Dorough’s colourful imagination, friendly, hippyish voice and way with a melody made him perfect for children’s music. “Three is a Magic Number” must be the prettiest, grooviest song ever written ...

After 'Moonlighting' and 'ALF,' he worked on the Fox show for 27 years, then filed a lawsuit over his dismissal.

He composed nearly 600 scores for the show and conducted the 35-piece orchestra that played them in the studio.