On this day in 1988…..
“Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin hit the #1 spot on the charts and won both Song of the Year and Record of the Year.
Bobby McFerrin was born Robert “Bobby” McFerrin Jr. on March 11, 1950 to operatic baritone Robert McFerrin and opera singer/professor Sara Copper; Bobby’s father was the first African American to be a regular at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
In 1975 Bobby McFerrin married...


