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Bob Dorough

real name Robert L. Dorough

United States · 1923-12-12 – 2018-04-23

Bob Dorough is credited on 1,572 releases across 369 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1955–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,572

Credits

369

Albums

8

Decades active

445

In collections

Biography

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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, Sérgio Mendes and many more.
His daughter is the classical flute player.

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Credited work

1,572 releases · 369 albums · active 1955–2026

  • Performance · 2,133
  • Production · 113
  • Other credits · 81
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: A&R Studios · Western Recorders · United Recording Studios, Las Vegas · Wally Heider Recording Studio, Los Angeles

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