A
ABC: "One Better World"
7". Neutron NT114
UK. 1989.
"One Better World", "It doesn't matter if you're gay or if you're straight, and if it does you'll only fill the world with hate".

The Abuser: "Songs Of Sex. And Not Of War"
LP. Flux Meat 1
UK. 1984.
"On The Streets"; "Wan-King (The Chinese masturbator)" (MAST), "Abuse Me / Raped" (RAPE); "Fantasies"

Academy 23: "The Boy Next Door"
see "J. D's Top Ten Tape-Homocore Hit Parade"

A Cappella
see Choirs, Singing Groups (CHOR)

Accept: "Balls to the Wall"
LP. Polydor 815. 731-1, Lark 803 563 MC. 815. 731. 4
West Germany. 1983. Sung in English. Lyrics on inner sleeve. Heavy metal/heavy rock. •
"London Leatherboys" (3:57):(LOND) (LEAT) About leather guys.
"Head Over Heels" (4:25)(PUBL): "Down on my knees, help me please, don't know who's there in the dark, I'm starved for breath, can't feel my hands, clutching at the sound of people making love". (Sex in a public park).
"Love Child" "Don't know what I am, a woman or man...Feeling the power of lust when the guy's passing by, Wrecking one's brain and I'm going insane, Don't know why, Don't know what I am, A woman or a man, Many troubles behind me, I'm doing all I can". Also "Turn Me On"
This Cologne-based group consists of Udo Dirkschneider, Wolf Hoffmann, Hermann Frank, Peter Baltes & Stefan Kaufmann. Songs written by Accept and Deaffy and published by Breeze Music/Alfred K. Schacht. Also formed band U.D.O.
The band themselves (non-English speakers) were apparently unaware of the gay slant that their lyrics had been given. In their later albums they were much more careful!

Accept: "Take Him In My Heart"
LP. "Accept" Brain Records
Germany. 1983.

AC/DC
The Australian rock band disclaims any gay implications from their name and complained about their early bookings in gay clubs. However the cover of their "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" album features several unusual couples standing in front of a cheap motel (Black strips are over their eyes to conceal their identity). One of the couples is a pretty looking young man and a butch muscular guy in leather and chains.

"AC-DC Blues, Vol. 1: Gay Jazz Reissues"
LP. Stash ST-106
USA. 1977. (originally 1927-36). Background comments on cover. Mono. Jazz / Blues (COMP)(GLOP)(BLAC) Artwork °
Ruby Smith & Chris Albertson: "Buffet Flat Story" (5:13) (PROS) (PART) (ACTU)(see also Bessie Smith). Connie McLean's Rhythm Boys: "Sissy Man Blues" (2:47); Bessie Smith: "Foolish Man Blues" (2:43); Harlen Ham Fats: "Garbage Man" (2:25); Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band: "It's Tight Like That" (2:43); Ma Rainey: "Prove It On Me Blues" (2:32); Kokomo Arnold: " Sissy Man Blues" (2:56); George Hannah: "Boy In the Boat" (2:31); George Hannah: "Freakish Man Blues" (2:46); Bessie Jackson: "B. D. Woman's Blues" (2:51); Speckled Red: "Dirty Dozens" (3:02); Al Miller and his Swing Stompers: "Ain't That A Mess" (2:53); Peg Leg Howell: "Fairey Blues" (2:55)(FAIR); Bert (Snake Root) Hatton: "Freakish Rider Blues" (3:23) George Noble: "Sissy Man Blues" (2:37)
This collection of classic blues songs recorded between 1927 and 1936 represents the best compilation of music from "The Life"
(Lyrics, dates and other information can be found under artist).
see also "Straight and Gay"-Compilation
see also "Sissy Man Blues"- Compilation

Actors Express
see "The Harvey Milk Show" (see Milk)

Actuality Recordings (ACTU)
Live and documentary recordings of events, lectures etc.

"AC-DC Blues, Vol. 1:Gay Jazz Reissues"
Michael Callen "AIDS, Medicine and Miracles"
"June 28, 1970 Gay and Proud"
Joann Loulan "Gay Sexuality and Healing"
"The National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights"
Holly Near "Singer in the Storm: Life and Music of..."
Laurence Schiller (ed.) "Homosexuality in the American Male"
see also Literature
see also Documentaries

Margie Adam
US based singer and pianist who remained one of the most successful musicians in the women's music scene to stay outside the Olivia/Redwood groupings. Her work is of unusually high quality and her piano work has been featured on albums by Meg Christian and Casse Culver, Photos can be seen in Irene Young's book, "For The Record".
Contact (1999): www; www.MargieAdam.com

Margie Adam: "Songwriter"
LP. Pleiades Records PLE2747 (29708) MC. PC2747
USA. 1976. Artwork Lyrics on cover . Folk/beat. •
"Best Friend (The Unicorn Song)" (4:14): "Sweet Friend of Mine" (2:49)(vocal: Margie Adam & Meg Christian): "Sweet friend of mine we're growing together. sweet sister".(see version by Femmeuse).
"Beautiful Soul" (3:42)(vocals: Margie Adam, Vicki Randle & Cris Williamson): "I wonder where you are, lovable lady, I wonder what you're thinking, beautiful woman".
"Images"; "Lost In Inner Space"; "I've Got A Fury"; "Sleazy"; "Would You Like to Tapdance on the Moon?" (3:49)(vocals: Margie Adam, Cris Williamson & Vicki Randle):
Margie Adam wrote all songs. Released by M. A. 's own record company.

Margie Adam: "Naked Keys"
LP. Pleiades Records, HB2748. MC. PC2748
USA. 1980. Solo piano performances. Artwork •
"Waves" (2:10); "From The Beginning" (3:14); "Resting Place" (5:25); "Kensington Swing" (3:26); "For All The Times" (3:54); "Melo" (3:22): "Whimsy Salad" (2:50); "Woodland" (4:23); "Naked Keys" (3:39); "Chambers Chords" (5:31); "Seahorse" (4:10)
All compositions by Margie Adam, and published by Labyris Music, ASCAP.
"Traditionally, women musicians have been viewed as singers, no matter how stunning their instrumental work. It occurred to me that, if I ever expected to be identified as an instrumentalist, I would have to stop singing. " (Sleeve note).

Margie Adam: "We Shall Go Forth"
LP. Pleiades HB2749. MC. PC2749
USA. 1982. Live Recording (GLOP) Artwork•
"Sweet Friend Of Mine" (2:51)(see above); "Who Among Us" (5:11); "Letting Go" (3:18); "Baby Child (3:45); "Life Is Telling Me" (4:18); Tender Lady" (4:15) "Honor The Time" (2:37); "Dare To Struggle" (4:00); "Have A Little Compassion" (3:24); "I'm Not a Service Station" (2:34); "We Shall Go Forth" (4:13)

Margie Adam: "Here Is a Love Song"
LP. Pleiades HB2750. MC. PC2750
USA. 1983. Artwork •
"Time I Spent With You"; "Consequences"; "Cool Around You"; "How Many Ways"; "You Take My Breath Away"; "Undone"; "The Time Has Come"; "Thirty Days Notice"; "Simple Ways"; "Here Is A Love Song".
Non lesbian-specific love songs in a folk/jazz style.

Margie Adam, Honor Moore, Susan Griffin and Janet Marlow: "Take Hands"
MC. Watershed WS-166

Margie Adam: "The Best Of Margie Adam "
LP. Olivia 961. USA. 1993. GLAMA '96 nominee Artwork
"Best Friend (The Unicorn Song)" (4:17); "Waves" (2:10); "Beautiful Soul" (3:45); "Woodland" (4:11); "Would You Like To Tapdance On The Moon?" (3:48); "Melo" (3:22)); "Images" (3:14); "Naked Keys" (3:39); "Sleazy " (4:30); "You Take My Breath Away" (5:02); "Sweet Friend of Mine" (2:51 "Consequences" (3:38); "Tender Lady" (4:15); "Time I Spent " (2:38); "Who Among Us?" (5:11); "Thirty Days Notice" (3:22); "We Shall Go Forth! " (4:13); "Here Is A Love Song" (5:36)

Margie Adam: "Another Place"
LP. Pleiades
USA. 1993. GLAMA '96 nominee Artwork

Margie Adam "Soon And Again"
CD. Pleiades PC 2752
USA. 1995. Solo piano pieces.GLAMA '96 nominee Artwork
"Something About Us"(3:10); "Beautiful Soul / Tender Lady" (5:48); "Rings" (2:41); "River" (4:24); "Two Years Later" (4:18); "Go Ahead. Try Me!" (3:11); "Tenderland" (3:22); "Dancing Shoes" (2:50); "Heritage" (4:19); "Soon and Again" (4:12)
Produced by Barbara Higbie and Margie Adam.

Adam and the Ants (see Ant, Adam)

D. J. Adler: "Here And Now"
MC. Ariana Prod . (Private label)
USA. 1982. Lesbian. Cabaret/Folk. (GLOP)(CABA)°
Songs by D. J. Adler/Silverstream Music (BMI).
Side 1: "Lady Drifter" (3:11)"Loving woman, I need to find someone to love me. "Talking Gay Bar Blues" (3:47) You can meet almost anybody while getting drunk at a gay bar! Bluegrass patter song; (BARS) "For the First Time In My Life" (3:58)(VIRG)"Maybe I can go back to that bottle but I don't want to lose what you've given me. I thought you didn't care, I thought you were stoned" (DRUG); "Woman (My Lovely Woman)" (3:30)" Soft and graceful woman, won't you spend some time with me"; "Letting Go" (2:25), "I love you, babe. Enough to let you go. " (SEPA); "The Times Are Indeed Changing" (2:20)"Come sisters and brothers. Don't stand by in silence. If we go forth together they can't get us all!" (LIBE);
Side 2: "Politically Correct" (4:50)(FEMP)(CRUI)(GAYL)(COMI) Virgin singer is picked up by a group of dykes "We here live by just one code, all of our actions are politically correct". "But I know it's how we treat each other that really counts. To hell with it, I'm just going to be me"; "Time" (2:00); "Lament For A Battered Woman" (2:30)(FAMI), Song to mother; "A Song For Myself" (2:30), "Take me as I am"; "Falling In Love Is Easier" (4:00) ". When the one you're in love with is in love with you too"; "Womansong Rise Up" (LIBE) (HERS), "All through history women have been ignored. Sing a proud new song. Shed traditional roles! "
"Tuneful ballads and firm politics accompanied by solo guitar, on this sometimes hilarious example of agitprop" (J. M)

Adult Children Of Heterosexuals: "Adult Children Of Heterosexuals"
MC. Private Label
USA. 1993. (GLOP) Artwork
"I'm So Hard, So I'm So Easy", I Never Liked You Anyway"; "I Wanna Get Married" and "It's Risky".
Boston-based group which emerged from United Fruit Company which plays brazen avant-garde jazz with strong vocals. Abe Ryneck, who previously worked in cabaret theatre founded this 'not-quite rock band' which performed at The National March On Washington 1993 and in Westbeth Theatre Centre at Stonewall 25.
Contact (1994): 8 Westwood Road, Somerville MA 02143-1518

Adultery (ADUL)
Gay partnerships can be threatened by non-monogamy,, but the more frequent subject seems to be gays/lesbians who leave their heterosexual partners as part of the coming out process.

These are the predominant themes of the records;
Bellamy Brothers "My Wife Left Me For My Girlfriend"
The Communards "C Minor"
The Dicks "Saturday Night at the Bookstore"
Fascinating Aida "Another Man"
Free Hot Lunch 'My Wife and My Best Friend's Girl"
Elton John "All The Young Girls Love Alice"
Barbara Mason "Another Man"
Sarah-Jane Morris "Me and Mrs. Jones"
Thomas Richardson "Bill Goes Both Ways"
Peggy Scott-Adams "Bill"
Tribe 8 "Allen's Mom"
see also Promiscuity (PROM)

Anthony Adverse: "Red Shoes"
LP. el Records MONDE 5
UK. 1989.

