Bobby McFerrin

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations. See more awards »

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The Two Popes Soundtrack

(2019)

Cocktail Soundtrack

(1988)

Dawn of the Dead Soundtrack

(2004)

Twins Soundtrack

(1988)

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Composer (13 credits)

2015/II Speechless (Documentary) (completed)

2018 Don't Worry Be Happy Parody (Music Video)

2015 The Ketchup on the Rye (Video short) (with music by)

2006 Circles (Short) (music by)

2003 Lifecycles: A Story of AIDS in Malawi (Documentary)

2000 Big Mama (Short documentary)

1992 Haris & Panos Katsimihas: Don't Worry Be Happy (Music Video short)

1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (Documentary)

1989 Knick Knack (Short)

1988 Bobby McFerrin: Don't Worry, Be Happy (Music Video)

1987 Elephant's Child (TV Movie)

1987 How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin and How the Camel Got His Hump (TV Movie)

1987 The Bronx Zoo (TV Series)

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Music department (6 credits)

2015/II Speechless (Documentary) (performer) (completed)

2018 BaseBoys (TV Series) (music - 1 episode)

- Ny pige i klassen (2018) ... (music)

1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (Documentary) (musician, along with Voicestra)

1987 Elephant's Child (TV Movie) (musician)

1987 The Cosby Show (TV Series) (singer - 1 episode)

- Theogate (1987) ... (singer: theme music)

1987 How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin and How the Camel Got His Hump (TV Movie) (musician)

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Actor (3 credits)

2010 Artists for Haiti: We Are the World 25 for Haiti (Music Video short)
Bobby McFerrrin (singing voice)

1996 The Wizard of Oz on Ice (TV Movie)
The Wizard of Oz / Host

1987 Santabear's High Flying Adventure (TV Movie)
Santabear / Bullybear (voice)

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Soundtrack (69 credits)

2021 Station Eleven (TV Mini Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Severn City Airport (2021) ... (performer: "Ave Maria")

2020 Masked Singer Suomi (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Lisää hahmoja lavalle (2020) ... (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

Mr. Robot (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2019) (writer - 1 episode, 2019)

- 401 Unauthorized (2019) ... (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

2019 The Two Popes (arranger: "Prelude to Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Vocal)") / (performer: "Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 (Vocal)", "Prelude to Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Vocal)")

2018 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Killer Fish (2018) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

2018 I'm a Celebrity... Extra Camp (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Episode #3.3 (2018) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

2018 BaseBoys (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Ny pige i klassen (2018) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

2018 Zoe Ball on ... (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Sunday 4 (2018) ... (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy" - uncredited)

2018 Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes (Documentary) (writer: "Thinkin' About Your Body")

2017 The Square (performer: "Ave Maria", "Improvisació 1") / (writer: "Improvisació 1")

Le Van (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2017) (writer - 1 episode, 2017)

- Episode #1.7 (2017) ... (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

2016 Kovy (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- USA Trip - Zacínáme (2016) ... (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

2015 El making of del disc de La Marató (TV Movie documentary) (writer: "Somriure és fàcil (Don't Worry Be Happy)")

Rap Critic Reviews (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2015) (writer - 1 episode, 2015)

- "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy (2015) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2014 P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)

- The Act of Killing (2014) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2014 The Humbling (performer: "Circlesong 6") / (writer: "Circlesong 6")

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014)

- Kristen Bell/Steve Harvey/Demi Lovato (2014) ... (performer: "Drive") / (writer: "Drive")

2014 Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (Documentary) (performer: "Pentatonic Romp") / (writer: "Pentatonic Romp")

Gameballcz (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)

- SimCity - 2. díl Zhulení úredníci? Be happy! (2013) ... (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

2013 Gympl s (r)ucením omezeným (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Nejlepsí kamarád (2013) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

The Mark of Beauty (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode, 2013) (writer - 1 episode, 2013)

- Watashi no Fujisan (2013) ... (performer: "Freedom Is a Voice") / (writer: "Freedom Is a Voice")

2013 Dancing with the Stars (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Week 8: Trio Dance (2013) ... ("Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2012 CSI: NY (TV Series) (1 episode)

- The Lady in the Lake (2012) ... ("Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2012 The Act of Killing (Documentary) (lyrics: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2012 Derrick J's Victimless Crime Spree (Documentary) (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2012 The Voice UK (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Blind Auditions 4 (2012) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

No me la puc treure del cap (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) (writer - 1 episode, 2012)

- Bon rotllo (2012) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2011 3sat Festival (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- GlasBlasSing Quintett: Keine Macht den Dosen (2011) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

2011 First Position (Documentary) (performer: "Allegro Prestissimo from Sonata for Two Cellos")

So You Think You Can Dance (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes, 2008 - 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2008)

- Two of 12 Voted Off (2011) ... (performer: "Thinkin' About Your Body")

- The Top 14 Perform (2009) ... (performer: "Blackbird")

- Results Show: Two Dancers Eliminated (2008) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2010 Lemmy (Documentary) (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

The Simpsons (TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes, 1997 - 2009) (performer - 1 episode, 2009)

