- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Paul Larkin
- Nickname
- Scatman
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Scatman John was born on March 13, 1942 in El Monte, California, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Nothing to Lose (1997), Project Power (2020) and BASEketball (1998). He was married to Judy McHugh. He died on December 3, 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseJudy McHugh(1994 - December 3, 1999) (his death)
- Got into music as a way to battle his stuttering problem.
- Had a worldwide smash hit in 1995 with Scatman John: Scatman (Ski Ba Bop Ba Dop Bop) (1995).
- Louis Armstrong is said to be a huge inspiration for his music. Eventually he paid tribute to Armstrong in the song "Everybody Jam!".
- Scatman was known to be a Christian, and a believer in creationism.
- In 1996 Scatman published a song (and released a music video) called "Everybody Jam!" using bits of Louis Armstrong's own recorded speech, to seem like he was talking with Armstrong during the beginning of the song. He did it that way due to the impossibility of talking with Armstrong in person, since Armstrong died in 1971, twenty-five years before Scatman's song and music video were released.
- I hope that the kids, while they sing along to my songs or dance to it, feel that life is not that bad at all. Even for just a minute.
- Whatever God wants is fine by me ... I've had the very best life. I have tasted beauty.
- If we didn't have problems, we couldn't grow and change and become the human beings that creation intends us to be. I think that creation intends us all to be happy.
- Let us never say "goodbye," but only "to be continued..." I love you.
- The problems of today, both in the outside world, and inside ourselves, are monumental... and I have learned that nothing can be done in any way until we learn what the source of those problems are. I think that this time is the greatest time for a person to be alive. I think that everything is crumbling like a building that must fall before a new one can be built..... I think the rulers are also starting to realize that the world does not need "rulers" anymore... it needs "helpers".
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