Anthony Adverse: "Spin"
LP. el ACME22
UK. 1990.
UK woman (Julia Gilbert) performing in male clothing. (TVAA)
Produced by Mike Alway. One of the most consistently popular of all Èl artists, "Spin" sees Julia Gilbert teaming up with songwriter Daemion Barry. Daemion is credited with a host of TV themes and much incidental music.

Anthony Adverse: "The Incredible Anthony Adverse"
CD. MONDE 5 CD
UK. 1996?
Re-issue with unreleased supplementation of yet another international Èl classic based on the Powell and Pressburger film The Red Shoes (a major benchmark in the history of British Cinema) re-invented with style and poise through the songwriting of Louis Philippe. The infamous trio of sensual singles are all included here alongside "The Ruling Class"; "Our Fairy Tale"(FAIR) and "Imperial".

Advertisements (ADVS)
Personal ads are a major feature of the gay press and are used by many who find the commercial scene unpalatable. Likewise the representation of gays in advertisements has sometimes been cause for song.

Carolina Brauckmann "Kleinanzeigen"
Gil Cerisay " J. H. cherche J. H. "
Derivative Duo "Classified"
Lewis Furey "Top Ten Sexes"
Housemartins "Five Get Over Excited"
Pansy Division "Boyfriend Wanted"
Pédalos "Les petites annonces"
Jan Rot "The Ad"
Tom Wilson "Personals"

and on product advertising;
Pansy Division "Touch My Joe Camel"
Chris Ransome "Advertisements for Heterosexuality"/
Judy Small "The Advertising Game"
Robyn Tyler "Commercials

Aerosmith: "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)"
LP. "Permanent Vacation" Geffen MC. M5G 24162
USA. 1987. (TVAA)°
Heavy rock track about a straight man who unwittingly picks up a transsexual. Reached the US Top 10., when examined the lyrics seem less hostile than usually first assumed. It's an easy mistake after all!
Lyrics by Desmond Child (see below)

Age of Consent: "Gay History Rap"
(HIST)
Private Recording?

A; Grumh: "Bad British"
CD. "Silver Circle Under Plastic Cover" Play It Again Sam
Belgium. 1987.

AIDS (AIDS)
A dominant theme of gay material in the 1980's and 90's. Many unlisted benefit/protest/solidarity singles have been produced. Overtly and implicitly gay discs (see listing under artist) include:

Travis John Alford Band "Lucky Pierre"
"All That He Was" Original Cast Recording
Alliance "Give A Helping Hand"
G. G. Allin & The AIDS Brigade "Expose Yourself To Kids"
Peter Alsop: "Gotta Lotta Livin' To Do" "And Trouble Came- Musical Responses to AIDS" Christian Andreason "Everybody Else"
Apache Indian "AIDS Warning"
Army Of Lovers "Life is Fantastic"
Patti Austin "We're All In This Together"
B-Art "Use The Rubber"
Laura Berkson "To Be Strong"
Dan Bern "Cure For AIDS"
Sandra Bernhard: "Excuses For Bad Behaviour, Part One"
Blind "Silence = Death. Action = Life"
Blow Monkey's "Digging Your Scene"
"Blue" Original Soundtrack
Borghesia "Ogolelo Mesto / Rugged City"
Boy George "Cheapness and Beauty"
Billy Bragg "Sexuality"
Billy Bragg "Trust"
Bronski Beat "Dr. John"
David Brown "Splendid Wings"
Burgess/Phillips "I'll Remember"
Michael Callen "Living In Wartime"
Michael Callen "Songs For The AIDIES"
Michael Callen "AIDS, Medicine and Miracles"
Casselberry & Dupreé "Hot Corn In The Fire"
Neneh Cherry "I've Got You Under My Skin"
Keith Christopher "Naked Truth"
Coil "Tainted Love"
Coil "Horse Rotovator"
Julian Cope "Safe Surfer"
John Corigliano "Symphony No. 1 / Of Rage and Remembrance"
Cruise Control "No Condom, No Sex"
Ed Diamond "God Is Gay"
"Dirty Dreams Of A Clean-Cut Kid"; Original Cast Recording
Dr. Fish "AIDS"
Dr. Larsen "AIDS"
Dub Poets Dub "AIDS"
"Elegies" Original Cast Recording
"Falsettoland" Original New York Cast
Harvey Fierstein "This Is Not Going To Be Pretty"
Flirtations "Living In Wartime"
Bill Folk "Ballad For A Friend"
Folk Devils "Isolation Is The Best Protection"
Scott Free "Getting Off"
Andy Freilich "Dragons"
Fruit Cocktail "No More Fear"
Diamanda Galas "The Masque of the Red Death"
Get Outta School "AIDS"
Guns N' Roses "One In A Million"
"Heartkeys- The AIDS Memorial Album"
The High "PWA"
The Impotent Sea Snakes: "I Caught AIDS From a Dead Man"
Janet Jackson "Together Again"
Elton John "The Last Song"
Kinsey Sicks "Dragapella!"
Kitchens of Distinction "Hammer"
King Kong "AIDS"
Lisa Koch "Light Of A Memory"
La Tour "People Are Still Having Sex"
Patty Larkin "God And You...G. A. Y"
Cyndi Lauper "Boy Blue"
Cyndi Lauper "Say a Prayer''
Kristin Lems "Someone's Missing"
Laura Love "Things I've Heard People Think"
McCarthy "God Made The Virus"
Peter Metro "AIDS A Go Round"
Microdisney "The Rack"
Mr. Tim "Another Man"
Geof Morgan "High Risk"
Holly Near "Sky Dances"
Noel "Silent Morning"
Jelsa Palao "Stop Foolin' Around"
Jelsa Palao "Take My Hands"
Andrew Paralic "Too Little Too Late"
Pet Shop Boys "Being Boring"
Pet Shop Boys "Dreaming Of The Queen"
Positive Voices "Until It's Over"
Prince "Sign O' The Times"
Queen "Innuendo"
Toshi Reagon "Foolish Attitudes"
Lou Reed "Halloween Parade"
Risen From the Ranks "AIDS"
Tom Robinson "Hostage"
Tom Robinson "Blood Brother"
Tom Robinson "Can't Stand The Silence"
Tom Robinson "If I Had My Chance"
Tom Robinson "Connecticut" (for Dan Hartman)
Romanovsky and Phillips "Living With Aids"
Second Opinion "Names"
David Sereda "The Blue Guide"
Sick Pleasure "AIDS"
Joseph Victor Sieger "The Boys In The Backroom"
"Silencio=Muerte" Various Artists
Sister George "Virus Envy"
Slojack "It's All Over, "
Jimmy Somerville "Read My Lips"
Doug Stevens "HIV Blues"
Doug Stevens "Act Up"
Peter Stone "Aids Music CD. "
John Topping "Tears On The Lawn"
Turtle Creek Chorale "When We No Longer Touch"
Magnus Uggla "Passionsfrukt"
U2 "One"
Robert Urban "We Are The Haunted
Garth Valentine "In Memory Of All Those Who Have Died Of AIDS"
Colonel Josey Wales "Want No AIDS"
Warpath "Silence = Death"
Mark Weigle "If It Wasn't Love"
Williams Brothers "Don't Look Now"
Cris Williamson "Mother, Mother "
Tom Wilson Weinberg "Ten Percent Revue"
Tom Wilson Weinberg "High Risk For Afraids"
Andrew Worton-Steward "Andy's Requiem"
Y'ALL "Oh Lord, Please Come Help Me Today"
Yellowman "AIDS"

Benefits for Aids Charities (not listed above) have been released by;
"The AIDS Quilt Songbook"
Patrick Cowley "Megamedley"
East Pacific Symphony: "Somewhere Over...
"Feeding The Flame"
"Free, Gay and Happy" Various Artists
"Gay Happening" Various Artists
"Gay Happening 2" Various Artists
"Heartkeys- The AIDS Memorial Album"
Hellun (Zelluf) "Hellun's Geloof, Hoop en Lu-LuLiefde"
Benny Johannsen "Don't Say The Words"
Elton John "Sacrifice" (and later 7" singles)
George Michael/Elton John "Don't Let The Sun Go Down"
"No Alternative" Various Artists
"Red Hot and Blue" Various Artists
"Red Hot and Dance" Various Artists
Tim Seelig "Everything's Possible
Sid Spencer "Chasin' That Neon Rainbow"
"'Til Things Are Brighter" Various Artists
Turtle Creek Chorale "When We No Longer Touch"
Dionne (Warwick) and Friends "That's What Friends Are For"
Y'ALL "Oh Lord, Please Come Help Me Today "

On speculation about a cure;
Dan Bern "Cure For AIDS"
Jan Rot "1992 and I did survive"
John Whitley/ Peter Saxe "History Remembers"

Educational and therapeutic recordings include;
Michael Callen "AIDS, Medicine and Miracles"
Joann Loulan "Gay Sexuality and Healing"
see also Safe Sex

AIDS (Death of artistes)
Although it is sometimes difficult to ascertain the date and cause of the death of an artiste, I have conceded to requests to provide an up to date summary of those who have died in the AIDS pandemic. I do not guarantee the accuracy of the following list and it will certainly not be complete, but it stands as a memorial to our increasing loss. (Please correct or add to this list if you have better information. )
In chronological order;
1983
Klaus Nomi
1984
Don Paul Yowell
1985
Ricky Wilson? (B-52's)
1986
Esquirita
1987
Liberace
1988
Lynn Frizzell
Sylvester
1989
Patrick Cowley
1990
Craig Russell
Vito Russo
Vaughan Williams (Insinnuendos)
1991
Joe Bracco
Jacques Morali (producer)
T. J. Myers (Flirtations)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Vaughan Toulouse (Department S. )
Peter Allen
Stephen Grossman
1992
Diva Dan (Bloolips)
Hellun (Zelluff)
1993
Kris Kirk (author and critic)
Gustavo Motta
Michael Callen (Flirtations)
1994
Dan Hartman
Miles Davis (?)
Derek Jarman (Film director)
Toby Kettle
1995
Travis John Alford
Portia Manson (1995?) Editor of 'Hippydick' queer zine
1996
Sid Spencer
1997
Louis A. Botto
Dean X Johnson
Fela Kuti (1997)
1998
Keith Christopher

(AIDS deaths: dates not confirmed)
Alan Murphy (Level 42)
Mikki Zone (Man 2 Man)

"AIDS! The Musical"
see "Family Jewels: Gems of Rainbow Stage"

"Ain't Nuthin But A She Thing": Various Artists
CD. Polygram / London
USA. 1995. (COMP)
Salt N' Pepa: "Ain't Nuthin But A She Thing"; Annie Lennox: "Mama"; Luscious Jackson: "69 Anée Ertotiques"; Melissa Etheridge: "The Weakness In Me"; Andi Oliver: "Woman of the Ghetto"; "Vanessa Williams: "Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly"; Queen Latifah: "Hard Times"; Come: "Cimarron"; Patti Smith: "Don't Smoke In Bed"; Sinead O'Connor "M'na na h Eireann (Women of Ireland)"
Several lesbian (-related) artists on this LP of women's rock sold to benefit Shirley Divers Foundation for Women.

Laurence Aitken: "Pussy Price"
(BISE) (REGG)
Reggae song compares the expense of getting "pussy" and the cheaper homosexual alternative; "batty take over"

Karen Akers: "Live From Rainbow & Stars"
Songs from the gay musical "When Pigs Fly" (see below) are included on her latest album.
Her voice has brought her starring roles in the musicals "Nine" and "Grand Hotel," and she has acted in films directed by Woody Allen and Mike Nichols.

