Robert McFerrin
Singer, Deceased Person
1921 – 2006
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Who was Robert McFerrin?
Robert Keith McFerrin, Sr. was an American operatic baritone and the first African-American man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. His voice was described by critic Albert Goldberg in the Los Angeles Times as "a baritone of beautiful quality, even in all registers, and with a top that partakes of something of a tenor's ringing brilliance." He was the father of Grammy Award-winning vocalist Robert McFerrin, Jr., better known as Bobby McFerrin.
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- Born
- Mar 19, 1921
Marianna - Also known as
- Robert Keith McFerrin Sr.
- Spouses
- Sara Copper
(1949 - )
- Sara Copper
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Fisk University
- Lived in
- Arkansas
- St. Louis
- Died
- Nov 24, 2006
St. Louis
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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