Jackie Shane

Jackie Shane (born May 15, 1940 in Nashville , Tennessee ; † February 21, 2019 there ) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues singer.

Career

Jackie Shane was born in 1940 and assigned the male gender. From the age of five she had the feeling that she was actually a girl, and when she was 13 she first appeared as such; She was supported in this by her mother. Shane called himself homosexual.

Shane performed as a drummer in various local bands before moving to Toronto around 1959 , where she became lead singer in Frank Motley's band. Shane, who caused a sensation not only with her voice but also with her extrovert demeanor and spirited stage shows, became a well-known nightlife star and a star of the music scene in and around Toronto in the 1960s. As an African American and transgender artist, she felt really “free” for the first time in Canada.

Shane appeared male on stage , but wore heavy make-up, a striking, sequined wardrobe and various wigs and was thus perceived by the audience as a drag queen at times . An appearance on the popular late-night talk show of Ed Sullivan she refused because she was abschminken for the more conservative US television audience. It was not until the late 1960s that she appeared in public as a woman and was introduced as The Exciting Miss Jackie Shane . Record releases from 1962 onwards were also a commercial success in Canada and she was able to achieve hit ratings in the regional music charts with Any Other Way . In 1965 she had her only television appearance in Night Train ; Performances with Etta James and Jackie Wilson followed in the late 1960s .

In 1971 the artist disappeared from the public; she moved back to the United States to take care of her mother. It wasn't until 2017, when a compilation of her songs was released, that Shane came back into the public eye. She gave a last radio interview in 2019.

Jackie Shane died in her homeland at the age of 78.

Honors

Jackie Shane is one of the artists immortalized on a mural by Adrian Hayles on a 22-story building. The building is located in downtown Toronto. People like Ronnie Hawkins , Glenn Gould or BB King , who made a particular contribution to the music scene of the 1950s and 1960s, were remembered here.

In 2015 the album Live! Nominated for the Polaris Music Prize in the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize category. Any Other Way was nominated for Best Historical Album at the 2019 Grammy Awards .

Discography (selection)

Albums

1967: Jackie Shane Live!

Bootlegs

2000: Honkin 'at Midnight (with Frank Motley and his Motley Crew)
2011: Live at the Saphire Tavern

compilation

2017: Any Other Way

Singles

1962: Money (That's What I Want) / I've Really Got the Blues
1962: Have You Ever Had the Blues? / Money (That's What I Want)
1962: Any Other Way / Sticks and Stones
1963: In My Tenement / Comin 'Down
1967: Stand Up Straight and Tall / You Are My Sunshine
1969: Cruel Cruel World / New Way of Lovin '

documentation

2010: CBC Radio: I Got Mine: The Story of Jackie Shane
2011: Yonge Street: Toronto Rock & Roll Stories

Sources and web links

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Shane, Jackie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American rhythm and blues and jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nashville , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH	February 21, 2019
Place of death	Nashville , Tennessee

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