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

 

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Mike Nolan

Mike Nolan

Disability:    Epilepsy (source)

Singer in Buck's Fizz
Bucks Fizz had several hits in early 1980's, and won Eurovision song
contest in 1991 with "Making Your Mind Up"

Bucks Fizz website:    Susan's Bucks Fizz Page

Gary Numan

Gary Numan

Disability: Aspergers (source: Wikipedia list of autistic people)

One of the pioneers of the "futurist" electronic music style, Gary Numan had a number of hits in the early 1980s - notably "Cars" and "Are Friends Electric"


Merrill Osmond

Merrill Osmond

Disability:     diabetes

one of The Osmonds, pop band from early 1970's


Scott Robinson of Five

Scott Robinson

Disability: dyslexia (source: CBBC News article)

A former member of Five (sometimes spelt 5ive), a boy band popular at the turn of the 20th/21st century.

Leo Sayer

Leo Sayer

Disabilities:

  • dyslexia (source)
  • had a "nervous breakdown" in 1968 (source)

Had a number of hits in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including "When I Need You", "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "How Much Love".

Returned to the charts in 2006, when a remix of "Thunder In My Heart" reached number 1.

Toyah Wilcox

Toyah Wilcoxx

Disabilities:

Several hits in early 1980's, under the name "Toyah" (eg "Thunder In The Mountains")

Visit the (un)official Toyah website


Mari Wilson

Mari Wilson
Disability:    diabetes (type 1, IDDM) (source)

Had a few hits in the 1980's, including "Just What I Always Wanted" and "Wonderful".

Website:    Glamourpuss Rave: The Unofficial Mari Wilson Page!


Will Young Will Young

Disability: lisp (source: Wikipedia article on Speech Disorders)

Winner of UK TV talent show Pop Idol in 2002.

Had a number of hits, including "Evergreen" , "Leave Right Now", "Your Game", and "Friday's Child"


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