McGrath, who died Sunday at the age of 90, grew up on a farm in LaSalle County and performed in singing competitions in Chicago as a boy.
McGrath's Illinois upbringing and Chicago connections are documented in the 2008 book,"Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street" by Michael Davis.
By third grade, the one-room schoolhouse had closed, and McGrath was attending St. Columba School in Ottawa, Davis wrote. McGrath had been considering studying engineering at the University of Illinois as his brother did, but attended a three-week music camp outside Chicago on a scholarship during high school and decided to attend the University of Michigan as a voice major instead, Davis wrote.
McGrath went on to serve two years in the Army, and then moved to New York, where he earned a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music, Davis wrote. He appeared on Mitch Miller's"Sing Along with Mitch" show on NBC and then launched a singing career in Japan in which he was described as a teen idol.
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