Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Mighty Real Edition Part 1
Little Richard was rock ‘n’ roll’s flamboyant architect. Lesley Gore sang that no one owned her. Sylvester was a gender-fluid icon who helped define disco. Freddie Mercury made rock operatic, and George Michael demanded freedom.
What all of these LGBTQ artists had in common was bold hitmaking—and fear of being fully out of the closet. For decades, queer acts topped the charts while cloaking their true identities and paving the way for today’s more openly queer stars.
For Pride Month, join Chris Molanphy as he traces the hidden history of queer hitmakers on the charts—including those that…
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