From the birth of jazz in the red-light district of New Orleans, through the rock 'n' roll years, Swinging Sixties and all-singing and all dancing disco days of the '70s, to modern pop, electronica and reggae the LGBT community has...

The Velvet Mafia: The Gay Men Who Ran the Swinging Sixties von Bullock, Darryl W.

Florence Foster Jenkins von Bullock, Darryl W.

From Sia to Elton John, from Billie Holiday to David Bowie, LGBT musicians have changed the course of modern music. But before their music--and the messages behind it--gained understanding and a place in the mainstream, how did the queer...

Drawing on new interviews and contemporary reports, Bullock uncovers the lives of the LGBT music-makers, from Freddie Mercury to David Bowie and Elton John. von Bullock, Darryl W.