In Music
Some male music celebrities wear exaggerated feminine clothing as part of their show, but they should not be necessarily called drag queens. Boy George wears drag queen style clothes and cosmetics but he once stated he was not a drag queen. RuPaul and Pete Burns are professional singers and drag queen performers.
Drag queens in lyrical interpretation of some songs:
- Lola by The Kinks
- Walk on the Wild Side by Lou Reed
- Dude (Looks Like a Lady) by Aerosmith
- Ballad of Cleo and Joe by Cyndi Lauper
- King for a Day by Green Day
- Cherry Lips by Garbage
- Born This Way by Lady Gaga
- Do You Mind If We Talk About Bill by James Collins (about a transgendered ex-pop singer—video is on YouTube)
- I'm Coming Out by Diana Ross
- Verbatim by Mother Mother
- He's a Woman She's a Man by Scorpions
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