Billy Tipton
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz musician, bandleader and talent agent (1914–1989)
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Billy
- Gender
- trans man
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City
- Place of death
- Spokane
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Image
- 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
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- stomach cancer
- start of work period
- 1936-00-00
- birth name
- Dorothy Lucille Tipton
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