Don't Worry, Be Happy Nineties" album in 2009. Reggae artist Cas Haley covered the song as a hidden bonus track on his "Favorites" album (together with former Jah Roots lead singer, Josh Heinrichs). Also in 1989 Dutch rock DJ Alfred Lagarde recorded a version in Dutch with a heavy Surinam accent under the name Johnny Camaro. Spanish Ska band The Locos covered this song in a similar style, ska. Don't Worry, Be Happy "Don't Worry, Be Happy" is a popular worldwide hit song by musician Bobby McFerrin. Released in September 1988, it became the first "a cappella" song to reach number one on the
Bobby McFerrin of percussive effects created both with his mouth and by tapping on his chest. McFerrin is also capable of multiphonic singing. 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. 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 "" on Broadway. 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