- The Good, the Sad and the Drugly (2009) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited) / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

- Lisa's Sax (1997) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

2008 Três Irmãs (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Episode #1.1 (2008) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2008 WALL·E (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2007 Battle in Seattle ("Don't Worry Be Happy")

2007 Forsthaus Falkenau (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Goldrausch (2007) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2006 Flushed Away (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2006 Barnyard (performer: "Freedom Is a Voice") / (writer: "Freedom Is a Voice")

2005 Jarhead (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2005 Guess Who (performer: "Turtle Shoes") / (writer: "Turtle Shoes")

2004 Dawn of the Dead (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2003 Futurama (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- The Sting (2003) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Bee Happy")

2002 I Love the '80s (TV Mini Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- 1988 (2002) ... (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

2001 That '70s Show (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- It's a Wonderful Life (2001) ... (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

2001 Kindergarten (TV Mini Series) (performer: "HUSH") / (writer: "HUSH")

Night Visions (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2001) (writer - 1 episode, 2001)

- Dead Air/Renovation (2001) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

2001 Hush! (performer: "Hush Little Baby")

1999 Private Dicks: Men Exposed (TV Movie documentary) (performer: "Drive") / (writer: "Drive")

1997 Casper: A Spirited Beginning (Video) (lyrics: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (music: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

1997 Welcome to Sarajevo (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

1996 Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (Short documentary) (performer: "Minuet" from "String Quartet No. 1 in E Major")

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1996) (writer - 1 episode, 1996)

- I, Stank Hole in One (1996) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited) / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

1995 Beavis and Butt-Head (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Stewart Moves Away (1995) ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

1994 Sei hoi yut gar (TV Series) (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

1993 Son of the Pink Panther (performer: "The Pink Panther Theme")

1993 Täällä pojat tähden alla (TV Movie) (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

1992 Trollies Radio Show Sing-A-Long (Video short) (lyrics: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (music: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

1989 Knastmusik (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Kaiserwalzer ... (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

1989 Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt (Documentary) (performer: "Common Threads") / (writer: "Common Threads")

WCW Saturday Night (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 1989) (writer - 1 episode, 1989)

- Episode dated 20 May 1989 (1989) ... (performer: "Don't Worry Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry Be Happy")

1989 Zeg 'ns Aaa (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Athene II (1989) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

1988 Tommys Hollywood Report (TV Movie) (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited) / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

1988 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin (1988) ... (performer: "Drive", "The Star-Spangled Banner" - uncredited)

1988 Twins (performer: "Turtle Shoes") / (writer: "Turtle Shoes")

1988 Empty Nest (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)

- Harry's Vacation (1988) ... (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy" - uncredited)

1988 Cocktail (performer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy") / (writer: "Don't Worry, Be Happy")

1986 'Round Midnight (performer: "'Round Midnight", "What Is This Thing Called Love?", "Chan's Song" ("Never Said"))

1984 The Cosby Show (TV Series) (performer: "Kiss Me")

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Self (60 credits)

2020 Stewart Copeland's Adventures in Music (TV Mini Series documentary)
Self

- Come Together (2020) ... Self

2018 Bobby McFerrin & Gimme5 - Circlesongs (TV Movie)
Self

2016 What Would Beethoven Do? (Documentary)
Self

2016 Al Jarreau l'enchanteur (Documentary)
Self

2015 The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (Documentary)
Self

2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Self - Musical Guest

- Kristen Bell/Steve Harvey/Demi Lovato (2014) ... Self - Musical Guest

2014 Jazz and the Philharmonic (TV Movie)
Self

2014 Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (Documentary)
Self

2013 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series)
Self - Musical guest

- Episode dated 22 May 2013 (2013) ... Self - Musical guest

2013 Masterclass (TV Series)
Self

- Bobby McFerrin (2013) ... Self

2012 Hamburg Journal (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 1 July 2012 (2012) ... Self

2011 TEDTalks (TV Series)
Self

- Bobby McFerrin Hacks Your Brain with Music (2011) ... Self

2010 Bach & Friends (Documentary)

2010 Later... With Jools Holland (TV Series)
Self (also Interview)

- Episode #36.3 (2010) ... Self (also Interview)

2009 The Sing-Off (TV Series)

- The Finale (2009)

2009 The Music Instinct (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2008 Na plovárne (TV Series)
Self

- Na plovárne s Bobby McFerrinem (2008) ... Self

2008 An Evening with Quincy Jones (TV Movie)
Self

2004 Rendezvous in New York (Video documentary)
Self

1996-2003 Great Performances (TV Series)
Self / Self - Host-Performer

- 30th Anniversary: A Celebration in Song (2003) ... Self

- Aïda's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera (2000) ... Self

- Bobby McFerrin: Loosely Mozart, the New Innovators of Classical Music (1996) ... Self - Host-Performer

2001 Classic Yo-Yo Ma (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2001 Swinging Bach: Live from the Market Square in Leipzig (Video)
Self