Chris Albertson:
Biographer of Bessie Smith (see below). Interviews Ruby Walker on "AC/DC Blues" (see above)

Albita
Albita was a commissioned singer for the Cuban government but defected to Mexico. Moved to the US where she eventually made her way to Miami and the music clubs of Little Havana. Her stage presence, her deep, resonant voice, the percolating mambo rhythms of her music, her penchant for wearing "men's" suits, all helped make her a local sensation and attracted the enthusiasm of the famous, including Madonna.

Albita: "Valga El Brillo De Tus Ojos "
MC. "Dicen que..." (translated as "Rumour Has It")
USA. / Cuba. 1996.
Translated as "Rumour Has It", this will definitely start hips a' swivelling, and may start the press talking. Called 'The Latin k. d. lang'. Promoted as "The Diva of South Beach," she is Miami's hottest Cuban sensation, with a much commented-upon androgynous image of tailored suits and slicked-back hair, (somewhat reminiscent of Annie Lennox in her Eurythmics' days). Albita remarks that "by the second song of my performances, people aren't focusing on what I look like, but are listening to the music. " She adds: "I am definitely not the typical Latin woman. I'm blond and I'm thin and that's not a typical Latin look. I like to wear comfortable clothes when I perform. " She recognizes that "people need to find a reference point to express their impressions of me. "
In 1997 she femmed herself up, evoking a more glamorous image. No verification regarding sexual orientation.

Alexander: "Gimme Luv"
see "Wigstock": Soundtrack

Trisha Alexander: "Lately I See"
LP. "Gay And Straight Together" Folkways Recs FS 8580
USA. 1981. Folk compilation. Lyrics enclosed. °
"Lately I See" (1:24):

Travis John Alford Band: "Lucky Pierre"
LP. "Lucky Pierre", Word Domination 0040,
USA. 1996. (GLOP) º
Travis John Alford died in December 1995 of complications due to AIDS. "Lucky Pierre" is the musical legacy he has graced us with.
Originally these 16-track demos were recorded during the last two years of Travis' life. These 10 tracks are songs Travis had been collecting for some years before his passing. A perfectionist (as any great artist must be), Travis had just landed a contract with Twist Management and was awaiting a chance at better production value to present these songs in, when his illness took a turn for the worse. As it became apparent that time was running out, friends convinced Travis to go into the studio to remix what was already there. The 10 tracks on "Lucky Pierre" are the fruits of his labor. The songs on "Lucky Pierre" range in scope from the pure pop ("Tumbleweed"; "Sweetie" and "Glory Hole" which could very well be the Pretenders meet John Rechy; all are full of sass and bump & grind while remaining un-apologetically sleazy. ) to un-apologetic anthems like "It may be evil but it's true", and "Make it Last". "The devil kings of Sodom" connotes Kenneth Anger's film Scorpio Rising. "We're in your cities and in your towns and I think I'll stay around" connotes Anger's images of gay bikers and rock and roll greasers bashing back. Things quiet down for the atmospheric "Warm Tonight" where love and dread of love lives on while we hear Genet's "Querelle" lone whistle down by the docks. There is the brash Dolls-ish "Lucky Pierre" where Travis created a mantra for the sexually insane that will hopefully live on way past all our years. Only Travis could have written lyrics like "Piston hipped Mother-fucker, right on!" and gotten away with it. Other insights such as "We committed a sex crime and we both got guns, an infamous crime against nature is happening here or so they say" or "Even though your leather is cliché, I like what it has to say anyway and your hair is so greasy, it's a great social lube" are pure rock and roll.
Travis goes on to comfort a troubled kid (himself?) in "Weep Below the Waist" who has been informed of his HIV status, "So they told you that you're dying, well don't take it so hard. " The final track, "Dry Heave Lover" is actually the last recording Travis made 2 months before his death.

Alive: "Alive!"
LP. Urana Records, ST-WWE-84.
USA. 1979. Jazz-fusion. Accompanying lyric sheet.
"Somebody Talkin'To You"; "Rhiannon"; "Part Of Me/Changes"; "Spirit Healer"; "City Life"; "...Dark Side Of The Moon"; "Yemaya/Sister Of The Fishes"
"Part Of Me/Changes" (8:15)(rhiannon):
"We believe in the revolutionary and spiritual power of music (The women of Alive). " Bay Area jazz group consisting of Barbara Borden, Carolyn Brandy, rhiannon, Janet Small, Susanne Vincenza.

Alive: "Call It Jazz"
LP. Redwood Records RR 8484.
USA. 1981. Jazz-fusion. (JAZZ)
Recorded live, 17. -19. May 1981 in San Francisco.

Alive: "City Life"
LP. Alive 543. MC. C-543
USA. 1984. (JAZZ)•
"City Life"(3:43); "Diamonds Are Where You Find Them"(5:29); "Happy Ending"(3:43); "Afreaka"(3:41); Skindo Le Le"(3:56); "Anouman - Lazy Afternoon"(4:43); "What Is Life"(4:01); "Four" (3:03)

"All Over Me,"
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack CD. TVT Records
USA. 1997. (FILM)
The soundtrack from the movie "All Over Me," a film about coming-of-age and coming out of the closet(COMI). Leisha Hailey of The Murmurs, who stars in the movie, provided a track called "Squeezebox Day. " Other female- fronted acts of interest on the soundtrack include Ani Difranco, The Amps, Babes In Toyland And The Patti Smith Band.

"All That He Was": Original Cast Recording
CD. AEI 022,
USA. 1993. (FAMI)(MEDI)(MUSI)
(Recorded Tamirind Theatre, Hollywood, CA) Songs mostly from the point of view of those grieving about a man who just died of AIDS with their individual thoughts and regrets (from the lover, mother, brother, girlfriend, sister...none of the characters are given names). songs, with character singing it given in brackets: "All That He Was" (Company); "I Want One Day" (Deceased Man); "No More Crying Please" (Mother, Sister, Brother); "Somewhere Between" (Brother); "Things Are Looking...(Doctors); "Another Today" (Doctor); "Candlelight" (Lover, Friend); "Understand" (Lover); "I Wont Cry" (Man, Girlfriend); "Our First Christmas" (Man, Lover); "All That He Was" (Reprise)(Girlfriend); "Now You Know The Story" (The Teachers); "I Don't Recall" (Friend); "Save Our World" (Sister, Activist); "Understand" (Reprise)(Company); "Believe" (Man, Lover); "We Need Each Other Now" (Mother, Brother, Lover, Girlfriend); "We Need Each Other More Now" (Finale)(Company)

"All That He Was"
see "Family Jewels: Gems of Rainbow Stage"

David Allen "Gay"
LP. "Divided Alien Playbox 80" Charly CR 30218.
UK. 1984. (GLOP)

Lillian Allen: "Why Do We Have To Fight"
LP. MC. CD, "Conditions Critical" Redwood Records RR8802
USA. 1989. (REGG)
Canadian reggae and dub-poet.

Lillian Allen; "Revolutionary Tea Party"
LP. MC. Verse To Vinyl RR8807 (Redwood)
USA. 1986. (POET)(REGG)

Peter Allen (born Peter Woolnough, Australia , 1944-June 1991)
Peter Allen, popular cabaret pianist and songwriter began performing with Chris Bell as The Allen Brothers (his cohorts were rumored to be his lovers). He became a protégé of Judy Garland, opening her shows until Peter got engaged to Liza Minelli. At the end of his 3-year marriage in 1967 the group split and Allen moved on to a solo career. His career as cabaret artist and singer-songwriter brought him popularity on TV as well as a wide association with show ballads, several of which seem to contain wry comments on sexuality. He joked during Broadway concerts "Yes, I'm bilingual".
He wrote "Don't Cry Out Loud"," (I Go To) Rio", music for the film "Arthur", and "I Honestly Love You" which was a hit for Olivia Newton-John", also wrote and starred in a Broadway Musical, "Legs Diamonds". Allen died of AIDS related illness in 1992.
In 1998 Allen's life was used in the biographical musical "The Boy From Oz" (see below)

Peter Allen: "This Side Show's Leaving Town"
LP. "Continental American" A&M SP 3183 (USA), SP 3643 (UK)
USA. 1974. •
"This Side Shows Leaving Town" (Allen/ Bayer-Sager) (7:44), "Goodbye to the kid down the hall / He sure was lots of fun / Been just like a daughter to me / That little one. "

Peter Allen: "Harbour"
LP. "Taught By Experts" A&M SP 4584(USA)
USA. 1974.
"Harbour" (Allen) (3:36) "I'm not your little harbour anymore...won't you be my little soldier".

Peter Allen: "Audience"
2LP. "It's Time For Peter Allen" A&M AMLM 63706 (UK)
USA. 1977.
"Audience" (Allen) (3:14) "Good-natured ladies come and sit, smilin' up at me / and backward boys would linger 'til after three"

Peter Allen: "I Could Have Been A Sailor"
LP. A&M Records SP-4739 (USA), AMID 134, AMLH 64739
USA. 1979. Lyrics enclosed
"Two Boys" (3:27)(Words and music: Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager & Peter Allen): "Two Boys growing up and leaving home/each an island on his own/Today one's a man who'll never cry/The other lets the girls go by/and they never let their feelings show /afraid to let the other know. /Two Boys. " (see version by Jan-Simon Minkema)
"If You Were Wondering" (4:47)(Words and Music: Peter Allen): "If you were wondering/ who I am/ I am a man/ just like any other man/ unlike any other man. "
"We've Come to an Understanding" (3:51)(Words and Music: Peter Allen) "My lover and I do very well/ since we've decided to kiss and tell/...But something happened since we set each other free/ I'm not getting off like I'm supposed to be/ Cause no one loves me the way that you love me/. "
"Paris At 21" (6:58)(Words and Music: Peter Allen): "Then lovers were younger than I/ They never let their chance go by. " "Took Colette and Proust to read/ Let down my guard and made friends with Lou Reed. " Sleeve depicts china model of six sailors arm in arm. (GLIT)

Peter Allen: "Bi-Coastal"
LP. A&M Records SP-4825 (USA), AMLH 64825 (UK).
USA. 1980. Lyrics incl. Pop (soft).
"Simon" (3:25)"Simon, Simon was kind to me/ and every day was something new for us to share/. Never had a doubt that Simon would be there/ Forever and ever. " "Simon's run away to wed the only girl he ever loved/ He just called to tell me so/ 'cause I'm his best friend you know. "
"Bi-coastal" (4:22) "All those girls in TV movies, all those boys on Broadway / When you can't make up your mind, you know you'd go either way, Bi-coastal..." (BISE) also on LP. "The Best of..." A&M SP 3207
Other non-gender-specific songs about "sugar daddies" and rejection in love.

