‘Frank Satra Has A Cold’ was published 1966 and stantly enshred journalism’s hall of fame. But the t-and-moe tale of how Gay Tale ma Ol’ Blue Ey sg om a distance is jt as astonishg
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FRANK SATRA: I ED TO VIS ALL THE GAY PLAC…
While Satra certaly knew his share of tabloid gossip and ever-prent fame, one glarg difference was that 1990, Michael hadn’t yet e out as gay. BTW (and you are all probably aware of this already), at the time this song was wrten by the homosexual poser Strayhorn, the word gay generally meant happy, not homosexual. And while Strayhorn might not have tend “Lh Life” to be about the gay experience, don’t take much effort to terpret the song that way.
Gay Tale’s groundbreakg profile, “Frank Satra has a Cold”, was reported 1965 and published by Esquire 1966. In November of 1965, the journalistic fat brought Gay Tale and Frank Satra together Beverly Hills and Las Vegas, Manhattan and Hollywood. 1" album, which was released September was also nearly eight years before Michael publicly me out as gay April 1998, jt after beg arrted a Beverly Hills park for "engagg a lewd act.
"The sger later said that he felt "dulent" for hidg his homosexualy. (Police handout)The "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" sger later beme a proment gay-rights activist, cludg raisg money for HIV/AIDS rearch. This was no avuncular uncle or giggly showbiz lightweight, but a man wh the drive to put himself at the top of whatever tree he was Way or the highwayGay Tale’s wonrful 1966 Esquire say Frank Satra Has A Cold refers to him as actg out the role of Il Padrone, a Sicilian term that means ‘the boss’, and ’s a tle that is as btowed as is taken.