Recording Artists with disabilities

Recording Artists with Disabilities

One area on which disabled people have made a strong contribution is in music, particularly pop music.

In addition, let's not forget the inventor of the record player, Thomas Edison

Click here for Soul, Dance and Motown artists

Click here for Rock and Heavy Metal artists

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Not famous - yet! Check out Rising Stars with Disabilities
Not "famous" but good music nevertheless - check out our Tribute to Stream Records

Pop

Michael Bolton

Disability: deaf in one ear (source: The Wellness Site)

Chart hits in the early 1990s include Time Love And Tenderness, Love Is A Wonderful Thing, and When A Man Loves A Woman

Official Michael Bolton website

Rock On The Net - Michael Bolton

Cher

Disability: dyslexia (source)

Started in Sonny & Cher
Hits from 1960s ("Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves") to late 1990's ("Believe")

Visit Cher's Official Web Site

Jason Donovan

Disability : Psoriasis (source: Wikipedia article on Jason Donovan)

Started as an actor on the Australian soap-opera Neighbours, in the late 1980s.

Had a number of hit singles - produced by Stock, Aitken and Waterman - from 1988 into the early 1990s, including Too Many Broken Hearts and Nothing Can Divide Us.

Has since acted in a number of musical plays, including Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and The Rocky Horror Show.

Ian Dury

Disability: movement/walking disability, resulting from polio

Hits from 1978 ("Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick") into 1980's
Recorded "Spasticus Autisticus" which was banned from radio

Visit his web-site

Gareth Gates

Disability: Stutter (source)

Despite coming second in ITV's Popstars programme, Gareth Gates went on to be hugely popular, with a string of hits including Unchained Melody, Anyone of Us, and Spirit In The Sky.

Barry Gibb