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5 ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ Composer Bob Dorough Dies at 94

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For the generation who learned more about math, grammar, history and civics from the interstitial cartoons on the ABC Saturday morning program “Schoolhouse Rock!” than they would care to admit, Bob Dorough was one of the most integral influences of their formative years — even if they didn’t know his name.

Mr. Dorough, who died this week at 94, was a jazz musician, composer and singer, and the mastermind behind dozens of educational earwigs primarily in the ’70s and ’80s — a man who understood that the best way to trick children into learning was to wrap lessons inside irresistible, frequently funky ditties.

Click Here for five of Mr. Dorough’s most memorable “Schoolhouse Rock!” 

Source: 5 ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ Songs From Bob Dorough We’ll Never Forget – The New York Times