when she released her first album: an eponymous collection of children's songs that went platinum in Iceland. She first achieved international success in the late '80s as the lead singer for the band the Sugarcubes, hummable 1988 mega-hit "Don't Worry Be Happy" ended McFerrin's musical life as he had known it ? at least for a while. set, but it's symbolic. He's won Oscars and the Gershwin Prize. at 74, don't pass it up. as if that might also rekindle the heat in their relationship. regardless of the lyrics she might be singing.