{"id":54967,"date":"2021-11-18T20:54:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/dave-frishberg-im-just-a-bill-songwriter-from-schoolhouse-rock-dies\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T20:56:05","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T15:26:05","slug":"dave-frishberg-im-just-a-bill-songwriter-from-schoolhouse-rock-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/dave-frishberg-im-just-a-bill-songwriter-from-schoolhouse-rock-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Frishberg, I&#8217;m Just a Bill?&#8217; Songwriter from &#8216;Schoolhouse Rock!&#8217;, Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dave-Frishberg-Im-Just-a-Bill-Songwriter-From-Schoolhouse-Rock.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul class=\"summary-list summary-list-variant\">\n<li>The songwriter who composed the song &#8220;I&#8217;m Just a Bill&#8221;On &#8220;Schoolhouse Rock!&#8221;Has died.<\/li>\n<li>The New York Times reported that Dave Frishberg, 88, died in Portland, Oregon.<\/li>\n<li>Frishberg was not only a Grammy-nominated jazz piano player, but he also worked on the kids&#8217; show.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"inline-newsletter-signup\n                          inline-newsletter-signup-variant\n                         headline-regular loading\" id=\"formContainer\" data-component-type=\"inline-newsletter-module\" data-list=\"Morning Brew\" data-acq-source=\"morningbrew\" data-event-label=\"morning_brew\" data-origin=\"MorningBrew\" data-campaign=\"entertainment\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dave Frishberg, the songwriter behind &#8220;I&#8217;m Just a Bill&#8221;on &#8220;Schoolhouse Rock!&#8221;Has passed away <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/17\/arts\/music\/dave-frishberg-dead.html\" data-analytics-module=\"body_link\" rel=\"noopener\">According to the New York Times<\/a>On Wednesday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frishberg, 88, was a contributor for ABC&#8217;s beloved children&#8217;s education show. &#8220;Schoolhouse Rock!&#8221;It was originally run from 1973 to 1985.<\/p>\n<p>According to The Times, his wife confirmed that he had died in Portland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Frishberg&#8217;s iconic song &#8220;I&#8217;m Just a Bill&#8221;Jack Sheldon, trumpet player, sings the legislative process.<\/p>\n<p>According to The New York Times, Frishberg acknowledged the children&#8217;s melody was his. &#8220;most well-known song.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His work includes &#8220;Schoolhouse Rock!&#8221;Frishberg, a jazz pianist and composer, was also nominated for four Grammys for his jazz albums.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content-recommendations-in-post-module-fixed\"><\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The songwriter who composed the song &#8220;I&#8217;m Just a Bill&#8221;On &#8220;Schoolhouse Rock!&#8221;Has died. The New York Times reported that Dave Frishberg, 88, died in Portland, Oregon. Frishberg was not only a Grammy-nominated jazz piano player, but he also worked on the kids&#8217; show. Dave Frishberg, the songwriter behind &#8220;I&#8217;m Just a Bill&#8221;on &#8220;Schoolhouse Rock!&#8221;Has passed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":54968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Dave-Frishberg-Im-Just-a-Bill-Songwriter-From-Schoolhouse-Rock.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}