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American jazz musician (–)

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Born	()March 23, Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	November 17, () (aged&#;88) Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Genres	Jazz, vocal jazz, swing
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer
Instrument(s)	Piano, vocals
Labels	Arbors, Blue Note/EMI

Musical artist

David Lee Frishberg (March 23, – November 17, ) was an American jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, and lyricist.

His songs have been performed by Blossom Dearie, Rosemary Clooney, Shirley Horn,^[1]Anita O'Day, Michael Feinstein, Irene Kral, Diana Krall, Rebecca Kilgore, Stacey Kent, Bette Midler, John Pizzarelli, Jessica Molaskey, and Mel Tormé.

Frishberg wrote the music and lyrics for "I'm Just a Bill", the song about the forlorn legislative writ in the ABCSchoolhouse Rock! series, which was later transformed into the revue Schoolhouse Rock Live.

For Schoolhouse Rock! he also wrote and performed "Walkin' on Wall Street