Dave Frishberg

American musician (1933–2021)

Born: 23 March 1933
Saint Paul
Died: 17 November 2021
Portland
Country: United States
Record labels: Blue Note, Arbors Records

Biography

Dave Frishberg was a jazz musician who played piano, jazz piano and voice. Dave Frishberg was born on 23 March 1933 in Saint Paul and died on 17 November 2021 in Portland. The music is usually filed under jazz. Record labels: Blue Note and Arbors Records. Honours include Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song (1982).

David Lee Frishberg (March 23, 1933 – November 17, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist. His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn, Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kral, Diana Krall, Rebecca Kilgore, Stacey Kent, Bette Midler, John Pizzarelli, Jessica Molaskey, Bob Dorough, Judy Roberts and Mel Tormé. Frishberg wrote the music and lyrics for "I'm Just a Bill", the song about the forlorn legislative writ in the ABC Schoolhouse Rock! series, which was later transformed into the revue Schoolhouse Rock Live. For Schoolhouse Rock! he also wrote and performed "Walkin' on Wall Street", a song describing how the stock market works, and "$7.50 Once a Week", a song about saving money and balancing a budget.

Read the full article on Wikipedia ↗ · From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)