2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The 80s II (2000) ... Self

1998 In My Life: A Unique Recording Project from Sir George Martin (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1998 60 Minutes (TV Series documentary)
Self - Musician (segment "Bobby McFerrin")

- An Honest Mistake/Bobby McFerrin/The Best Doctors in America (1998) ... Self - Musician (segment "Bobby McFerrin")

1997 Sessions at West 54th (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #1.3 (1997) ... Self

1996 The 38th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Self

1995 Creating the Wizard of Oz on Ice (Video)
Self

1993 For Our Children: The Concert (TV Special)
Self

1993 Son of the Pink Panther
Self (uncredited)

1993 An American Reunion: The People's Inaugural Celebration (TV Movie)
Self

1990-1992 Square One Television (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #5.19 (1992) ... Self

- Episode #3.41 (1990) ... Self

- Episode #3.1 (1990) ... Self

1992 The 34th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1987-1992 Sesame Street (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #23.71 (1992) ... Self

- A day at Birdland (1991) ... Self

- Episode #20.11 (1988) ... Self

- Episode #18.118 (1987) ... Self

1986-1992 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Musical Guest / Self

- Christian Slater/Paula Poundstone/Yo-Yo Ma/Bobby McFerrin (1992) ... Self - Musical Guest

- Bob Newhart, Wolf Blitzer, Bobby McFerrin (1991) ... Self - Musical Guest

- Episode dated 11 December 1986 (1986) ... Self

- Episode dated 19 November 1986 (1986) ... Self - Musical Guest

1991 Simply Mad About the Mouse (Short)
Self

1990 Jon Hendricks: The Freddie Sessions (Documentary short)
Self

1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (Documentary)
Self

1989-1990 The Arsenio Hall Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.127 (1990) ... Self

- Episode #1.33 (1989) ... Self

1989 Family Feud (TV Series)
Self - Celebrity Contestant / Self - Contestant

- Grammy Family Feud (1989) ... Self - Contestant

- Grammy All Stars: Swingin' Sisters vs. Musical Misters Game 5 (1989) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

- Grammy All Stars: Swingin' Sisters vs. Musical Misters Game 4 (1989) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

- Grammy All Stars: Swingin' Sisters vs. Musical Misters Game 3 (1989) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

- Grammy All Stars: Swingin' Sisters vs. Musical Misters Game 2 (1989) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

1988-1989 Late Night with David Letterman (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 16 November 1989 (1989) ... Self

- Episode dated 16 November 1988 (1988) ... Self

1989 The Ghost of Faffner Hall (TV Series)
Self

- Your Body Is an Instrument (1989) ... Self

1989 The Jim Henson Hour (TV Series)
Self

- First Show (1989) ... Self

1989 The 31st Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Self

1988 Bobby McFerrin: Don't Worry, Be Happy (Music Video)
Self

1988 Saturday Night Live (TV Series)
Self - Musical Guest

- Kevin Kline/Bobby McFerrin (1988) ... Self - Musical Guest

1988 Fantastico 9 (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 12 November 1988 (1988) ... Self

1988 1988 MTV Video Music Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1988 Wired (TV Series)
Self - Performer

- Episode #1.12 (1988) ... Self - Performer

1988 The Last Resort (TV Series)
Self - Performer

- Episode #3.10 (1988) ... Self - Performer

1987 Bobby McFerrin: Spontaneous Inventions (TV Special)
Self

1987 Opportunity (Short)
Self

1987 Live from Planet Earth (TV Special)

1987 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 2 October 1987 (1987) ... Self

1987 The Original Max Talking Headroom Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.4 (1987) ... Self

1987 The 29th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Performer

1986 Cap d'any a TV3 (TV Special)
Self

1986 The 28th Annual Grammy Awards (TV Special)
Self

1984 Reading Rainbow (TV Series)
Self

- Mystery on the Docks (1984) ... Self (voice)

1984 Bei Bio (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 15 March 1984 (1984) ... Self

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Archive footage (9 credits)

2021 MTV 80s - Top 50 Global No. 1s of the 80s! (TV Special)
Bobby McFerrin (uncredited)

2020 The Top Ten Revealed (TV Series)
Self

- Epic Songs of '88 (2020) ... Self

2019 Fouloscopie (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Pourquoi la foule chante toujours juste (2019) ... Self

2017 Google Translate (TV Series)
Self

- Google Translate is... just broken (2017) ... Self

2012 No me la puc treure del cap (TV Series)
Self

- Bon rotllo (2012) ... Self

2009 The Greatest (TV Series documentary)
Self - #31: 'Don't Worry Be Happy'

- 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80's (2009) ... Self - #31: 'Don't Worry Be Happy'

2006 20 to 1 (TV Series documentary)
Self

- One-Hit Wonders (2006) ... Self

2004 50 Most Awesomely Bad Songs... Ever (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1993 Sesame Street (TV Series)
Self

- Oscar Turns Into Prince Charming (1993) ... Self

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Spouse:

Debbie Green (3 children)

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Father of Madison McFerrin, Jevon McFerrin and Taylor McFerrin. See more »

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Known for his vocal percussion and a cappella singing

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