What is Bob Dorough?
[[File:Bob Dorough.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Dorough in December 2005]] '''Bob Dorough''' (born '''Robert Lrod Dorough'''; December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American [[bebop]] and [[cool jazz]] pianist, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and producer.<ref>[https://movies.nytimes.com/person/172013/Bob-Dorough/filmography Bob Dorough Filmography] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130630012000/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/172013/Bob-Dorough/filmography |date=2013-06-30 }} at ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref><ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.npr.org/2013/01/06/168699556/the-voice-of-schoolhouse-rock-on-the-series-at-40 | title= The Voice Of 'Schoolhouse Rock' On The Series At 40 | website= NPR.org | publisher= National Public Radio | date= 6 January 2013 | access-date= 7 April 2015}}</ref> He was born in [[Cherry Hill, Arkansas|Cherry Hill]], [[Arkansas]] and was raised in [[Texas]]. He was best known as composer and performer of songs from ''[[Schoolhouse Rock!]]'', a series of TV cartoons that appeared on Saturday mornings in the 1970s and 1980s. He worked with [[Miles Davis]] and [[Blossom Dearie]], and his adventurous style influenced [[Mose Allison]]. Dorough died on April 23, 2018 at his home in [[Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania|Mount Bethel]], [[Pennsylvania]] of [[prostate cancer]] at the age of 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/bob-dorough-schoolhouse-rock-dies/|title=Bob Dorough, ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ Performer and Writer, Dies at 94|publisher=The Wrap|date=April 23, 2018|access-date=April 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arktimes.com/RockCandy/archives/2018/04/23/bob-dorough-dies-at-94|title=Bob Dorough Dies at 94|publisher=The Arkansas Times|date=April 23, 2018|access-date=April 23, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.bobdorough.com/ Official website] *{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6417}} * {{IMDb name|name=Bob Dorough|id=0234013}} *Albin, Scott. [https://web.archive.org/web/20091107213901/http://jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-essen