Peter Allen: "Not The Boy Next Door"
LP. Arista 205198
USA. 1983. •
"Not The Boy Next Door" (6:53) "You can have your dreams/ But you can't have me/ 'cos I am not the boy next door/ I don't belong like I did before. "

Peter Allen: "Not The Boy Next Door"
see "Club Verboten"

Peter Allen: "Live At Carnegie Hall"
2LP. Arista 18275-1
USA. 1985. •
includes live recordings of;
"The Boy Next Door" (see above); "I Could Have Been A Sailor" (see above)

Peter Allen
see Michael Callen "Love Don't Need A Reason"

Alliance: "Give A Helping Hand "
7". Riff Records APS RIFF 0501.
Denmark. 1985. Pop. (GLOP) (CHAR)°
"Give A Helping Hand" (4:47), "Giving it to your brother/ Give a Helping hand" (AIDS) / The Saddest And Loneliest World (4:51)"
Advanced funk mix by Rick Latham. Words and music: Ian Flexman. . Sleeve; "Buying this record you are helping the research of the Foundation Against AIDS. "

G. G. Allin & The AIDS Brigade: "Expose Yourself To Kids"
7". Homestead Recs
UK. 1988. (AIDS)

G. G. Allin: "Freaks, Faggots, Drunks & Junkies"
(PUNK)
USA. 1988. (release)
"My Revenge"; "Dope Money"; "Be My Fuckin' Whore (Allin, GG)"; "Suck My Ass It Smells"; "Dog Shit"; "Wild Riding"; "Sleeping in My Piss"; "Anti Social Masturbator (Allin, GG)"; "Last in Line for the Gang Bang"; "Die When You Die"; "Commit Suicide"; "Crash & Burn"; "Outlaw Scumfuc"; "Caroline & Sue"; "Cunt Sucking Cannibal"; "Family"; "Young Little Meat"; "I Wanna Kill You"; "My Bloody Mutilation".
With subject matter somehow outdoing both the performances and recording quality in terms of crudeness (no mean feat), "Freaks, Faggots, Drunks and Junkies" may be the definitive G. G. Allin album, if for no other reason than that it marks the first appearance of many Allin songs that have since been endlessly repackaged on compilations and live recordings. Allin jumps unpredictably from discussions of drugs, violence, and excretory functions to sexual fetishes ranging from the simply degrading to rape, pedophilia, and "anti social masturbation" (sic). Most intentionally shocking stuff like this comes off as forced and stupid, but the defective Allin's obvious instability renders it unforced and stupid. Tunes like "Die When You Die," "Last In Line for the Gang Bang," "Young Little Meat," "Suck My Ass It Smells," and signature song "Outlaw Scumfuc" are enough to shake anyone's faith in humanity down to its very foundations. Allin's entire output ranks as perhaps the worst music ever recorded; this is its clearest expression.

Almighty Blast
Record label producing 'soft' gay product including; Gay Anthems, Gay Classics, UK Gay Classics, ABBAcadabra

Marc Almond (née Peter Almond)
Marc Almond first came to public notice in the group Soft Cell (with David Ball) in 1981 ("Tainted Love" reached No. 1 in the UK. August '81). After the group split in 1983, and a brief project with Marc and the Mambas (see below), he started a solo career with only moderate success, though gaining some cult' following and scoring a hit in duet with Bronski Beat ("I Feel Love"-see below).
Inspired by Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Marc Bolan and the New York Dolls, he spent his first five years in pop ducking media questions about his homosexuality before coming out in 1986.
Much of his solo material shows a gay sensibility and there have been several homo-erotic references in the pop videos which accompany them. In the late eighties he became associated with mournful retrospective ballads. hearkening back to the days of cabaret singers, updating it with that sound for dance clubs of the '80s.
The main themes of his work were established early on. Before he properly started a solo career, Marc Almond formed Marc and the Mambas, a loose congregation that featured Matt Johnson of The The and Annie Hogan. "Untitled" (1983), the group's first album, featured covers of Lou Reed, Syd Barrett, and Jacques Brel, the Belgian songwriter who he emulated throughout his career. Almond went on to cover many of the Brel songs, which he had learned from the records of Scott Walker. Almond added a self-conscious element of camp with his Euro-disco and occasionally sleazy lyrics. "Torment and Toreros" (1983), Marc and the Mambas' second album, explored this path in more detail than "Untitled," only to an orchestral background. After its release, the group broke up.
In 1984 he released a (posthumous) Soft Cell album, "Last Night in Sodom", and then another in 1994, "Down In The Subway".

Marc Almond: "Torment and Toreros"
LP. MC. CD Some Bizarre
UK. 1983.

Marc Almond: "Soul Inside" b/w "L'Esqualita"
7".
UK. 1984.
"L'Esqualita" (TVAA)(NEWY), about a New York Puerto Rican drag club.

Marc Almond: "Vermin in Ermine"
LP. Some Bizarre BZS 2510 Vertigo 8228331
UK. 1984. •
"Shining Sinners" (5:30), "Hell Was A City" (5:00), "You Have" (5:05), "Crime Sublime" (3:15)(CRIM), "Gutter Hearts" (5:30); "Ugly Head" (4:36), "The Boy Who Came Back" (4:50), "Solo Adultas" (3:20), "Tenderness Is Weakness" (3:40).
Almond began to hit his stride with this album, which fulfilled most of his campy cabaret fantasies. "Stories of Johnny", released the following year, was more cohesive, spawning a British hit with the title song. Even though he maintained a cult following in England and various parts of Europe, his records were not being released in the U. S.

Marc Almond: "Stories of Johnny" b/w "Blond Boy", "Take My Heart"
12" single. Virgin 602 023-213
UK. 1985. •
Video promo includes homo-erotic scenes of a naked boy rolling on his bed (autobiographical?).

Marc Almond: "Stories of Johnny"
LP. Virgin 207 287-620. Some Bizarre Bonk1, (N. Z. )Faith1
UK. 1985. •
"Traumas, Traumas, Traumas"; "Stories of Johnny"; "The House Is Haunted"; "Love Letter"; "The Flesh Is Willing"; "Always"; "Contempt"; "I Who Never"; "My Candle Burns"; "Love and Little White Lies"

Marc Almond: "Violence And Silence"
CD. Limited edition

Marc Almond "A Woman's Story"
LP.

Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners: "Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters"
LP. Ariola 208221. MC. 408. 221. 630. CD. 258 221 222
UK. 1987. Pop°
Side 1; "Mother Fist" (4:24)(MAST); "There Is A Bed" (4:43) "Saint Judy" (5:49)(GARL), "The Room Below" (3:23), "Angel In Her Kiss" (3:40), "The Hustler" (3:10). "Over there, by the wall/ stands the hustler, he's not very tall/ He found it hard at first/ but on his brow there sits a curse/ The young will suffer at the hands of men" (PROS)
Side 2: "Melancholy Rose" (3:24), "Mr Sad" (3:46) "The Sea Says" (3:59) "Champ" (4:19) "Ruby Red" (3:26)(GARL), "The River" (5:10)
"Ruby Red" was released as a 7" single, (Arista Glow 3. )
Album includes numerous references to gay culture, Judy Garland and "The Wizard Of Oz" as well as several overtly gay songs.

Marc Almond & The Willing Sinners: "Glow".
12"EP. Masochistic cover.

Marc Almond: "The Stars We Are"
LP. MC. Capitol C4 91042
UK. 1988. •
"Stars We Are" (Almond, Marc ); "These My Dreams Are Yours" (Almond, Marc); "Bitter Sweet" (Almond, Marc) "Let's go to paradise, Jack, Paradise Jack"; "Only the Moment" (Almond, Marc ); "Your Kisses Burn" (Almond, Marc); "Very Last Pearl" (Almond, Marc); "Tears Run Rings" (Almond, Marc); "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" (Cook, Roger ); "Sensualist" (Almond, Marc ); "She Took My Soul in Istanbul" (Almond, Marc ); "Kept Boy" (Almond, Marc ); "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" (Cook, Roger )
A brighter, more welcoming album that revived his commercial career. In addition to a duet with Nico on "Your Kisses Burn," Almond duetted with Gene Pitney on Pitney's own "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart," which became a number one single. Stars We Are also became his first album released in the U. S. since Soft Cell.

Marc Almond: "Jacques"
LP. CD Rough Trade 1-355
UK. 1989. •
"Jackie", "authentic queers"
Collection of songs by the Belgian singer/songwriter Jacques Brel.

Marc Almond; "Enchanted"
LP. Parlophone PCS 7344
UK. 1990. Cover artwork by Pierre et Gilles.

Marc Almond: "Tenement Symphony"
LOP
UK. 1991.
"Jacky" (Jacques Brel)

Marc Almond: "Champagne"
LP. "Tenement Symphony"
UK. 1991.

Marc Almond: "The Days of Curly Spencer"
LP.
UK. 1991.

Marc Almond: "A Virgin's Tale"
LP.
UK. 1992.
"The Heel"; "Surabaya Johnny"

Marc Almond: "A Virgin's Tale - Volume 2"
LP.
UK. 1992.

Marc Almond: "My Hand Over My Heart"
see "Get Out": Various Artists

Marc Almond: "Twelve Years Of Tears"
CD. LP. Sire Records Company, 9 45247-2(live recording) (WEA)
UK. 1993.
"What Makes A Man A Man"; "So many times we have to pay for having fun and being gay, It's not amusing...There's always those who spoil our games by, finding fault and calling names, always accusing..." Marc finally wraps his tonsils around a gay anthem. (see versions by Charles Aznavour, Reg Livermore, Larry Paulette, etc.)
"Tenderness Is Weakness"; "Black Heart"; "Vision"; "Tears Run Rings"; "Jacky"
See also Boys United Promo CD

Marc Almond: "What Makes A Man A Man"
CD. Wigstock" Sire 61818,
USA. 1995.

Marc Almond: "What Makes A Man A Man"
see also "Boys United": Compilation

Marc Almond: "Adored and Explored"
7". Phonogram
UK. 1995.

Marc Almond: "Absinthe"
LP..
UK. 1993.

Marc Almond: "Treasure Box"
2CD.
UK. 1995.
"City Of Nights"; "Waifs and Strays"; "King of the Fools"; "The Libertine's Dream"; "Only The Moment"; "The Gambler"; "Tears Run Rings"; "Everything I Wanted Love To Be"; "Something Gotten Hold Of My Heat"; "Bittersweet"; "The Frost Comes Tomorrow"; "She Took My Soul In Istanbul"; "The Stars We Are"; "A Lover Spurned"; "Real Evil"; "Exotica Rose"; "The Desperate Hours"; "Old Jack's Charm"; "These My Dreams Are Yours"; "The Sea Still Sings"; "Madame De La Luna"; "Death's Story"; "Toreador In The Rain"; "Orpheus In Red Velvet"; "The Sensualist"

Marc Almond: "Fantastic Star
CD. Mercury
UK. 1996.

Marc Almond: "Absinthe: the French Album
CD. Thirsty Ear
UK. 1996.

Marc Almond
see Bronski Beat and Marc Almond
see Coil; "Tainted Love"
see Gene Pitney

Alphaville: "Big In Japan"
7". WEA Int. Y9505
LP. "Forever Young" LP. WEA 240. 4811(NL), 24. 0536-1 (UK), Atlantic 80186-1, MC. 240 4814
UK. 1984. °
"Big In Japan" (M. Gold/B. Lloyd/ M. Simon/ F. Mertens) "Here's my comeback on the road again/ Things will happen while they can/ I will wait here for my man tonight/ it's easy when you're big in Japan"

Alphaville: "Romeos"
LP. "The Breathtaking Blue"

Alphaville: "Jet Set"
LP. "Forever Young"

Als Je Maar Gezond Band: "Lieve Jongens" b/w"Vader & Zoon"
CD. BMG 74321 328502
Netherlands. 1995. (GLOP)Pink triangle on CD. •
"Lieve Jongens" (2:46), "Sweet Boys" says the title but the tune is Orbison's "Pretty Woman": "Vader & Zoon" (3:29)(=Father & Son" (PARE)
see Jan Rot

Peter Alsop: "Hopelessly Heterosexual"
LP. "Uniforms", Flying Fish 256,
USA. 1981. Folk /pop. Artwork
"Hopelessly Heterosexual"; sung from the point of view of a heterosexual man whose best friend is gay and attracted to him. He sings about how he doesn't "feel the same" but not homophobic in the least.
"On Sunday morning when you come knocking on my door, I'd rather watch the Super Bowl than attempt to explore...So don't hold it against me...and I'll be your best friend. By the way...can I still borrow your car?"

Peter Alsop: "Gotta Lotta Livin' To Do"
CD. "Feeding The Flame": Benefit Concert (see below)
USA. 1990. (AIDS)
"I've got a friend with AIDS and someday he might die, but someday, so will you and someday so will I. I'll tell you what I'm thinking of: when we're afraid, we just can't love, and loving's how I want to be so I don't let fear take over me. "
A Ph. D in Educational psychology informs the tuneful ditties of this award-winning family entertainer. A straight, but informed contribution to the "Feeding The Flame " project.

