Bobby Farrell lost one leg in an accident in his native Glasgow trick or treating on Hallowe’en 1921 when he was 9. Three years later, after his mother died, he ran away from home, driven out by his drunken father.…
Dory Previn (1925-2012) singer songwriter with depression
Dory Previn (born Dorothy Veronica Langan; October 22, 1925 – February 14, 2012) was an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet. During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist on songs intended for motion pictures and, with her then…
Neil Diamond (2141-), Post polio and epilepsy
Neil Young caught polio in Canada the same year as Joni Mitchell. The authorities placed those with the condition in isolation with chains across the door. This is reflected in his standard Helpless https://youtu.be/qOv9nwuC67Y?t=89 . Joni demonstrated solidarity with disabled…
James Victor Chesnutt (1964 – 2009) Spinally injured singer song writer
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Disability in Popular Song 2003
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Music- Staff Benda Bilili from Congo
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Johnnie Ray 1927-1990. Hearing Impaired Pop Singer, 1950s
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
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