Jack Sheldon, jazz musician who lent voice to many Schoolhouse Rock videos of the 1970s, has passed away, age 88.
Two of his most famous hits were “Conjunction Junction” …
… and “I’m Just a Bill” …
He actually played a role in a number of the Schoolhouse Rock videos:
Sheldon was a noteworthy trumpeter, as a number of his other IMDb credits show. He was part of Jack Webb’s stable of actors for Dragnet and Adam-12, and served nearly two decades as Merv Griffin’s music director and “sidekick”.
Thank you, Mr. Sheldon, for your talent and for the many memories you left us, especially those educational earworms.