Alternative Tentacles
Record label owned by Jello Biafra.
Roster includes; The Dicks, Alice Donut, Tribe 8.
Contact (1996): Box 419092 San Francisco, CA 94141-9092 www; Alternative Tentacles

Alternative TV: "Sniffin' Glue"
LP.
UK. 1978? (PUNK)

Alternative TV: "Love Lies Limp"
LP. Action Time Vision" Deptford Fun City DLP05
UK. 1979.

Alvaro: "Drinking My Own Sperm"
7".
UK. 197? Punk (PUNK)
"Drinking My Own Sperm" (MAST)

Always: "Thames Valley Leather Club"
LP.
UK. 1988. (LEAT)

Always: "Looking For Mr Wright"
LP. Suburbs of Hell SOH 005
UK. 1990.
"My Funny Uncle"

Amasong: "Over Here The Water Is Sweet" .
CD. Private Release.
USA. 1997. (CHOR)
"Strange Fruit". GLAMA '97 winner; "Soon I Will Be Done", a tribute to Sojourner Truth, Harriet Tubman, and Audre Lorde, stirs the listener with its rhythms and rich layering of voices. The haunting "Strange Fruit" first performed by Billie Holiday, is presented a cappella. Todor Todorka features two solitary women moving towards each other, sung in the undulating Balkan style (where one's voice must be heard from mountain to mountain).
'Dedication to the pursuit of choral excellence within an atmosphere that celebrates all forms of women's devotion to women' is how Amasong's founding director defines the mission of this 50-woman Lesbian Feminist chorus from Illinois. Sung in 11 different languages, the songs on this collection focus on the traditions, life experiences, and history of women -- ranging from ancient to contemporary, from the spiritual to the political, but always powerful.
Contact (1998) PO Box 4127 Urbana, IL 61803 (217) 328-6068.

Catherine D'Amato: "First Loves"
LP. Hilltown 5755. MC. Hilltown C-5755
USA. 19??
"I Love A Woman"; "A Woman of Her Ways"

Amazons (AMAZ)
Sometimes no more than a euphemism for tomboy, and sometimes a clear indication of cultural identity..

Adam & The Ants "Amazon"
Marcel André "Amazone"
Sirani Avedis "A Witch's Call"
Alix Dobkin "Amazon ABC"
Alix Dobkin "Woman To Woman"
Maxine Feldman "Amazon"
Cappy Kotz and Phrin Pickett "Clothes Don't Make The Amazon"
Holly Near "Nina"
Phranc "Amazons"
The Nylons "Amazon"
Sadista Sisters "Sister Amazonia"
Marilyn T. "Amazon Rap"
Cathy Winter & Betsy Rose "Amazon Dixie Goes West"
Cathy Winter & Betsy Rose "Amazon Dixie's Boarding House"

Amanda Ambrose
Lesbian jazz singer?

Ambrosia: "Dance With Me, George"
LP. Warner Bros
USA. 1987?
Peculiarly obtuse disc which seems to be about (lovers) George Sand and Frederic Chopin. Of course, George Sand was a pseudonym for Amandine-Aurore Lucille Dupin (female!), so the gay allusion is actually spurious.

American Music Club
In the Big Takeover (#40), there is an interview with Mark Eitzel (of American Music Club and solo stuff) in which he does confirm he's queer in an off-the-cuff remark.
see Mark Eitzel

Amethyst: "Real Life"
LP. Private
Six woman band from Nebraska.

Amnesty International:
see "The Secret Policeman's Ball"

Amoeba Records
Los Angeles company specialising in explicitly queer records. Artists include Pedro, Muriel and Esther, Vaginal Creme Davis, Glen Meadmore.

"Among Friends": Original Cast Recording
LP.
UK. 1992. (MUSI)
"Life's Been Good To Me"; sung by Lynda Barron.
Show-stopping number is similar in flavor to "I Am What I Am" and has been claimed by gay audiences.

Tori Amos: "Raspberry Swirl"
CD. "From The Choirgirl Hotel", Atlantic
USA. 1998.
This stomping dance number finds Ms. Amos affecting a macho swagger as she challenges a potential male suitor away from her girl: "Everybody knows I'm her friend... everybody knows I'm her man... if you want to get with her... boy, you better make her raspberry swirl!"
This track finds Tori at her raucous best, diving full force into her new persona as club diva. It's a move away from her more traditional style of piano ballad & metaphorical lyrics, replacing them with a thumping rock beat.

Amsterdam (AMST)
The home of this research, and capital city of Europe's most tolerant nation.

"Dans tegen de draai in" "Voorjaar"
Margreet Dolman
"Foxtrot" Nederlands Produktie
Whoopi Goldberg "Fontaine: Why Am I Straight?"
Hellun (Zelluf) "Hellun's Geloof, Hoop en Lu-Lu-Liefde"
Heren Op Zicht "'n Klein Weerbarstig Spijkertje"
Jim Holmes "Updates for 'The Gay Stud's Guide'
Leen Jongewaard: "Leen is alive"
Juffrouw Sonnika "Het Homomonument"
Robert Long "Thorbeckeplein"
Manfred "Message from Holland"
Manfred Langer "Manfred, met andere ogen"
"Miami Nightmare" Benefit Concert Recording
Jan Simon Minkema "Voor Dag En Nacht"
Noot aan de Man "Mannenleven en Liefde"
Two Nice Girls "The Netherlands Song"
see also Netherlands

"And Trouble Came- Musical Responses to AIDS"
CD. Musicians Accord CD 729
USA. 1996. (CLAS)(AIDS)
1) Chris DeBlasio: "All The Way Through Evening" (1990) (12:00) Five nocturnes for baritone and piano based on a poem by Perry Brass.; 2) C. Bryan Rulon: "Self-requiem" (1994/95)(30:20) Computer tape by Curtis Bahn; 3) Laura Kaminsky "And Trouble Came"-An African AIDS Diary" (33:26), narrated by Mark Lamos, performed by Fidelio.

D. C. Anderson
Openly gay jazz/show vocalist who has released albums "Fool Moon" (1990) and "Time Was" (1993). Sounding somewhat like Michael Feinstein, "Time Was" includes a notable rendition of Noel Coward's "I'll Follow My Secret Heart". "You Were There" (1995)
Contact: Lockett Palmer Records, P. O. Box 85557, Los Angeles CA 90072.

Jamie Anderson
Jamie Anderson is a popular performer on stage, appearing at major festivals including: Campfest / PA, National Women's Music Festival / IN, Ohio Lesbian Festival / OH, Rhythmfest/ GA, Virginia Women's Festival / VA, Wiminfest / NM, West Coast Women's Festival / CA.
Contact (1998): Tsunami Records, PO Box 42282, Tucson, Arizona USA. email: tsunamiinc@aol. com
Jamie's own list of 'relevant' tracks are indicated below with the symbol "*" (per 7/'97)

Jamie Anderson: "Heart Resort"
MC. October Spirit
USA. 1986.

Jamie Anderson: "Closer To Home"
LP. MC. Tsunami TSU 1001
USA. 1989. (GLOP) Artwork
"Closer to Home"; *"Dark Chocolate"; *"But for the Song"; "Nothing"; "Desert Home"; *"Save Me All Your Sundays"; *"Wedding Song"; "Sidewalks"; *"As This Night"; *"Straight Girl Blues"
Lesbian specific songs.

Jamie Anderson: "Center of Balance"
CD. Tsunami Recs.
USA. 1992. (GLOP) Artwork
*"I'm Sorry"; "When A Friend Is Near"; *"I Don't Know About the Night"; *"Bad Idea"; *"No Closet"; "All Of Me"; *"Loretta and Bernadine"; "This Kind of Love"; "Looks Can Kill"; *"Borders"

Jamie Anderson: "Bad Hair Day"
CD. Tsunami Recs. 1004
USA. 1993. (GLOP) Artwork
"Love Song"; "*Wedding Song"º; "*Bad Hair Day"(HAIR); "All of Me"; "*I'm Sorry"; "*Wynona, Why Not"(HERO); "Sweet Maiden"; "Nothing"; "*Bad Idea"; "*Straight Girl Blues"
This laugh-a-minute album is a collection of new and previously recorded songs from one of the great troubadours of lesbian and gay culture. Includes "I'm Sorry" ("that you're straight...Where do I send the card?"), "Wynona, Why Not?" a love song to guess who?), "Love Song" (a hilarious send-up of every bad pop love song ever written), and of course "Bad Hair Day", plus 6 more fun-filled romps. Jamie's warped sense of the weird and the ridiculous really shines through on this album.

Jamie Anderson: "Wynona,, Why Not "
see "Outmusic Gay & Lesbian Music Compilation"

Jamie Anderson: "Never Assume"
CD. Tsunami Records
USA. 1995. (GLOP) Artwork. GLAMA '96 nominee.
"*Never Assume"; "One Out of Three"; "*When They Know Who We Are"(COMI); "Sound of a Train"; "Tell"; "Home is Where the Dark Is"(HOME); "When Cats Take Over the World"; "No Damn Factory"; "Harvest"; "*Midnight Alice"; "Menstrual Tango"
Jamie is in top form on this album of folk tunes and tongue-in-cheek humor. This time out, she focuses a bit more attention on the serious songs in her repertoire, while not cheating us out of her wonderfully warped takes on life. She covers a wide array of moods and subject matter on Never Assume, from the title cut, admonishing us all to look deeper, to "One Out Of Three" "When Cats Take Over The World, " complete with hairball solo, and from the stunning ballad "Home Is Where The Dark Is" to the Lehrer-esque "Menstrual Tango. " Midnight Alice" "When They Know Who We Are" Produced by Lisa Koch.

Jamie Anderson: "At Karen's House"
see "Family Of Friends"

Jamie Anderson: "Drive All Night"
CD. Tsunami Records
USA. (expected January) 1999. Artwork
"Drive All Night"; "Feel"; "Mama, Come Quick"; "So Much PLeasure"; "With My Smile"; "Pictures For Mama"; "Just Another Day"; "Dark Chocolate"; "I Wanna Be Straight"; "Guy"; "Roses".

Laurie Anderson: "Mister Heartbreak"
7". Warner Bros WB 929 435-7. (W. Germany).
LP. Warner Bros WB 925 077-1(UK), 1-25077 (US).
USA. 1983. "Sharkey's Night" (2:29) (vocals: William S. Burroughs). Words and music by Laurie Anderson.

Laurie Anderson: "Song from America on the Move "
see "You're a Hook" Compilation

Laurie Anderson has worked on several occasions with avantgarde artists like William S. Burroughs and John Giorno among others.
see also William S. Burroughs
see also John Giorno / Giorno Poetry Systems
see "The Nova Convention"

Robin Anderson: "Inverness"
MC. Private
USA. 1993.
Folk pop album of emotional songs. In the style of Indigo Girls.

Jon Andersson: "Verboten!"
LP. Yea Recs. YR 1287
USA. 1987. (GLOP)•
"Take Me For A Ride" (2:40); "I Bought It All, (3:14); "Come To My House" (4:07); "Stranger in my Bed" (4:02); "Sassafras" (2:43) "Love Noir" (5:30); "Verboten" (3:47); "Play With Me" (2:30); "Keep Your Hands Off" (2:20), "Keep your hands off, he belongs to me, He's mine and mine alone. Get your hands off my property"; "It Must Have Been Love" (3:08); ""Dirty Minded" (4:04) "Our Time Will Soon Go By" (4:09).
Music by Jeffrey Roy, lyrics by Steven Blevins et al. Cover includes artwork and photo by Paul Cadmus

Marcel André: "So warm wie ich und du"
LP. Mondial RMLP 35. 004.
Germany. 1967. Gay drag cabaret. (DRAG)(GLOP)
Songs by H. Gaze, B. Balz et al.
Side 1 (18:40): "Zinga, Zinga, Zinga" (3:25); "So warm wie ich und du" (2:45); "Landschaft im Gewitter" (3:00); "Mein blonder Trompeter" (2:05); "Amazone" (2:55); "Joachimsthaler Str. " (2:25). Side 2 (17:40): "Mein Sekretär" (2:40); "Ich bin die Friede" (3:30); "Nowotny" (2:00); "Archibald" (2:20); "Der Kuß" (3:35); "Dreh dich (Zinga)" (1:25).

