	An Evening with Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea: In Concert CoreaHancock Chick Corea & Lionel Hampton in Concert Voyage Play The Enchantment Duet
with Gary Burton	Crystal Silence Duet In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 Lyric Suite for Sextet Native Sense - The New Duets Like Minds The New Crystal Silence Hot House
with Circle	Circling In Circulus Circle 1: Live in Germany Concert Paris Concert Circle 2: Gathering
with Miles Davis	Water Babies Filles de Kilimanjaro In a Silent Way Bitches Brew Jack Johnson Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West Miles Davis at Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East Circle in the Round Live-Evil On the Corner Big Fun Bitches Brew Live
with Chick Corea Elektric Band	The Chick Corea Elektric Band Light Years Eye of the Beholder Inside Out Beneath the Mask Live From Elario's (First Gig) To the Stars
with Joe Farrell	Joe Farrell Quartet Outback Skate Board Park
with Stan Getz	Sweet Rain Captain Marvel
with Herbie Mann	Latin Mann Afro to Bossa to Blues Standing Ovation at Newport The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd Monday Night at the Village Gate
with Blue Mitchell	The Thing to Do Down with It! Boss Horn
with Origin	Live at the Blue Note A Week at The Blue Note Change corea.concerto – Spain For Sextet & Orchestra – Piano Concerto No.1
with Return to Forever	Return to Forever Light as a Feather Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Where Have I Known You Before No Mystery Romantic Warrior Musicmagic Live Returns Forever [as Corea, Clarke & White] The Mothership Returns
with others	The Laws of Jazz Flute By-Laws Moto Grosso Feio Super Nova Turkish Women at the Bath The Creeper Merry-Go-Round Going to the Rainbow Round Trip Echoes of an Era Big Band Elektric Band II: Paint the World
Compilations	Inner Space The Complete "Is" Sessions
Soundtracks	Happy Anniversary, Charlie Brown

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