Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton"Suits Me is the biography of a now notorious jazz musician named Billy Tipton, who grew up as Dorothy Tipton in Oklahoma City and Kansas City but lived as a man from the time she was nineteen until she died at age seventy-four. Billy Tipton's death in Spokane, Washington, made news all over the world, not because he was celebrated as a musician but because the scale of his deception - he had been "married" to five women and had reared several adopted children - and the scarcity of ready explanations endowed the skimpy available facts with the aura of myth." "But locked away in Billy's office closet lay files of clippings and photographs documenting the transformation of Billy from she to he, as well as a legacy of annotated comic routines, musical arrangements, and program notes. These revealed to Diane Wood Middlebrook how Billy scattered clues and riddles night after night about the drag she wore. These hints were so bold that they helped conceal Billy's secrets." "With brio and pathos, Suits Me tells the life story of this brilliant deceiver, who lived and loved in two skins, one of each sex."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
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The dramatic way she surrendered her secret at the time of her death suggests
that she wanted the disguise to become part of the record too . Billy Tipton had
come of age as a musician at the same time that technology was inventing ways
to ...
The dramatic way she surrendered her secret at the time of her death suggests
that she wanted the disguise to become part of the record too . Billy Tipton had
come of age as a musician at the same time that technology was inventing ways
to ...
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Billy listened to this kind of jazz on records and over the radio , and she both
listened to jazz and played jazz at after - hour ... and Earl Hines as a teenager ,
using the speed regulator on a gramophone to slow a record to the speed he
wanted .
Billy listened to this kind of jazz on records and over the radio , and she both
listened to jazz and played jazz at after - hour ... and Earl Hines as a teenager ,
using the speed regulator on a gramophone to slow a record to the speed he
wanted .
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According to the only royalty statement on file , 17 , 678 copies of the records had
been sold by the end of 1957 , and Billy had received an advance of $ 440 and
an additional $ 31 . 28 in royalties . Though neither Ron nor Dick received any ...
According to the only royalty statement on file , 17 , 678 copies of the records had
been sold by the end of 1957 , and Billy had received an advance of $ 440 and
an additional $ 31 . 28 in royalties . Though neither Ron nor Dick received any ...
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Reseña de usuario - bookwormteri - LibraryThingWhile I found this book super interesting, I definitely felt the lack of Billy's perspective in this story. An incomplete read without knowing what he was thinking and feeling and his motivation ... Leer reseña completa
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Reseña de usuario - ursula - LibraryThingThis was a very interesting book about Billy Tipton, a musician in the jazz/swing era who was born a woman but passed as a man almost his entire adult life. It's both fascinating and frustrating ... Leer reseña completa
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Born Naked 21 January 1989 | 5 |
But Who Was She? 18891928 | 13 |
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