BEATLES TOP GAY ALBUM
30 July
2006- The Beatles’ first album PLEASE
PLEASE ME is
a shock entry in a new poll of the
top 50 gay albums of all time. John Lennon, Paul Mccartney, George Harrison and
Ringo Starr’s 1963 album, which included the hits Twist And Shout and I Saw Her
Standing There, featured in the chart compiled by British gay magazine Attitude,
alongside records by ABBA, Sir Elton John and Boy George. Simon Napier-Bell
former manager of George Michael's ex-band WHAM! says, "That summer it was the
gay album.
Every party, every club,
everywhere you went, Please Please Me blasted out. George and Paul singing into
one microphone, their cheeks touching, was the gayest thing we'd ever seen." The
top ten gay albums of all time are as follows: 1. Scissor Sisters - Scissor
Sisters (2004) 2. ABBA - Arrival (1976) 3. Morrissey - Vauxhall and I (1994) 4.
Kylie Minogue - Light Years (2000) 5. George Michael - Older (1996) 6. Frankie
Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasure dome (1984) 7. Madonna - Erotica
(1992) 8. Anthony and the Johnsons - I am a Bird Now (2005) 9. Donna Summer -
Bad Girls (1979) 10. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World (1970).
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