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).

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