Jack Sheldon was a trumpet player, singer and actor. He was a member of the band on The Merv Griffin Show and participated in episodes of the educational music television series Schoolhouse Rock! where he became known for his distinctive voice. Jack Sheldon was born on November 30, 1931 in Jacksonville, Florida.

Sheldon became known through his participation in the West Coast jazz movement of the 1950s, performing and recording with such figures as Stan Kenton, Art Pepper and Gerry Mulligan. Sheldon played the trumpet and sang on the Merv Griffin Show and was Griffin's sidekick for many years.

The voice of Jack Sheldon is perhaps best known from the Schoolhouse Rock! cartoons of the 1970s, such as Conjunction Junction and I’m Just a Bill. Beginning in 1984 he also voiced Louie the Lightning Bug in a series of animated musical public service announcements aimed at children across the United States and Canada promoting safety with electricity. A trumpet solo of his is featured throughout the 1984 Francis Ford Coppola film “One From the Heart.” Tom Waits' 1977 album “Foreign Affairs” includes Sheldon playing trumpet on several cuts, including the solo at the end of Burma Shave.

Jack Sheldon passed away in Los Angeles in December of 2019 at the age of 88.

Here is a link to Jack Sheldon playing trumpet and singing:

"THAT OLD BLACK MAGIC"