Don't Worry, Be Happy
Context
A cappella song in which all the parts, including those imitating instruments, are sung and layered by Bobby McFerrin, on eight tracks. The first single from the album Simple Pleasures, it is the first a cappella song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (September 1988) and won the Grammys for Song of the Year and Record of the Year in 1989.
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).