Born in El Monte, CA, Larkin suffered a severe stutter from the time he learned to speak, which led to an emotionally traumatic childhood. Even at the peak of his success in 1995, journalists reported that during interviews he "hardly finishes a sentence without repeating the phrase at least six or seven times because of his stuttering." At age twelve he began to learn piano, and was introduced to the art of scat singing at the age of fourteen through records by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, amongst others. The piano provided him with a means of artistic expression to compensate for his speech difficulties. He remarked in a 1996 interview that “playing piano gave me a way to speak;... I hid behind the piano when I was performing because I was scared of talking.”
Sir John Warburton PaulGCMGOBEMC (29 March 1916 – 31 March 2004) was a British government official, best known as a prolific administrator for 20 years of various British overseas territories around the world. He is probably most notable for being the last British administrator of the Gambia and the Bahamas as they gained independence during his service in those countries.
Career
Paul was educated at Weymouth College and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He was commissioned into the Royal Tank CorpsSupplementary Reserve in 1937 and into the regular Royal Tank Regiment in 1938. He won a Military Cross for his bravery during the German invasion of France in 1940. However, he was captured by the Germans in 1940 and was a prisoner of war until the end of the war in 1945. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1941 and Captain in 1946 and resigned his commission in 1947. He then entered colonial administration, serving in Sierra Leone in various positions until that country’s independence in 1961. He was knighted in 1962.
I created this video with the YouTube Video Editor (http://www.youtube.com/editor)
published: 06 Jul 2013
Scatman (ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop) Official Video HD - Scatman John
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published: 20 Nov 2013
Scatman John - Scatman [Live on Rondo, NRK - Norway, 1995] (HQ)
DOWNLOAD (MKV): drive.google.com/file/d/1DkOwlZAgB31nOS_rH-Ic1DxQ2sABqGbL/edit
Aired live on NRK1 on February 17, 1995. Recorded in Oslo, Norway.
published: 17 Oct 2022
The Tragic End Of Scatman John #ScatmanJohn #GoodHumor #TheScatman
John Larkin, The Scatman, turned a stutter into a hit song in 1995.
published: 04 Sep 2023
Scatman John - Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop) [Live on 'FestivalBar', Italy 1995]
Scatman John, attending Festivalbar '95 in the Arena of Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, back in 1995. In competition with his world famous song Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop).
Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer and was broadcast by RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.)
published: 11 Jan 2019
Scatman John - Route 66 (Live)
Yokohama, Japan.
Sep. 4, 1995.
published: 24 Jun 2007
Scatman John Documentry
This is documentary created by a USC stutdent about John Larkin
published: 06 Jul 2013
Scatman John - Scatman's World
(Scatting by Scatman John)
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
Everybody's talkin' something very shockin' just to
Keep on blockin' what they're feelin' inside but
Listen to me brother, you just keep on walkin' cause
You and me and sister ain't got nothin' to hide
Scatman, fat man, black and white and brown man
Tell me 'bout the colour of your soul
If part of your solution isn't ending the pollution
Then I don't want to hear your stories told
I want to welcome you to Scatman's world
(Sca...
published: 27 Nov 2010
John Scatman - ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop (live - on tv)
John Paul Larkin, noto come Scatman John (El Monte, 13 marzo 1942 – Los Angeles, 3 dicembre 1999), è stato un cantante, pianista e compositore statunitense di musica scat/dance/pop/jazz. John Larkin era un pianista jazz che si guadagnava da vivere esibendosi negli alberghi europei. Affetto da una severa balbuzie, riuscì a trasformare il suo problema in musica inventando una fusione musicale unica. Le sue principali influenze artistiche furono Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, e John Coltrane.
Il brano è del 1994.
published: 16 Jul 2018
Scatman John - Interview with MTV Europe (Unaired footage, 1995)
Filmed at the A-Trane, Berlin for MTV Europe, pretty sure this full interview went unaired. thanks to Jon Dolan for the recording
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Scatman John, attending Festivalbar '95 in the Arena of Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, back in 1995. In competition with his world famous song Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop...
Scatman John, attending Festivalbar '95 in the Arena of Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, back in 1995. In competition with his world famous song Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop).
Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer and was broadcast by RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.)
Scatman John, attending Festivalbar '95 in the Arena of Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, back in 1995. In competition with his world famous song Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop).
Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer and was broadcast by RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.)
(Scatting by Scatman John)
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to l...
(Scatting by Scatman John)
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
Everybody's talkin' something very shockin' just to
Keep on blockin' what they're feelin' inside but
Listen to me brother, you just keep on walkin' cause
You and me and sister ain't got nothin' to hide
Scatman, fat man, black and white and brown man
Tell me 'bout the colour of your soul
If part of your solution isn't ending the pollution
Then I don't want to hear your stories told
I want to welcome you to Scatman's world
(Scatting by Scatman John)
Everybody's born to compete as he chooses
But how can someone win if winning means that someone loses
I sit and see and wonder what it's like to be in touch
No wonder all my brothers and my sisters need a crutch
I want to be a human being not a human doing
I couldn't keep that pace up if I tried
The source of my intention really isn't crime prevention
My intention is prevention of the lie (yeah)
Welcome to the Scatman's world
(Scatting by Scatman John)
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
Everybody's talkin' something very shockin' just to
Keep on blockin' what they're feelin' inside but
Listen to me brother, you just keep on walkin' cause
You and me and sister ain't got nothin' to hide
Scatman, fat man, black and white and brown man
Tell me 'bout the colour of your soul
If part of your solution isn't ending the pollution
Then I don't want to hear your stories told
I want to welcome you to Scatman's world
(Scatting by Scatman John)
Everybody's born to compete as he chooses
But how can someone win if winning means that someone loses
I sit and see and wonder what it's like to be in touch
No wonder all my brothers and my sisters need a crutch
I want to be a human being not a human doing
I couldn't keep that pace up if I tried
The source of my intention really isn't crime prevention
My intention is prevention of the lie (yeah)
Welcome to the Scatman's world
John Paul Larkin, noto come Scatman John (El Monte, 13 marzo 1942 – Los Angeles, 3 dicembre 1999), è stato un cantante, pianista e compositore statunitense di m...
