----- Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. was born in Manhattan, New York. His mother, Sara Copper, is a former soloist with regional opera companies, and in Broadway shows, and is a professor emeritus of music at Fullerton College in Fullerton, California. His father is the late operatic baritone Robert McFerrin, the first African American to be a regular with New York's Metropolitan Opera. McFerrin's song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a No. 1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record…