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90 Seconds of Failure

Scat-singing human horn Shooby Taylor had perhaps the saddest Showtime at the Apollo showing of all time. He really didn’t deserve the boos.

Jul 25, 2017

The Stammer Of Success

When 53-year-old John Larkin couldn't get past his stuttering, he wrote a song about it. Soon enough, Scatman John was Big in Japan—and everywhere else.

Jan 24, 2017

 Related Tags: outsider music, music history, music, scatman, scatting, shooby taylor, showtime at the apollo, booing, songs in the key of z, weird music, scatman john, stuttering, one-hit wonders

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