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Milsap was born January 16, 1943, in Robbinsville, North Carolina. [2] A congenital disorder left him almost completely blind from birth. [2] Abandoned by his mother as an infant, he was raised in poverty by his grandparents in the Smoky Mountains until he was sent to the North Carolina State School for the Blind and Deaf in Raleigh, North Carolina, at age five.
Gordon James Mote (born October 25, 1970) is an American Christian country/southern gospel singer, piano player, and worship leader. He was born blind. He has released eight studio albums. His album Don't Let Me Miss the Glory (2007) was his breakthrough on the Billboard charts.
However, blind black musicians are still most strongly associated with the country blues. The first successful male country blues performer, Blind Lemon Jefferson , was blind, as were many other country bluesmen, including Blind Willie McTell , Blind Willie Johnson , Sonny Terry , Blind Boy Fuller , Blind Blake and Reverend Gary Davis .
Roberts was born in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. [1] His mother was a gospel singer who had gone blind as a teenager, and his father was a longshoreman. [2] Blind since age five due to glaucoma and cataracts, [3] Roberts started learning the piano at age five by picking out notes on the instrument at his church until his parents bought a piano when he was eight. [2]
Putri Ariani, a 17-year-old singer who is blind, got the judges emotional as she sang and played the piano during the June 6 "America's Got Talent" episode. Putri Ariani, a 17-year-old singer who ...
Matthew Whitaker (born April 3, 2001) is an American jazz pianist. Blind since birth, he has performed at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center and the Apollo Theater, where, at 10, he was the opening performer for Stevie Wonder's induction into the Apollo Theater's Hall of Fame.
At six months of age, Gibbs was diagnosed with retrolental fibroplasia and declared blind. [4] She learned to play piano at age three. [ 1 ] As a child, she sang in the church choir and at talent contests, and she opened for Bill Anderson at the age of 17. [ 5 ]
Blind since shortly after birth, the gifted singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has defied the odds and shattered records with 28 Top 10 Billboard hits, 25 Grammys and an induction into ...