'Schoolhouse Rock!' Singer, Voice Of 'I’m Just A Bill' Dies At 88

By Conway Crew

November 20, 2021

The man who wrote the iconic Schoolhouse Rock jingle "I'm Just A Bill" has died at the age of 88.

Dave Frishberg was a Grammy-nominated jazz composer, singer, and pianist who worked on countless films and TV shows. But he's best known for writing songs for Schoolhouse Rock - educational shorts that would air during Saturday morning cartoons on ABC in the 1970's and 80's.
"I'm Just A Bill" has been spoofed on shows like Saturday Night Live and The Simpsons - it was even hummed by Pete Buttigieg in the recent documentary Mayor Pete.
Why was "I'm Just A Bill" such a memorable song? What were some of your favorite Schoolhouse Rock tunes?

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Bill mourns the passing of Dave Frishberg, composer of “I’m Just a Bill” and part of the coterie of hepcat jazzers—Grady Tate, Bob Dorough, Blossom Dearie—who wrote the songs of Schoolhouse Rock! It was Frishberg’s idea to enlist the trumpeter Jack Sheldon to sing Bill’s part. pic.twitter.com/VlPjXWno98
— David Kamp (@MrKamp) November 18, 2021