October 2002 Gender Benders Part 1 (original) (raw)
Matchcovers of female impersonators from probably the 60's & 70's are from my collection. The Torch Club, the Jewel Box Lounge, and especially Finocchio's were famous drag clubs.. For more Finocchio's memorabilia, click here.
Irving Kaufman (center), who also recorded under many names, including Frank Harris, at the Okeh Recording Studio in 1927
Minette (hold cursor over LP to see back side)
Above, Diamond Lil LP "Listen Listen," from New Zealand, 1976, Below, Effie Dropbottom's 1968 "Tells It Like It Is" album
Artist Links:
Lisa Jackson
Georgie Jessup
Yolanda
Above, Lisa Jackson, and below, her first release, a 4-song EP, 2002. Lisa's a straight cross-dresser. Color photo above by Ed Mannix.
The many faces of Yolanda
Above, a pretty-in-pink photo by Ed Mannix, Summer 2002
Playlist: (airdate 10/28/02)
Dirdy Birdies Jug Band - masculine
women, feminine men (2001)
Frank Harris - masculine women,
feminine men (1926)
Bill Amesbury - a thrill's a thrill (1976)
Minette-LBJ, don't take my man
away (1968)
Ty Bennett - excerpt from "Queen
For A Day" (early 1960's)
Diamond Lil - excerpt from "Listen,
Listen" (1976)
Effie Dropbottom - excerpt from
"Tells It Like It Is" (1968)
Liz Lyons - from "Up Your Ass" (1975)
Georgie Jessup - post-op freeway (2000)
Georgie Jessup - drag city (2002)
Lisa Jackson - fabulously done (2002)
Yolanda Interview (at 38:00)
Yolanda - right to surrender (1999)
Yolanda - freedom (2002)
Above, the Dirdy Birdies Jug Band recorded just the latest of many versions of "Masculine Women, Feminine Men"
(below, from back of LP)
Above & below, Georgie Jessup, and right, two of her albums
Above, Yolanda's first CD, from 1999, and her brand new 3-song EP, and, below, you're never fully dressed without a smile...
Bill Amesbury on his 1976 album cover "Can You Feel It." He later became Barbara Amesbury.
Ty Bennett, above, from "Gay International," from Toronto, 1965. An article in it mentioned her next LP, "Ty One On With Ty" was due shortly. As far as I know, that never happened. Click for more info on Ty Bennett
Above and below, the Liz Lyons album, and left, as she performed as Lee Leonard in the 1940s. Click HERE to see a Very rare photo of her, as Lee Leonard.
Above, Yolanda performing at Sun Music Company, June 7, 2002