Don't Worry, Be Happy 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 "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, a position it held for two weeks. The Indian mystic and sage Meher Baba (1894–1969) often used the expression "Don't worry, be happy" when cabling his followers in the West. In the 1960s, the expression was printed up on inspirational cards and posters of the era. In 1988, McFerrin noticed a similar poster in the apartment of the jazz duo Tuck
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