Marcel André und Miß Scarlett: "Ach duuu..."
LP. Europa Langspielplatten Europa 412.
W. Germany. 1970. (GLOP)
Music:M. Borchert. German gay cabaret. (DRAG) Subtitle:Musikalische (Sch)wärmereien nach Noten.
Side 1 (16:56): "Archibald und Detlef suchen ein warmes Plätzchen", "Sweet Yellow Boys", "Marcel erörtert Verkehrsprobleme. "; " Männer so wie du und du"; " Miß Scarlett empfiehlt sich wärmstens. "; " Strip-Blues. Intime Plaudereien. "; " Françoise läßt alle Hüllen fallen. "; " Am Busento und am Po. "
Side 2 (17:37): "Marcel plaudert aus der Schule". "Der süße Pianist. " "Tunten-Rock". "Ein Wörtchen im Örtchen". "Erotisches Lexikon. " "O-na-nie, O-na-no" (= Masturbation). (MAST); "Archibald und Detlef schlendern heim. "
Many puns and vulgar humour about gay life.

Christian Andreason: "Everybody Else"
MC single. Private Release
USA. 1992. (AIDS)• Artwork
"Everybody Else" Extended Version (7:04).
Sleeve Note: "Christian was inspired to write this song after losing a dear friend while working as a volunteer in an AIDS hospice. His friend, a patient at the hospice, had been abandoned by his friends and family. This song is dedicated to all those who must face and fight prejudice in the process of dealing with their own humanity. " Project Everybody Else, PO Box 2387, Bellaire, TX 77402 (a Houston suburb). The song won the 1992 BillBoard Magazine Critics Choice Award.

Christian Andreason: "Remember Me-Tearing Down The House Of Pain"
CD single. Wonder Boy Records, CD EP 1700026
USA. 1999. No Out Lyrics. Artwork

Flettfrid Andresen: "Flettfrid Andresen"
LP. Plateselskapet AS, GHP 6.
Norway 1984. Drag (DRAG). Libretto:Jakob Margido Esp. .
"Melankolsk aften" (1:33): "Flettfrids sang" (3:25): "Desentralisering av sladderen i Norge" (6:10) (= The decentralisation of gossip in Norway); "Hva vil fremtiden bringe" (0:32): "Ingen atombomber over Trondhjem" (4:17): "Flettfrids sang" (1:00): "Trondheim Trafikkselskaps besværlige hverdag" (5:34): "Flettfrids sang" (1:04): "Blottere på Øvre Singsaker" (6:13): "Dutta Møst" (6:44): "Temaaften i Crystle Palace" (6:44): "Flettfrids sang" (instr. )(1:32).

Julie Andrews: "If Love Were All"
•Noel Coward's song as performed by Julie in "Star" the bio pic of Gertrude Lawrence. (see below, see also Noel Coward)
see "Club Verboten"

Andrews Sisters: "Gay Caballeros"
78. Decca 23364 et al °
USA. 1944.

Androgyny (ANDR)
"The arrival of the new breed of androgynous pop women (k. d. lang, Tracy Chapman, Michelle Shocked, Phranc, Indigo Girls) propelled in large part by an increasingly self-conscious lesbian audience, signals the fact that women can now defy conventions of femininity in popular music and still achieve mainstream success. "
Arlene Stein: "Androgyny Goes Pop, But Is It Lesbian Music" in Out/Look (Spring 1991) pp26-33.
Songs about androgyny listed here may also refer to role-playing (Butch / femme);

Barbarians "Are You a Boy or Are You A Girl"
Bee "The Boy"
Merritt Brunies and his Friars Inn Orch. : "Masculine Women, Feminine Men"
Eric "Boy Or Girl"
Jayne County "Are You a Boy or Are You A Girl"
Nina Hagen Band "Wenn ich ein' Junge wär"
Human Sexual Response "Blow Up"
Indochine "3 nuits par semaine"
Joe Jackson "Fit"
The Kinks "Lola"
Lynn Lavner "The Role-Playing Tango"
The Pin-Ups "Boys Dressed Up As Girls "
Chris Ransome "Nancy Boy"
Tom Robinson "Tomboy"
Richard Thompson "Woman Or A Man?"
see also Butch dykes (BUTC)

Android
see Rob Costin

Angel Corpus Christi "White Courtesy Phone"
CD. Almo / Geffen
USA. 1995.
Three gay and two straight in the S. F. band.

Angelic Upstarts: "Capital City"
LP. "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", Warner Bros 56806
UK. 1980.

Angels: "My Boyfriend's Back"
1960's girl group scored with song which became widely conscripted by gays. (see Terence Trent D'Arby, The Bee Jays, Claude Francois)

Angels of Light
San Francisco Fag-rock band.

Kenneth Anger
Film director of "Scorpio Rising", the cult gay/biker movie (1964) includes "My Boyfriend's Back" (see Bee Jays, see Dyketones). Anger is also author of "Hollywood Babylon" on the scandals behind Hollywood
see Adam and the Ants

Angry Samoans: "Homo-sexual"
LP. (re-released CD "The Unboxed Set" Triple X 51190-2, 1995)
USA. 1990. Hardcore (PHOB) (PUNK)
After my original entry"Teenage hetero angst, expressed unclearly. " I got an email response:
"Well, hmmm, you might note the songwriting credit on this one: 'J. Falwell'. As a co-founder of the Samoans and a gender case myself (TG lesbian), I'd generally aver that the Samoans trip is/was just plain phobic, no prefixes need apply...(bonze)

Angry Samoans: "Back from Samoa"
CD. Triple X 51034
USA. 1982. (release)
Compilation incl. "Homo-Sexual" and also "Gas Chamber"; "Todd Killings"; "Lights Out"; "My Old Man's a Fatso"; "Time Has Come Today"; "They Saved Hitler's Cock"; "Homo-Sexual"; "Steak Knife"; "Haizman's Brain Is Calling"; "Tuna Taco"

The Animals: "House of The Rising Sun"
7". MGM 13264 LP. "The Animals", MGM 4264
USA. 1964. (PROS)
A traditional song for a woman about a life in prostitution but in the mouth of Eric Burdon it becomes the (male) singer telling of his own life as a prostitute, (rather than a gambler, as he may have thought?).

Animal Nightlife: "Between Lovers"
LP. "Shangri-La" Island 207. 285. 620
UK. 1985. °Pop/Disco
"Between Lovers" ( ) "I'm between lovers, don't know which way to turn/ I'm between lovers/ There's more than meets the eye. " (LONE)
With vocals by Andy Polaris (see Imagination)
Sleeve parodies Fassbinder's film of Genet's "Querelle"

Anique: "Anique"
USA. 198?
"Am I Blue"; "Birth Of The Blues"; "Imagine My Surprise"; "Lady At The Piano"; "Mika's Song"; "Lori's Song"; "Mr Pugelleto"; "Again And Again"; "Rest Against Me"; "Big Woman Song"; "Le Vie En Rose"; "Je Ne Regrette Rien".
With backing fromDeborah Cheetham, Lori Boleyn, Barbara David, Celeste Howden

Anna Crusis Women's Choir: "Fresh Cut"
CD
USA. 1994. (CHOR)
"Andina, La" (Harding); "Ara Mi Le" (Oluntunji); "Blood And Gold" (Irvine, Cassidy); "Breaths" (Barnwell/Diop); "Daughter, Awake with The Moon" (Budenz/Hamer); "Last Night On The Back Porch" (Schraubstader, Brown); "Mountain Nights No. 4" (Kodaly); "Quitting Time" (Roche); "Rubber Glove Blues, The" (Werner); "Sound Over All Waters" (Halley); "Svatba" (Todorov); "Tota Pulchra Es" (Durufle); "What Are We Gonna' Do About Annie?" (Small)
Established in Philadelphia in 1975, Anna Crusis is one of the oldest feminist choirs in the U. S. Their multicultural repertoire seeks to reflect the rich diversity of human lives and struggles, especially those of women, with songs which are empowering, challenging, and fun. This long-awaited tape by the 40 or so members fulfils their goal, with truly stunning harmonies and a wonderful variety in melody, arrangement, and source...plus a tasteful touch of instrumentation. It includes "Burning Times," about the burning of the witches, and "Heaven," "Dragana," "Shtikah. "

Anna Crusis Women's Choir: "But We Fight for Roses, Too"
MC.
USA 1996? (CHOR)
"Ave Regina" (Palestrina); "Bread And Roses" (Oppenheim/Farina); "Burning Times" (Murphy); "Dragana" (trad. Bulgarian); "Fiddler's Hymn" (Sutherland); "Heaven" (Ingraham); "I'll Be Forever Loving You" (Arnold/Daniels); "Mujer Sandinista" (Harding); "No Chicken Today" (Brandt/Hooke); "Shtikah" (Einhorn/Humphries)

Anonymous Boy
pseudonym of Patrick Arena (see below)

Anononymous "The Ballad Of The Camping Woodcutter" (and others) .
see Camp Records
see "Queer To The Core"

Anon (uncredited):: "Coming Out" b/w "Let Us Be Gay"
MC. Hard Hat Radio Music Service,
USA. 1989.
"Coming Out" (4:23) (COMI)/"Let Us Be Gay" (3:00)
Cude & Pickens Pub, 519 N Halifax, Daytona, FL 32118)
These are two real corny productions, sounding like Robert Goulet and chorus on happy pills; no artist info given, and it was released on a cassette with one song on each side)

Anon:(uncredited)"Golden Wonder Boy"
Anon:(uncredited) "I'll Make Him Mine"
One of the most popularly swapped tapes amongst gay music collectors. These tracks are thought to be demos. The (British?, male) songwriter sings them himself although he songs are clearly intended for 60's girl groups. (probably c. 1963). JD. Doyle did a search at the Library Of Congress Copyright Section on this song and found nothing, supporting the assumption that the tracks never made it onto vinyl?!. Some copies quote on the track list that "Golden Wonder Boy" was from Mills Music, and "I'll Make You Mine" was from Regent Sound Ltd.

Anonymous recordings
see "Love Is A Drag"
see "The Queen Is In The Closet"
see "Mad About The Boy"

Adam Ant (née Stuart Leslie Goddard, 1945 - )
British pop star whose "dandy highwayman" look typified England's 'new romantic' fashion of 1981 et. seq. (see PUNK) Heavy make-up and laced cuffs with gold lamée, at the peak of their popularity in 1981 the band was able to put "Stand and Deliver" into the No. 1 slot within the first week of release. Band also featured gay co-writer Marco Pirroni.

