AL JARREAU

Alwin Lopez "Al" Jarreau (March 12, 1940 – February 12, 2017) was an American jazz singer. He won seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. He was best known for his 1981 album Breakin' Away, for singing the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting, and as a performer in the 1985 charity song "We Are the World". Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the fifth of six children. His website refers to Reservoir Avenue, the name of the street where he lived. His father was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and singer, and his mother was a church pianist. He and his family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and he and his mother performed at PTA meetings. He was student council president and Badger Boys State delegate for Lincoln High School. At Boys State, he was elected governor. He went on to read more...