Richard Bernstein's cover for Andy Warhol's Interview magazine, November 1983 Olivia Newton-John : “I love gay people. They are so loyal and lovely to me. A lot of them have been touched by the message in Sordid Lives if they had or have a problem coming out to … [Read more...]
In Honor of His 121st Birthday: That Time Louis Armstrong Bumped The Beatles Off the Top Spot on the Pop Charts
The music and lyrics are by Jerry Herman, who also wrote the scores for many musicals including Mame (1966) and La Cage aux a Folles (1983). The song was first recorded by Carol Channing on the Original Broadway Cast album of Hello, Dolly! (1964). Before the show opened, jazz … [Read more...]
#WOWExclusive: Mike Taveira on Mark Ronson, Xtina & ‘Cut Velvet’ –”I’m Really Just a Sensitive, Sad, Hopeless Romantic…”
Photo Courtesy: Brendon Burton It's not often that rising pop stars are able to garner the attention of music powerhouses like Mark Ronson... But that is exactly what Mike Taveira was able to do, courtesy of a killer verse he wrote on his own for Ronson's track New Love. … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Natalie Wood
1973, via Wikimedia Commons July 20, 1938 – Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko: "The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby." The pallbearers at her funeral included: Fred Astaire, Rock Hudson, Elia Kazan, Laurence … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Cross-Dressing Entertainer, Gladys Bentley
Photographer unknown, 1940, Smithsonian Institute, public domain June 26, 1907- Gladys Bentley: "From the time I can remember anything, I never wanted a man to touch me. Soon I began to feel more comfortable in boys’ clothes than in dresses." In 1934, King's Terrace, a … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Singer / Songwriter, Jimmy Somerville
June 22, 1961 - Jimmy Somerville: "When disco came around the first time, there was this real core of progressive thinking and a positive lyrical content about freedom, the possibilities of love, change and expression." 1980s pop star, 1990s solo artist, Jimmy Somerville … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Writer, Mary McCarthy
1963, Library of Congress. New York World-Telegram & Sun Collection, Creative Commons, public domain June 21, 1912– Mary McCarthy: ”Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the … [Read more...]
History With Pride: 1983’s “Relax” from Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Written by Frankie Goes To Hollywood's lead singer Holly Johnson, bassist Mark O'Toole, and drummer Peter Gill, Relax was the first Frankie Goes to Hollywood single, and by far their biggest American hit. The band got its start in the late 1970s in Liverpool. Johnson claims … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Queer Icon, Boy George
2011, via Creative Commons June 14, 1961 - George O' Dowd: "The best thing you can do is work on your personality because we're all gonna get ugly." Who among us has not restrained a rent boy to a radiator? I mean you can't trust them to be left alone in the room. What … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor / Singer, Jim Nabors
June 12, 1930 - James Thurston Nabors: "Most people thought Gomer was stupid, dumb, a real klutz. But you study him, he really wasn't any of those things. Gomer just didn't want to see bad in anybody; you could never get him mad." Jim Nabors became a star playing the … [Read more...]
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