Adam & The Ants: "The Scorpions"
LP. "Prince Charming" CBS 85268
UK. 1981. •
"The Scorpions" , "Black's the colour, watch the claws, with nails as sharp as Diana Dors. Watching us is stopping you cruising Ugly Avenue. Pretty, look young, be fearless, have fun, Don't listen when you're told there's none. "

Adam & The Ants: "Goody Two Shoes"
LP. "Friend Or Foe" CBS 25040.
UK. 1982. •
"Goody Two Shoes", "No-one's gonna tell me what's wrong or what's right, or tell me who to sleep with now that I've won the big fight. "

Adam & The Ants: "Amazon"
LP. "Strip" CBS 25705.
UK. 1983. •
"Amazon" (AMAZ), "'A slice of heaven is what you are. ' said Mary Jo in her sports car, Such a darling child. Don't call her Amazon. "

Adam & The Ants: "Vive Le Rock"
LP. CBS 26583.
UK. 1985.
"Scorpio Rising" (4:05) Inspired by the classic gay film by
Kenneth Anger. "Four young men, greasy hair/Don't know zip!/ Leather jackets, big packets. " (LEAT) (FILM)
"Mohair Locker-room Pin-Up Boys", "Big C, Big H, Mash Mary, name it/ You got me dizzy with that bullwhip/ We clutched each other/ The walls closed in. "
"Vive Le Rock" (3:38) "I've been where I'm going and it's not Tom of Finland:" (Tom of Finland is a famous gay erotic artist whose exaggerated drawings of gay sex are a gay icon of the post- Stonewall era. )
Also released on 45. single, CBS A6367.
"No Zap" (3:14) "Put a leather in your cap, Play tough. / Well you can hang me by the neck till I'm dead/ Kiss my mouth till its red, red. / The good and the bad guy face to face. " (SADO) (LEAT)

Adam and the Ants: "Young Parisians"
7".

Adam Ant: "Manners and Physique"
LP. MC. CD, MCA 6315
UK. 1990.
"Bright Lights, Black Leather" (LEAT)

Adam Ant: "Wonderful"
LP. CD EMI EMC 3687
UK. 1995.

Antony: "Cripple and the Starfish"
see "God Shave the Queen"

Anus The Menace: "I Wish I Was Gay (So You Would Hate Me)"
7". Flipside FLIP23
USA. 1990. (PUNK)

"Any Woman's Blues"
2LP. Colombia CG 30126
USA. 19?? (CRIM)
An album of poetry and songs recorded at San Francisco's County Jail for Women.
Music and poetry by Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Holly Near, Diane Ramsey, Gwen Avery and Pat Parker.
Produced by Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

Lee de Anza: "A Touch Of Love"
MC. International INT 002
USA. 19?? (GLOP) English ( "Solo Tu"-Spanish)
"Solo Tu"; "You Are My Lady"; "All The Woman I Need"; "Lady In Red"; "She's Like The Wind"
Pseudonym of Latina lesbian from Texas.

Apache Indian: "AIDS Warning"
CD. Mango 1625 399 322
UK. 1993. (AIDS)

The Apostles: "Forbidden Love"
see "J. D's Top Ten Tape-Homocore Hit Parade"

Robyn Archer
Born in Adelaide, Australia, she has presented herself as lesbian singer, comedian and serious interpreter of the classics. Her best known singing is her Brecht songs and her best known live comedy "The Pack of Women" (1981), but her greatest international success was in her one-woman show "A Star Is Torn" Artwork

Robyn Archer: "The Ladies Choice"
LP. Larrikin 23
Australia, 1977. (COME) Country style songs
"SuperWoman"; (3:46); "Neurotica Suburbia" (2:53); "The Ballad of Winnie Gallagher" (4:30); "Dicks Don't Grow On Trees" (1:48); "I'd Like To Think" (3:45); "We Shall Not Be Moved" (3:34):
Side 2: "Mettwurst Chewin' Momma" (3:20); "That Good Old Double Standard" (3:30); "The Old Soft Screw" (2:16); "Digital Clocks and Radios" (3:24); "The Menstruation Blues" (8:10) Comic songs and dialogue from her first show "The Live Adventures of Superwoman" and others.
"Her original material is feminist, lesbian, comical and the kind of stuff that public access radio stations lose their licenses for. " (Ladyslipper Catalogue)

Robyn Archer: "The Wild Girl In The Heart"
LP.
Australia 1978?

Robyn Archer: "Tonight: Lola Blau"
LP.
Australia 1978?

Robyn Archer: "A Star Is Torn"
LP. (MUSI)(HOLL)(HERO)
UK. Australia. 1979? Written by Robyn Archer and Rodney Fisher
Vocal impressions and stories of the tragic lives of eleven women including Bessie Smith, Judy Garland (GARL), Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf.

Robyn Archer: "Rough as Guts"
LP.
Australia 1981?

Robyn Archer: "Robyn Archer sings Brecht"
LP. EMI
UK. 1982. (OTTA)

Robyn Archer: "The Pack Of Women"
LP. (COME) (GLOP)
Australia

Patrick Arena
Singer/songwriter, monologist and voice teacher. He also the executive director of Outmusic (see below). Vice Magazine has published several of Patrick's lyrics in the VICE VERSE section of the magazine. Starting September 1997, he has written a monthly gay and lesbian music column called Vice Voices.
Contact (1998): P.O. BOX 1643-Old Chelsea Station New York, NY 10113-1643. arenamusic@aol.com or www; http://members.xoom.com/embraceable

Patrick Arena: "Christmas Is The Time"
see "Foltz: Songwriter's Christmas"

Patrick Arena: "Night Cap"
CD. Artwork
USA. 1998.
"The More I See You" (5:05) ; (M.Gordon-H.Warren) ASCAP: " My Romance" (3:09); (R.Rodgers-L.Hart) ASCAP:" Willow Weep For Me" (6:00); (A.Ronell) ASCAP:" The Gentle Rain" (6:24) ; (M.Dubey-L.Bonfá) BMI:" Nature Boy" (4:19) (for Matthew Shepard) (E. Ahbez) ASCAP:"Angel Wants Out Of Heaven" (4:37) ; (P.Arena) :" Moonglow" (4:02) ; (W.Hudson, E.DeLange and I.Mills) ASCAP: " Who Knows What Love Will Do" (6:21) ; (P. Arena):" Johnny Angel" (4:40) harmony vocal-Andy Monroe ; (L.Duddy-L.Pockriss) ASCAP: "Embraceble You" (5:02) ; (George and Ira Gershwin) ASCAP :"You Don't Know What Love Is" (7:57); (G. DePaul-D.Raye) ASCAP:" Medley/ "Stardust" / "Goodnight" (7:46) (for Patsy Arena)(H.Carmichael-M.Parrish) ASCAP (J.Lennon-P. McCartney) BMI:
(Sleeve): "My idea of a night cap is a nice cup of herbal tea, flannel pajamas, glowing candles and a favorite blanket. I wanted to create an album that has a calming effect to go along with this evening ritual. From the first notes of Andy Monroe's elegant piano accompaniment to the last echoes of my voice, I hope that this Night Cap will serve as a tonic to end your day."
Produced for ARENAMUSIC by Patrick Arena , Andy Monroe and Tom McGrath.Vocals- Patrick Arena, Piano-Andy Monroe, Melodica-Steve Sandberg. All musical arrangements by Patrick Arena and Andy Monroe ( Nature Boy arranged by Steve Sandberg).
see Rob Costin

Joey Arias: "Them There Eyes"
see "Wigstock": Soundtrack

Joey Arias: "No-one Knows"
see "God Shave the Queen":

Joey Arias
see Klaus Nomi

Kenny Arkin
Contributions to the "Walls For Roses" compilation and lead vocal on "Tears Fall From The Sky" and co-wrote it he sang lead vocal & played piano on "Walls To Roses". `he and Charlie Murphy sang backups on Chris Tanner's "Brothers" he played piano & sang harmony vocals on Willie Sordill's "For My Men Friends"
see "Walls To Roses"

Joan Armatrading (St Kitts, 1950 - )
A dramatically new style of vocal by a vocalist who worked hard for her overnight success with "Love and Affection" which reached no. 10. in the UK in 1976, and was widely acclaimed. She enjoyed a number of radio play- and chart hits in the coming months and since then has remained popular with critics, as with women's/ lesbian audiences although her mainstream following died off in the early eighties. Her work is typified by soft ballads with a strong rhythm and J. A's distinctive vocal styling.

Joan Armatrading: "Whatever's For Us"
LP. Polydor (Cube) 2338-038. MC.
UK. 1972. Songs with Pam Nestor. •
"Alice"; "My Family" (FAMI) .
Joan's very first work (at age 22) mostly acoustic. Joan was born in St Kitt's in 1950 and Pam Nestor in Guyana in 1948. Both moved to England as children.
The album was twice re-released in a new sleeve as "The Amazing Joan Armatrading" and "Mean Old Man" both of which include the extra track "Lonely Lady"

Joan Armatrading: "Back To The Night"
LP. A&M 4525 & AMLH 68305(UK), SP 4525 (US), AMNP 110
UK. 1975.
"Back To The Night" (4:04); "I love a neon skyline/ Got the card sharks, hustling gay nightwalkers, old blues buskers..." (PROS)

Joan Armatrading: "Show Some Emotion"
LP. A&M AMLH 68433 or A&M 3273. MC. CAM 68433
UK. 1977. °
"Love and Affection" Joan's first mega-hit.
Ambiguous, tender ballad, often used to support gay -themed programmes on radio and TV, including "Talkabout - Gay Teenagers" with Adrian Love (BBC Radio 1, 1980), "Eastenders" (BBC1 TV, 1986), and "Sex Now" (BBC TV, 1991, UK)
(see Two Nice Girls; "Sweet Jane (with Affection). "

Joan Armatrading: "To The Limit"
LP. A&M AMLH 64732. MC. CAM 64732
UK. 1978? "Taking My Baby Up Town" ( ) About being attacked on the street but no gender / motivation specified. (VIOL)

Joan Armatrading: "Mean Old Man"
see "Whatever's For Us" above

Joan Armatrading: "The Amazing Joan Armatrading"
see "Whatever's For Us" above

Joan Armatrading: "How Cruel"
LP. A&M Records, AMLE 63302. (NL), SP 3302(US)
UK. 1980. Lyrics enclosed.
"Rosie" (3:10): "He has little red feet/ His stockings in his shoes/ Lipstick and rouge on his face/ He has his hair piled high" (TVAA). Reached number 59 in British charts, March 1980. (45. Single: AMS 7506 ).

Joan Armatrading: "Me Myself I"
LP. A&M AMLH 64809(UK), SP 4809 (US)
UK. 1980. Words on back of cover. °
"Me Myself I" (3:16): "I Wanna have a boyfriend and a girl for laughs" Reached No 49 in UK charts, February 1980. (7" single AMS 7527. )
"Ma-Me-O-Beach" ( )"Pretty girls are there/ If you're good with the chat/ All kinds of games / if you fancy that. "

Joan Armatrading: "Walk Under Ladders"
LP. A&M Rec, AMLH 64876(UK), SP 4876 (US)
UK. 1981. Lyrics on inner sleeve.
"The Weakness In Me" (3:32):Sometimes interpreted lesbian but non-gender-specific.

Joan Armatrading: "Track Record"
LP. A&M Rec, AMLK 63725
UK. Recordings published 1976-83.
Includes "Me, Myself, I"; "The Weakness In Me" and "Rosie". (see above. )

Joan Armatrading: "The Weakness In Me"
LP. A&M AMS 12 9191
(NL) 1982. see also above

Joan Armatrading: "Tell Tale"
LP. "The Key" A&M Records, AMLX 64912
UK. 1983. Lyrics on inner sleeve. •
"Tell Tale" (2:31)(Joan Armatrading): "I saw ya kissing all the boys, and I saw ya kissing all the girls, but you got obsessed with the boys. So when you're telling all your lies about me, think awhile before your story ends, 'cos I've seen you in the parks and alleys. Now I got things that I can tell your friends. " (BISE)

Joan Armatrading: "Secret Secrets"
LP. A&M AMA 5040
UK. 1985. °
"Friends Not Lovers" (4:00)

Joan Armatrading: "The Shouting Stage"
LP. A&M AMA 5211
UK. 1988.
"All A Woman Needs"

Joan Armatrading: "Hearts and Flowers"
LP. A&M 395298
UK. 1990? "There's more than one kind of love"; "Someone In The Background"

Army Of Lovers: "Maximum Luxury Overdose"
12".
UK. 1991. (BIBL)(DISC)
"I'm Crucified"
"I Cross The Rubicon"
Swedish Camp-gothic House band trying to follow the path laid down by Yello and Dead or Alive. Alexander Bard with Jean-Pierre Barda and La Camilla (until 1994, replaced by Dominika Peczynski, and Michaela Dornonville) . The band's name taken from Rosa von Praunheim's classic gay film "Army Of Lovers - Revolt of the Perverts".
Singles include "Love Me Like A Loaded Gun" (1990); "Baby's Got A Neutron Bomb"; "Obsession"; "La Plage de Saint Tropez"; "Israelism" and "I Am" ("I am a Liberace fan, a mega-star in glam, I am what Bobby is to Pam, Khushoggi to Iran. ")

Army Of Lovers: "Glory of Glamour and Gold"
LP. CD, Polydor
UK. 1995.
"Mr Battyman" (Buju Banton) (PHOB), and "Life is Fantastic" (AIDS) "I have to build up my immune defence, I have to boost my confidence. There's a virus drilling in my chilling spine. "; references to AIDS, (GT Feb '95 p 61)
"The reason Army Of Lovers was not a U. S. success was because U. S. radio stations anywhere outside of New York and California would never play records by an openly gay band. Vacuum doesn't have that problem. " -- Alexander Bard of VACUUM and formerly of ARMY OF LOVERS.

