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Bobby McFerrin - Dont Worry Be Happy

Released in September 1988, this became the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The "instruments" are entirely overdubbed voice parts and other sounds made by McFerrin, using no instruments at all.

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1980s Jazz Popular Songs Audio Jazz Vocal Percussion Vocalising United States Curriculum support reggae A Capella
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Bobby McFerrin - Dont Worry Be Happy

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