Bob Dorough, the jazz pianist, vocalist, and composer behind the music of Schoolhouse Rock!, has passed away. A spokesman for Dorough confirmed the news today, telling the Wrap that he died Monday at ...

Bob Dorough, the jazz musician who wrote many of the best-loved Schoolhouse Rock songs, has died at age 94. He wrote all of the Multiplication Rock series (including “Three is a Magic Number,” ...

Jazz musician and creator of Schoolhouse Rock Bob Dorough died at the age of 94 on Monday. Dorough’s brainchild — an educational children’s show conducted in sing-song — spanned three decades, ...

Times were lean for jazz pianist and singer Bob Dorough in the early 1970s when he got an unusual request from an advertising executive. Could Dorough write songs that might help children learn their ...

Dorough, who died Monday, spoke with Terry Gross in 1982 and 1996. The kids who learned from his fun, educational songs probably didn't know what a great jazz pianist, singer and songwriter he was.

One of the most pleasant events in recent New York jazz history was the return of singer-pianist Bob Dorough, who performs regularly for the Sunday brunch crowd at Iridium. Mavens and middle-aged ...

Recorded last year at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles, "Who's on First" is a delightfully relaxed encounter between two veteran jazz pianist-songwriters who both deserve wider audiences. It opens with ...

Bob Dorough, the veteran jazz performer who helped define the sound and style of educational animation mainstay Schoolhouse Rock!, has died. The author of such tunes as “Three Is A Magic Number” and ...

"The South is what we started out with in this bizarre, slightly troubling, basically wonderful country—fun, danger, friendliness, energy, enthusiasm, and brave, crazy, tough people." —Bill Maxwell ...

Snug Harbor, 626 Frenchmen St., 949-0696; www.snugjazz.com Bob Dorough is that rarity among contemporary jazzmen: a hipster who broke through to the masses. TV was the ticket, though many still ...

April 24 (UPI) --Musician Bob Dorough, who contributed to the creation of Schoolhouse Rock!, died in Mt. Bethel, Pa., his family announced. He was 94. Dorough's granddaughter Corin Wolf said he was ...