Dave Frishberg
| Dave Frishberg | |
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Dick Sheridan and Dave Frishberg
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| Background information | |
| Born |
March 23, 1933 Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, vocal jazz, swing |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer |
| Instruments | Piano, vocals |
| Labels | Arbors, Blue Note/EMI |
| Associated acts | Eddie Condon, Bob Dorough |
David "Dave" Frishberg (born March 23, 1933) is an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His songs have been performed by artists such as Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn,Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kral, Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, John Pizzarelli, 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 popular revue Schoolhouse Rock Live. For Schoolhouse Rock! he also wrote and performed "Walkin' on Wall Street", a song that describes how the stock market works, and "$7.50 Once a Week", a song about saving money and balancing a budget.
He wrote "Van Lingle Mungo", a novelty song consisting solely of the names of Major League Baseball players.
Frishberg resisted learning classical piano as a boy, developing an interest in blues and boogie-woogie by listening to recordings by Pete Johnson and Jay McShann. As a teenager he played in the house band at the Flame in St. Paul where Art Tatum, Billie Holiday, and Johnny Hodges appeared. After graduating from the University of Minnesota as a journalism major in 1955, Frishberg spent two years in the Air Force.
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