Bobby McFerrin 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.
John Berry McFerrin Probart and Sarah Probart, on September 18, 1833. They had five children: She died in May 1854. McFerrin remarried, to Cynthia T. McGavock of Nashville, daughter of John McGavock and Elizabeth McGavock. They had three children: McFerrin was also a second cousin of James McFerrin Berry, father of James Henderson Berry (1841-1913), the 14th Governor of Arkansas, and to B.H. Berry, father of Campbell Polson Berry (1834-1901), a Congressman from California. McFerrin died in 1887 in Davidson County, Tennessee. The neighborhood of "McFerrin Park", together with the public park called "McFerrin Park", both located in Northeastern Nashville, are named in