Contents:
- LOVE IS A DRAG: THE STORY BEHD THE GROUNDBREAKG SECRET 60S GAY ALBUM
- THE PLITED HISTORY BEHD THE 1962 “GAY” ALBUM ‘LOVE IS A DRAG’
LOVE IS A DRAG: THE STORY BEHD THE GROUNDBREAKG SECRET 60S GAY ALBUM
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THE PLITED HISTORY BEHD THE 1962 “GAY” ALBUM ‘LOVE IS A DRAG’
Gay waers and r hops started buyg pi, up to six at a time. Over the years, the album beme a cult em, sellg for up to $ years after the album appeared, a pany lled Camp Rerds started releasg novelty songs featurg lispg volists on meang numbers like Homer the Happy Ltle Homo. But the same myster pany also released an earnt, gay-oriented album tled Mad About The far back at the 1920s, blu sgers such as Ma Raey and Bsie Smh had been sgg about gay characters, though they were loathe to directly exprs their own sir.
Scere gay love songs didn’t appear greater numbers until the “women’s mic” movement of the 70s, wh artists cludg Holly Near, Meg Christian and Chris Williamson. ”Even so, a man, Steven Grossman, beme the first openly gay star on a major label when Mercury Rerds released Caravan Tonight 1974.