Jarreau graduated in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology. He went on to attend Ripon College, where he also sang with a group called the Indigos. He was student council president and Badger Boys State delegate for Lincoln High School. He and his family sang together in church concerts and in benefits, and he and his mother performed at PTA meetings. His father was a Seventh-day Adventist Church minister and singer, and his mother was a church pianist. His website refers to Reservoir Avenue, the name of the street where he lived. Jarreau was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the fifth of six children. He is perhaps best known for his 1981 album Breakin’ Away, for having sung the theme song of the late-1980s television series Moonlighting, and as a performer in the 1985 charity song “We Are the World”. He won seven Grammy Awards and was nominated for over a dozen more. Alwin Lopez (Al) Jarreau (Ma– February 12, 2017) was an American jazz singer.
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