John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what would become rock and…
My Song the award winning drama about deaf identity and sign language
MY SONG the award winning drama about deaf identity and sign language 2011 Focusing on Signed Song About a girl who is a dancer going deaf starinf Deaf Actress Lara Steward
Mandy Harvey American Deaf Singer Songwriter
Mandy Harvey Jazz singer Mandy Harvey always had a hearing problem. In her youth, she’d had infections that affected her hearing, but only to the point that she had to sit at the front of the class in order to…
Sean Forbes, American Deaf Rapper
Sean Forbes Sean Forbes has been deaf as long as he can remember. He’s also wanted to be a musician for just as long. Forbes became profoundly deaf when he developed a severe illness at only one year old. However,…
Pharrell’s “Happy” in ASL by Deaf Film Camp at CM7
This video is an ASL interpretation of Pharrell Williams’s “Happy.” An expression of music in ASL composed by Rosa Lee Timm and Azora Telford. The video was produced by a team of Deaf campers & staff from Deaf Film Camp…
Trio Beethoven’s Nightmare
Beethoven’s Nightmare For three teenagers attending Galludet University, a school for deaf and hard of hearing students in Washington, D.C., it wasn’t their disability that brought them together, but their love of rock ‘n’ roll. In 1971, Bob Hiltermann (drums),…
Janine Roebuck Deaf Opera Singer UK
Janine Roebuck Progressive deafness ran in the family, but Britain’s Janine Roebuck wasn’t worried. She’d never had problems before, so she continued to pursue her love of music. However, while she was studying at Manchester University, she noticed that some…
Cher 1946- Dyslexia
Cher is well known for both her singing and acting career, though not many people are aware she has had problems with dyslexia her entire life. As her dyslexia went undiagnosed in school, her teachers simply thought that she wasn’t…
‘Cripple’ Clarence Lofton 1887-1957 Jazz Piano
Cripple Clarence Lofton 1887-1957 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Cripple Clarence Lofton Background information Birth name Albert or Clarence Clemens Born March 28, 1887 or 1897 Kingsport or Burns, Tennessee, United States Died January 9,…
Rahsaan Roland Kirk 1935-1977 Blind Saxophinist
Rahsaan Roland Kirk From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Rahsaan Roland Kirk Kirk performing in 1972 Background information Birth name Ronald Theodore Kirk Born August 7, 1935 Columbus, Ohio, United States Died December 5, 1977 (aged…