Jazz musician Scatman John Bashny.Net

The creator of a unique musical style combining a scat and techno was born in the United States March 13, 1942. He gained fame with the single «Scatman», which was written in support of children who suffer from stuttering. But suddenly the song became a hit. I suggest you learn a few facts from his biography. 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.



Charismatic singer died December 3, 1999, in Los Angeles. The cause of death was cancer.



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Source: ru.wikipedia.org