All Students: Bobby, NOT Bob

Over the past few days I've heard several students say that Bob Marley recorded the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy." Y'all make me want to cry. "Marley was," as the saying goes, "dead [these seven years] to begin with." Bob Marley died in 1981, and Bobby McFerrin recorded "Don't Worry, Be Happy" in 1988. I know. I was there (not where Marley died or McFerrin recorded, but I was there in '81 and '88).

Here's the McFerrin video, courtesy MTV (which used to actually show videos -- for reals!): Don't Worry, Be Happy.

And here's a link to a YouTube video of Bob Marley singing, live in Santa Barbara: Concrete Jungle.

See the difference?

If I have taught you nothing else all year, I have failed miserably. Still, hopefully I will have saved you from future embarrassment when the song appears as the subject on Final Jeapordy. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.