14 years ago there was John Sketmana

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Of course, now under the description of "the mustachioed man in a hat 'most closely fits Mikhail Boyarsky. Or Charlie Chaplin - he always approached by this image. But in the 1990s, I am sure, many associated with the image of John Larkin, better known as Scatman John. And the songs he played on every step, and on the banks of Coke flashed his portraits. In general, the invoice was a character. Just disappeared somewhere in the second half of the 90s.
Today, exactly 14 years, but was this talented man. Teenagers may have neither his name nor his songs mean nothing. But for those born in 1970-80-his name certainly says something.
In memory of a forgotten but remarkable man - a few interesting facts of his biography.
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John Larkin childhood suffered from stuttering laugh at many of his peers. But this drawback he eventually used as a signature trick during the performance of their hits of the 1990s. Its success Scatman called "transformation of its biggest challenges in its most useful quality." For the first time in music Scatman dabbled in the early 1960s. And sing he is not particularly trying, and concentrated on the piano. Particularly successful in this business Larkin has not reached.



In the 1980s, Scatman, being unsuccessful musician addicted to drugs and alcohol, but after the death of a close friend, John decided to get rid of bad habits. In this he was helped to the wife.



In 1990, at a concert Scatman, playing one of the songs on the piano, so got a taste of that, even decided to sing, which is almost never done before. The audience met the rush with enthusiasm.



Already a popular, John gave an interview and spoke so fluently that one of the journalists said that Larkin has never given a hint, and asked whether he used community support stutterers "as tricks that helped in his career." The most popular Scatman hit in Japan, where demand was until his death in 1999, the year.



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