Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music

Rocking the closet : how Little Richard, Johnnie Ray, Liberace, and Johnny Mathis queered pop music /

The all-embracing, 'whaddya got?' nature of rebellion in Fifties America included pop music's unlikely challenge to entrenched notions of masculinity. Within that upheaval, four prominent artists dared to behave in ways that let the public assume - but not see - their queerness. That...

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Main Author: Stephens, Vincent L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2019]
Series:New perspectives on gender in music.
Subjects:
Little Richard, > 1932-2020.
Ray, Johnnie, > 1927-1990.
Liberace, > 1919-1987.
Mathis, Johnny.
Homosexuality and popular music > United States.
Gay musicians > United States.
Gay singers > United States.
Music and race > United States.
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