LC control no. | no2005032224 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Shane, Jackie |
Associated country | Canada |
Located | Nashville (Tenn.) Toronto (Ont.) |
Birth date | 1940-05-15 |
Death date | 2019 |
Place of birth | Nashville (Tenn.) |
Place of death | Nashville (Tenn.) |
Field of activity | Rhythm and blues music Soul music |
Profession or occupation | Singers |
Found in | All the singles plus the concert, 1963: label (Jackie Shane, vocals) Wikipedia, viewed 21 November 2017: Jackie Shane (American soul and rhythm and blues singer, who was most prominent in the Toronto music scene in the 1960s; born May 15, 1940, in Nashville, Tennessee; moved to Montreal in 1960 and to Toronto in 1961; faded in prominence after 1971; moved to Los Angeles to care for her mother before relocating to Nashville around 1996 after the death of her mother; described as a man who performed in drag throughout her career, with her often ambiguous about her gender identity, but since 2017 identifies as a transgender woman) Amicus database, 21 November 2017 (access point: Shane, Jackie) Washington post WWW site, viewed Feb. 25, 2019 (Jackie Shane, a black transgender soul singer from the American South who moved to Toronto in the 1960s and packed out nightclubs for years with electrifying showmanship, was found dead Feb. 21 in Nashville. She was 78; born on May 15, 1940) |