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Billy Tipton

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American jazz musician, bandleader and talent agent (1914–1989)

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It is catalogued under topics including 1914 births, 1989 deaths and 20th-century American LGBTQ people.

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Music · MusicBrainz

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Person
Country
US
Active from
1982-06-14

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Billy Tipton, born Dorothy Lucille Tipton in Oklahoma City in 1914, was a jazz pianist. He found opportunities for women in this area quite limited--indeed, his KC, MO high school did not allow girls to join its marching band. He studied jazz piano and sax anyway. Dorothy began performing as a man in 1933. Billy played piano with Louvenie’s Western Swingbillies, Scott Cameron, George Meyer, and Ross Carlyle before founding The Billy Tipton Trio, featuring Dick O'Neill (drums) and Kenny Richards

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Press photo of the Billy Tipton Trio, c. 1966 (cropped, portrait of Billy Tipton).jpg
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Billy Tipton
date of birth
1914-12-29
date of death
1989-01-21
start of work period
1936-00-00
birth name
Dorothy Lucille Tipton
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