1. In 1857 Blind Tom made his first public appearance.
2. When Leslie L was born in the US in 1952, it soon turned out that he loved music and rhythm.
3. He was always singing along to music that he heard on the radio.
4. Leslie started playing Tchaikovsky`s Piano Concerto No. 1, after hearing it only once before.
5. When Dustin Hoffman had seen a programme about Leslie L on TV,
he dicided that he wanted to play an autistic savant in a film.
6. Later, Dustin Hoffman`s role of a savant in Rainman impressed many people.
7. When Leslie`s mother died, some people were worried he would stop
playing music, as had happened with other savants in the past, but
this was not the case.