David Bowie Made Me Gay

100 Years of LGBT Music

Darryl W. Bullock

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Overlook Press
01 October 2019

Music reviews & criticism; Rock & Pop music; Popular culture; Media studies; Gay & Lesbian studies

From Sia to Elton John, from Billie Holiday to David Bowie, LGBT musicians have changed the course of modern music. But before their music-and the messages behind it-gained understanding and a place in the mainstream, how did the queer musicians of yesteryear fight to build foundations for those who would follow them? David Bowie Made Me Gay is the first book to cover the breadth of history of recorded music by and for the LGBT community.

Darryl W. Bullock reveals the stories of both famous and lesser-known LGBT musicians, whose perseverance against the threat of persecution during decades of political and historical turmoil-including two world wars, Stonewall, and the AIDS crisis-has led to some of the most significant and soul-searching music of the last century. Bullock chronicles these struggles through new interviews and archival reports, dating from the birth of jazz in the red-light district of New Orleans, through the rock 'n' roll years, Swinging Sixties, and disco days of the '70s, right up to modern pop, electronica, and reggae. An entertaining treasure-trove of untold history for all music lovers, David Bowie Made Me Gay is an inspiring, nostalgic, and provocative story of right to be heard and the need to keep the fight for equality in the spotlight.

By: Darryl W. Bullock
Imprint: Overlook Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: Reprint
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 300g
ISBN: 9781468316919
ISBN 10: 1468316915
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 October 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Darryl W. Bullock is a publisher, editor, and writer specializing in numerous areas including music and the arts. He is the author of The World's Worst Records and posts weekly on his popular blog, The World's Worst Records. Bullock helped launch We Are Family, the UK's first magazine for LGBT families and their friends. He is the author of David Bowie Made Me Gay: 100 Years of LGBT Music and Florence Foster Jenkins: A Life of the World's Worst Opera Singer.

Winner of American Library Association's Over the Rainbow list 2018 (United States)
Winner of American Library Association’s “Over the Rainbow” list 2018 (United States)

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David Bowie Made Me Gay

100 Years of LGBT Music

Darryl W. Bullock

$29.99

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