Blind Gospel Singers
He made other recordings in 40 s and 50 s for record companies.
Blind gospel singers. In fact like his gospel playing friend he died pretty much forgotten just a few years before the folk boom of the early sixties would surely have rescued him from obscurity. Here are 7 blind singers who managed to do just that. Ray charles is one of the most famous blind people in the planet and has mastered being a singer pianist and song writer as well as carving his name in his musical career as the grand daddy of blind musicians and particularly for being able to blend jazz gospel country and pop into his songs.
Ray charles an iconic american composer and musician started losing his sight at age four as the result of juvenile glaucoma. Former k24 anchor maya hayakawa reveals she got pregnant at 15. Born premature blind and autistic christopher was adopted by his parents before they realized g.
Either way his music has endured and his legacy today remains stronger. Nicknamed brother ray and the genius charles was influential to the rise of soul music a genre that arose from the merging of blues and gospel music. His plight for blind people in the society moved kenyans to tears and for a brief moment the musician was regarded as the next big thing.
Visually impaired gospel singer denno made the headlines when he was first featured in daddy owen s song mbona. By age seven he was completely blind. Most famous as a jazz singer and pianist schuur has explored a varied array of sounds including latin country gospel and pop.
Since 1969 the dove awards have honored the best female vocalists in christian music but through the first 30 years of the award only 12 different female vocalists have taken home the honor. In 1940 the beginning of the electrofied era he made a series of recordings for the library of congress. He was a black american born blind and attended the georgia school for the blind.
While the number of women in christian music grows every year the names you see in the contemporary christian music charts are still predominantly male instead of female. Blind willie johnson january 25 1897 september 18 1945 was an american gospel blues singer guitarist and evangelist his landmark recordings completed between 1927 and 1930 thirty songs in total display a combination of powerful chest voice singing slide guitar skills and originality that has influenced later generations of musicians. Related the untold story of cynthia lennon the long forgotten fifth beatle.
