Difference between revisions of "Billy Tipton"
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| + | Jazz musician and entertainer, born a woman, lived adult life as a man, marrying 5 women, adopting 3 children...outed at his death by the doctor. Recorded two albums of jazz standards: 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and 'Billy Tipton Plays Hi-Fi on Piano', both released in 1957 to acclaim. Born Dorothy Lucille Tipton. Subject of the book 'Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton' (1989). | ||
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| − | = | + | * https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/m/middlebrook-suits.html |
| + | * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bg4b6V4eXY | ||
| + | * http://lgbthistoryproject.blogspot.ca/2012/02/billy-lee-tipton-1914-89-jazz-musician.html | ||
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Revision as of 00:03, 6 May 2014
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1904 - 1989
Occupation
Entertainment
Description
Jazz musician and entertainer, born a woman, lived adult life as a man, marrying 5 women, adopting 3 children...outed at his death by the doctor. Recorded two albums of jazz standards: 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and 'Billy Tipton Plays Hi-Fi on Piano', both released in 1957 to acclaim. Born Dorothy Lucille Tipton. Subject of the book 'Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton' (1989).