Army of Lovers: "Crucified"
see "Glad To Be Gay"

Fan page:Army of Lovers Fan Page

Arts (ARTS)
Reference to painters and other 'fine arts' can be found in:

Noel Coward "Green Carnation"
Judy Reagan "Sunday Painter"
David Bowie "Andy Warhol"
see Literature (GLIT) (LITT)

Kokomo Arnold: "Sissy Man Blues"
included on "AC/DC Blues", Stash ST-106.
USA. 1977. (Recorded January 1935. ). °
"Sissy Man Blues" (2:56) "woke up this morning with my business in my hand, if you can't send me some woman, send me a sissy man" (BISE)

Arthur Loves Plastic: "The Complete Teflon Diva"
CD?. Machine Heart Productions)
USA. (Wash. DC. )1997. (GLOP) Artwork
Bev Stanton of Washington D. C. is a one-woman techno band known as Arthur Loves Plastic. The band name comes from her cat, Arthur, who enjoys playing with plastic grocery bags. Stanton takes the low-budget approach to making music, but despite that approach, she's put out some five-star music.
The song "Salomé" is an inspired synth-dance track with lyrics that poke holes in the morality balloon of conservative types, while revelling in sexuality and imploring the listener to "dance...cast the spirits out...come back to the living!" This song has 100% club anthem potential. Another track, "Heil Mary," takes a more industrial bent playing on Catholic quilt with the sample "Hail Mary, Full Of Grace" and a voice seemingly wailing "It's all our fault!"
The sexuality theme comes full force both in "Out!" (COMI), and "This Rhythm Is Mine" where Moscatiello sings "Some people keep it hidden, some people think its a sin...I'll go knock that door down...so they'll let me in." Also "Goodbye"; "Obey Me"; "Parental Discretion"; "Hold Me "; "Rain"; "Give Me Hope"; "No Nations, No People"; "Eileen-a-roon"
"850" with breathy female vocals singing "I try to think straight...but my thought always stray. "
Contact:(1997): http://people.delphi.com/beverleys or via snail mail at Arthur Loves Plastic, PO Box 66294, Washington, DC 20035. /: email, BEVERLEYS@delphi. com

A.S.F.: "Clit and Clover"
MC. "Denentia 5" (Compilation) Hide Records HIDE5
USA. 1985. Punk

Ashton, Gardner, Dyke & Co. : "It's A Drag, I'm A Drag"
LP. "What a bloody long day it's been" Capitol SMAS-862
UK. 1973? (TVAA)
"It's A Drag, I'm A Drag" (Tony Ashton).

Michael Aspinall: "The Surprising Soprano"
London LP 26537 UK. 1977.
Jacket shows Aspinall in opera diva drag, but LP contains classical pieces done in soprano.

Aston Reymers Rivaler: "Från myggjagare till foträta"
LP. MLLP-11
Sweden. 1979.
"Bruno & Vera" (5:27): " ...Sixten och Knut stod inte ut ...trötta på skvaller och hemliga skjut ..." (=Sixten and Knut didn't come out...worried by gossip and secrecy")(COMI)
also on "Finaste blanding", Musiklaget MSLP-19.

Atlanta Feminist Women's Chorus: "Many Strong and Beautiful Women Singing "
CD. Private Release
USA 1998. (CHOR)

The Attractions: "Mad About the Wrong Boy"
LP. F-Beat Records XXLP 8(UK), WEA 58158 (NL) (re-released Demon Recs. Fiend 25)
UK. 1980.
"Mad About the Wrong Boy" (2:39); "Your face is playing with the minds of countless random boys, but us Ken-doll men dress you up and dress you down. Wipe the fashion off your face cause you're mad about the wrong boy" ( Not explicitly gay!)
(c. f. Noel Coward's "Mad About The Boy) Prod. Roger Bechirian.

The Attractions:
see "Outline of a Hairdo" Film Soundtrack ?

W. H. Auden: "Selected Poems Read by the Poet"
LP. Spoken Arts SA 999 HS
USA. (undated)(POET)
Directed by Arthur Luce Klein.

W. H.Auden: "W. H. Auden Reading"
LP. Caedmon TC 1019
UK. (POET)

W. H. Auden: "The Queen's Masque" (OPER)
MS is claimed to exist for an opera called "The Queen's Masque", written during a New York visit in 1943. The piece was performed only once in 1946. In the plot Queen Anastasia is supposed a representation of Auden's companion Chester Chellman.

W. H. Auden: "Tell Me The Truth About Love: Ten Poems By
W. H. Auden", read by John Hannah.
MC. Random House cassette 376, 1994, 17 minutes.
USA. 1996.
"O Tell Me The Truth About Love"; "Song"; "Underneath An Abject Willow"; "Calypso"; "As I Walked Out One Evening"; "Lullaby"; "At Last The Secret Is Out"; "O What Is That Sound"; "Johnny"; "Funeral Blues"
The last one the actor recited in the movie "Four Weddings And A Funeral"

W. H. Auden
see Communards "If I Could Tell You"

Audio Two: "Watcha Lookin' At"
LP. "I Don't Care" First Priority 91358
USA. 1990. (PHOB) (VIOL)
"What's the matter witcha boy, are ya gay? Gay muthas get a punch in da face. Word to Giz, I hate faggots" Black American rap group caused widespread protest with this example of 90's homophobia.

Ausserhalb: "Ausserhalb - Rock Experimentell"
LP. Außerhalb 66. 23288
Germany. 1984. Lyrics enclosed with English translations.
"Zeitzelle (3;37); "Hochspannung" (4;21); "Wir werden Euch Nie Lieben" (3;18); "We Don't Need The Men" (2;04), see version by The Rude Girls; ("Du Glaubst zuviel" (5;30); "Best Man" (3;22); "Mahnmal" (4;40); "12 Minus 1" (4;33); "Nachtigall" (0;51); "Irrenhaus" (5;10)
Lesbians from West Berlin playing experimental rock. Außerhalb consists of Tina Thürmer, Margaret Diehl, Melanie Beyer, and Hucky Porzner.

Patti Austin: "We're All In This Together"
CD. "We're All In This Together: A Benefit For Aids - Various Artists", Grp Records 9721,
USA. 1993.

Australia
Australian artistes (see listing under name)

AC/DC
Peter Allen
Robyn Archer
Celibate Rifles: "Let's Get Married"
Alix Dobkin: "Yahoo, Australia. Live from Sydney"
Gay Liberation Quire: "Hormones and Jeans"
Barry Humphries: "The Sound of Edna"
Jennifer Justice: "Spiderwoman: Celebrating Women's Heroes"
Reg Livermore: "Betty Blok Buster Follies- with Baxter Funt and the Reginas"
Pauline Pants-Down
Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Chorus Monty Python: ""Matching Tie and Handkerchief"":Bruces"
Redgum: "Roll It On, Robbie"
"Rocky Horror Picture Show" - Australian Cast
Judy Small
Stray Dags: "Heterosexual Jungle"
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir

Other references in:
Heather Bishop: "Only In Australia"

Avant Gardeners: "Never Turn Your Back On A Liberal"
7". UK. 1978? (THOR) (PHOB)
Homophobic joke about the gay witch-hunt against Liberal Leader Jeremy Thorpe (see also Peter Cook)

Sirani Avedis: "Tattoos"
LP. Terrapin
USA. 1979.
"Crazy Lady" (5:45); "Blues Wings" (5:17); "The American City" (6:27); "In The Morning Sun" (4:22); "A Witch's Call" (3:24)(AMAZ)(WITC) "You'll be surrounded by amazons who are gentle and wise and realise your visions reach beyond the stars"; "You Are The River" (4:56); "Clear The Sky" (2:46); "Rainbow Woman" (5:35)(RAIN); "Wild Talking Dreams" (4:24)
Well-known early contributor to lesbian/wimmin's music. Songs about, and for women urging them to fight for freedom, etc. Sirani Avedis (vocals, piano, guitar) with Barbara Cobb (bass), Jean Fineberg (sax, flute); Prod. Lisa Vogel.

Gwen Avery: "Sugar Mama"
LP. "Lesbian Concentrate"
USA. 1979.
"Sugar Mama", "I want to bring you chocolate cookies and bring 'em to your bed, I'm gonna love you up and down and all over. ".

Kevin Aviance
Kevin Aviance is a drag performer who has already had two club hits with the tracks "Cunty" and "Din Da Da" (which topped Billboard's Club Play Chart). A completely over-the-top artist who has been compared to Grace Jones, although folks with a sense of dance music history know that he's actually borrowing heavily from the late-'80s work of house music legend Jamie Principle.

Kevin Aviance: "Din Da Da "
EP. "Din Da Da " . Wave
USA. 1997. GLAMA '97 nominee.(TVAA)•
Kevin Aviance: "Join In The Chant"

EP.. Wave
USA. 1998.

Kevin Aviance: "Box Of Chocolates"
CD. Wave.
USA. 1998.

Aya: "Aya"
LP.
Canada. 1990? A cappella
incl. "Witch Hunt" (WITC).

Hitaji Azaz: "Why Did He Leave Me?"
(POET) Poetry
This Way Out #36

Charles Aznavour
Started his career as a drag artist (which experience is described in "Comme Ils Disent") before becoming a protegé of Edith Piaf. In the 1970's he gained an international reputation with "She" and "The Old Fashioned Way" both reaching the top of the pop charts across Europe.

Charles Aznavour: "Idiote je t'aime"
LP. Barclay 34645
France. 1972. French. M. O. R. •
"Idiote je t'aime" (3:15).
"Comme ils disent" (4:53)(song & music by C. Aznavour): "Je suis un homo comme ils disent". (=I am what they call "gay")
Also on: "Guichets fermés", Barclay 96011-12, and on: "Amour...toujours...", Barclay 200453.
Translated into English as "What Makes A Man?" (see below)

Charles Aznavour: "What Makes A Man?"
LP. "The Old Fashioned Way" Barclay 90. 014
France, 1973. •
also on "Aznavour sings Aznavour, Vol. 3" LP. Barclay 80472 and "The Very Best Of Charles Aznavour" etc.
"What Makes A Man?" (4:53)(TVAA)(LIBE)(MALE). "So many times we have to pay/ for having fun and being gay/ It's not amusing. " A great and melodramatic gay anthem which caused a storm when first performed, and has been much used in gay cabaret performances. One of the most powerful gay songs of the period.
see version by Marc Almond
see version by Reg Livermore
see version by Larry Paulette
see version by Marseilles

Aztec Camera:
LP? WEA
UK. 1990.
"Don't be too black, Don't be too gay. "
vocals Mick Jones.

Azúcar y Crema: "To Olidia, With Love"
CD. Private Release
USA. 1993.
Band's name means Sugar and Cream.