John Paul Larkin (March 13, 1942 – December 3, 1999), better known by his stage name Scatman John, was an American jazz musician and singer who created a fusion of scat singing and dance music, best known for his 1994 hit "Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop)".
A stutterer, John liked to say scatting was a process of "turning my biggest problem into my biggest asset". Scatman John sold millions of recordings worldwide and was named "Best New Artist" in the Echo Awards in both Japan and Germany. He was a recipient of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's Annie Glenn Award for outstanding service to the stuttering community and National Stuttering Association Hall of Fame.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scatman#Birth_of_.22Scatman_John.22Scatman is defiantly one of my favorite artists, due to his great scat vocals along with his great dance beats. I wish he was still around, because he could make music better than any other artist these days.
My top 3 Scatman songs:
Scatman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBMzANh0FWE&feature=relatedScatman's World:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUWBAy3bATIInvisible Man (cover of queen's song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-g-u9wYt1QPost your thoughts about him here:
