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Bob Dorough
voc, p, *1923 US, Cherry Hill Township
Singer / Musician / Composer / Songwriter / Arranger / Producer of Jazz
A.k.a. Robert L. Dorough
American bebop and cool jazz pianist, composer and vocalese singer, born December 12, 1923 in Cherry Hill, Arkansas. Died on April 23, 2018 in Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania. He worked with Miles Davis and Allen Ginsberg, among others. He has released vocal jazz albums periodically over the last 50 years, but he is perhaps best known as a voice and primary composer of many of the songs used in Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of educational animated shorts appearing on Saturday morning television in the 1970s and 1980s on ABC affiliates in the United States. His songs were covered by Diana Krall, Jorge Pescara, Blossom Dearie, Sergio Mendes and many more.
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Three Is A Magic Number on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists Elementary, My Dear on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists My Hero, Zero on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists Ready Or Not, Here I Come on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists Lucky Seven Sampson on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists The Four Legged Zoo on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists Blue Xmas on Un Joyeux Noël Américain by Various Artists Little Twelvetoes on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists The Good Eleven on Multiplication Rock by Various Artists Small Day Tomorrow on Small Day Tomorrow by Bob DoroughTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eulalia | Bob Dorough | 2014 | Album |
| Duets | Bob Dorough | 2012 | Album |
| The Devils Best Tunes: The Beatnik Scat Of Bob Dorough | Bob Dorough | 2011 | Album |
| Devil May Care! | Jamie Cullum, Geoff Gascoyne, Sebastiaan De Krom Guest Track Bob Dorough | 2010 | Compil. |
| Small Day Tomorrow | Bob Dorough | 2006 | Album |
| Complete Recordings | Bob Dorough & Sam Most Quartet | 2004 | Album |
| To Communicate | Bob Dorough | 2004 | Album |
| Sunday At Iridium | Bob Dorough | 2004 | Album |
| Stardust Melody / Beloved And Rare Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael | Richard M. Sudhalter, Barbara Lea, Bob Dorough, Jim Ferguson | 2001 | Album |
| Who's On First? | Bob Dorough & Dave Frishberg | 2000 | Album |
| Too Much Coffee Man | Bob Dorough | 2000 | Album |
| The Beat Goes On / Three Is The Magic Number | Buddy Rich / Bob Dorough | 1998 | Album |
| Right On My Way Home | Bob Dorough | 1997 | Album |
| Hoagy's Children - Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael Volume Two | Bob Dorough, Richard M. Sudhalter, Barbara Lea | 1994 | Compil. |
| Hoagy's Children - Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael Volume One | Barbara Lea / Bob Dorough / Dick Sudhalter | 1994 | Compil. |
| This Is A Recording Of Pop Art Songs | Bob Dorough | 1991 | Album |
| Songs Of Love | Bob Dorough | 1988 | Album |
| Skabadabba | Bob Dorough | 1987 | Album |
| Clankin' on Tin Pan Alley | Bob Dorough, Bill Takas | 1986 | Album |
| Sing And Swing | Bob Dorough / Bill Takas | 1984 | Album |
| Hoagy's Children - Songs Of Hoagy Carmichael | Barbara Lea / Bob Dorough / Richard M. Sudhalter | 1983 | Album |
| Devil May Care | Bob Dorough | 1983 | Album |
| An Excursion Through Oliver! | Bob Dorough | 1977 | Album |
| Beginning To See The Light | Bob Dorough & Bill Takas | 1976 | Album |
| Watch What Happens! | Bob Dorough | 1974 | Album |
| Multiplication Rock - (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Bob Dorough | 1973 | Album |
| A Taste Of Honey | Bob Dorough | 1972 | Album |
| I'll Never Fall In Love Again | Bob Dorough | 1970 | Album |
| Just About Everything | Bob Dorough | 1966 | Album |
| Devil May Care | Bob Dorough | 1956 | Album |
| Don't Think Twice | Bob Dorough | Single | |
| In The Words of Fran Landesman/In The Style of Bob Dorough | Fran Landesman, Bob Dorough | Album | |
| Blipidy-Blap / Stand Up and Tell Her | Bob Dorough | Single |
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