John Paul Larkin, noto come Scatman John (El Monte, 13 marzo 1942 – Los Angeles, 3 dicembre 1999), è stato un cantante, pianista e compositore statunitense di musica scat/dance/pop/jazz. John Larkin era un pianista jazz che si guadagnava da vivere esibendosi negli alberghi europei. Affetto da una severa balbuzie, riuscì a trasformare il suo problema in musica inventando una fusione musicale unica. Le sue principali influenze artistiche furono Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, e John Coltrane.
Il brano è del 1994.
John Paul Larkin, noto come Scatman John (El Monte, 13 marzo 1942 – Los Angeles, 3 dicembre 1999), è stato un cantante, pianista e compositore statunitense di musica scat/dance/pop/jazz. John Larkin era un pianista jazz che si guadagnava da vivere esibendosi negli alberghi europei. Affetto da una severa balbuzie, riuscì a trasformare il suo problema in musica inventando una fusione musicale unica. Le sue principali influenze artistiche furono Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, e John Coltrane.
Il brano è del 1994.
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Scatman John, attending Festivalbar '95 in the Arena of Piazza Bra in Verona, Italy, back in 1995. In competition with his world famous song Scatman (Ski-Ba-Bop-Ba-Dop-Bop).
Festivalbar was an Italian singing competition that took place in the most important Italian squares during summer and was broadcast by RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.A.)
(Scatting by Scatman John)
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
I'm calling out from Scatland
I'm calling out from Scatman's world
If you wanna break free you better listen to me
You got to learn how to see in your fantasy
Everybody's talkin' something very shockin' just to
Keep on blockin' what they're feelin' inside but
Listen to me brother, you just keep on walkin' cause
You and me and sister ain't got nothin' to hide
Scatman, fat man, black and white and brown man
Tell me 'bout the colour of your soul
If part of your solution isn't ending the pollution
Then I don't want to hear your stories told
I want to welcome you to Scatman's world
(Scatting by Scatman John)
Everybody's born to compete as he chooses
But how can someone win if winning means that someone loses
I sit and see and wonder what it's like to be in touch
No wonder all my brothers and my sisters need a crutch
I want to be a human being not a human doing
I couldn't keep that pace up if I tried
The source of my intention really isn't crime prevention
My intention is prevention of the lie (yeah)
Welcome to the Scatman's world
John Paul Larkin, noto come Scatman John (El Monte, 13 marzo 1942 – Los Angeles, 3 dicembre 1999), è stato un cantante, pianista e compositore statunitense di musica scat/dance/pop/jazz. John Larkin era un pianista jazz che si guadagnava da vivere esibendosi negli alberghi europei. Affetto da una severa balbuzie, riuscì a trasformare il suo problema in musica inventando una fusione musicale unica. Le sue principali influenze artistiche furono Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, e John Coltrane.
Il brano è del 1994.
Born in El Monte, CA, Larkin suffered a severe stutter from the time he learned to speak, which led to an emotionally traumatic childhood. Even at the peak of his success in 1995, journalists reported that during interviews he "hardly finishes a sentence without repeating the phrase at least six or seven times because of his stuttering." At age twelve he began to learn piano, and was introduced to the art of scat singing at the age of fourteen through records by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, amongst others. The piano provided him with a means of artistic expression to compensate for his speech difficulties. He remarked in a 1996 interview that “playing piano gave me a way to speak;... I hid behind the piano when I was performing because I was scared of talking.”
Hey john paul, I know looks can be deceiving but I know I saw a light in you As we walked we were talking and I didn't say half the things I wanted to Of all the girls tossing rocks at your window I'll be the one waiting there even when it's cold Hey john paul, boy you might have me believing I don't always have to be alone. [Chorus:] 'cause I can't help it if you look like an angel Can't help I if I wanna kiss you in the rain so Come feel this magic I've been feeling since I met you Can't help it if there's no one else I can't help myself Hey john paul, I've been holding back this feeling So I've got some things to say to you I seen it all so I thought but I never seen nobody shine the way you do The way you walk, way you talk, way you say my name It's beautiful, wonderful, don't you ever change Hey Stephen, why are people always leaving I think you and I should stay the same [Chorus] They're dimming the street lights You're perfect for me why aren't you here tonight? I'm waiting alone now so come on and come out and pull me near Shine, shine, shine Hey john paul I could give you fifty reasons why I should be the one you choose All those other girls, well they're beautiful but would they write a song for you [Chorus x2] Myself, can't help myself
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Former Northern IrelandAttorney GeneralJohn Larkin ordered a fresh inquest into the death of Christopher Coulter (PaulFaith/PA) ... Former Northern Ireland Attorney General John Larkin ordered a fresh ...