Billy Tipton - Works Inspired By Tipton

Works Inspired By Tipton

• The 1991 song "Tipton" by folksinger Phranc is a tribute to Billy Tipton.
• Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man is a 1995 short film based on the life and career of Billy Tipton.
• Stevie Wants to Play the Blues was a play based on Tipton's life written by Eduardo Machado and performed in Los Angeles.
• The Slow Drag was a play based on Tipton's life by Carson Kreitzer performed in New York City and London.
• An opera based on Tipton's life, Billy, was staged in Olympia, Washington.
• Trumpet is a novel by Jackie Kay inspired by Tipton's life.
• The Opposite Sex is Neither, a theatrical revue by noted trans woman Kate Bornstein, features Billy Tipton.
• "Billy's Thing" is an unreleased track by Jill Sobule.
• "The Legend of Billy Tipton," by the punk band The Video Dead, is about the story of Billy Tipton.
• The band The Billy Tipton Memorial Saxophone Quartet took its name from Billy Tipton on learning his story.
• "Kill Me, Por Favor" is a short story including a section about Billy Tipton in Ry Cooder's book Los Angeles Stories (City Lights Books, 2011).