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…
Lili Boulanger 1894- 1918 composer Crohn’s
Lili Boulanger – composer BBC Radio 3 – Composer of the Week: Lili Boulanger The younger sister of Nadia Boulanger, a famous music teacher, Lili Boulanger died of Crohn’s disease aged just 24 in 1918. But before she died,…
Varetta Dillard 1933-1994, R&B disabled US singer
Varetta Dillard (3 February 1933 – 4 October 1993) was an American rhythm and blues singer in the 1950s whose biggest hit was “Mercy, Mr. Percy”. She was born in Harlem, New York, and spent much of her childhood in…
Gusttav Holst,1874 –1934, disabled composer
Gustav Holst Gustavus Holst was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on September 21, 1874. His father Adolph von Holst was a renowned pianist and his mother Clara was a student of his with whom he fell in love and married. Clara…
Thomas Quasthoff 1959- Thalidomide surviving Opera singer
Thomas Quasthoff 1959- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://youtu.be/vItabu-xO9c?t=39 The Jazz Album Thomas Quasthoff 2010 Thomas Quasthoff (born November 9, 1959) is a Germanbass-baritone. Quasthoff has a range of musical interest from the Baroque cantatas of Bach, to lieder, and…
Mel Tillis, stutterer when talking not when singing’ Writer and performer of many Country Songs 1932-2017
Mel Tillis, stutterer when talking not when singing’ Writer and performer of many Country Songs 1932-2017 https://youtu.be/NTiDRF88JyU Ruby Don’t take Your Love to Town This is story of a vetran disabled in Vietnam War whose wife goes to town every…
Louis Thomas Hardin 1916-1999 Moondog
Louis Thomas Hardin (May 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999), also known as Moondog, was an American musician, composer, theoretician, poet and inventor of several musical instruments. He was blind from the age of 16. Hardin lived in New York…