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| image_size = | birth_name = Line 24: {{external media | width = 210px | float = right | headerimage= | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUYW2iwimBw Jackie Shane - Walking The Dog - 1965 R&B] }} '''Jackie Shane''' (May 15, 1940 – February 21, 2019<!-- Do not add 22 February or any other date until this is confirmed - her body was found on 21 February. See talk page for discussion. -->) was an American [[soul music|soul]] and [[rhythm and blues]] singer, who was most prominent in the local music scene of [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada, in the 1960s. Considered to be a pioneer [[transgender]] performer,<ref name=obit>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/jackie-shane-death-1.5029817 "Jackie Shane, pioneering transgender soul singer, dies at 78"]. [[CBC News]], February 22, 2019.</ref> she was a contributor to the [[Toronto Sound]] and is best known for the single "Any Other Way", which was a regional Top 10 hit in Toronto in 1963 and a modest [[RPM (magazine)|national chart]] hit across Canada in 1967, reaching number 68.<ref name=blogto>[http://www.blogto.com/music/2014/11/a_brief_history_of_queer_music_in_toronto/ "A brief history of queer music in Toronto"]. ''BlogTO'', November 29, 2014.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.10046.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - March 18, 1967}}</ref> ==Background== Line 50: == Life beyond the music == === Shane’s gender and sexuality === While today Jackie Shane can be labeled as a trans woman, throughout her early life, language surrounding transgender people was not commonly discussed. From the young age of thirteen, Shane identified herself as a girl, even though she was constantly being misgendered.<ref>[https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A575318481/OVIC?u=colu27235&sid=ebsco&xid=2da2b2d7] {{dead link|date=May 2024}}</ref> The question of whether she was a transgender woman, a drag queen, a masculine lesbian, or a gay man was consistently discussed, but Shane never publicly addressed her === Fleeing Jim Crow === Line 68: ==Recording career== Shane recorded several tracks in 1960, including a cover of [[Barrett Strong]]'s "[[Money (That's What I Want)]]" and a version of [[Lloyd Price]]'s "I've Really Got the Blues". However, none of the tracks were issued at the time; they eventually came out in 1965. Shane's first issued recording was "Any Other Way" (b/w "Sticks and Stones"), recorded and issued in the fall of 1962; the song became her biggest chart hit, reaching #2 on Toronto's [[CHUM Chart]] in 1963.<ref name=maynard/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://chumtribute.com/63-04-01-chart.jpg| title=CHUM Hit Parade - April 1, 1963}}</ref> It was also a hit in several US markets (including St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.), allowing it to place at #124 on Billboard's "[[Bubbling Under]]" charts in the U.S. A cover of a song previously recorded and released by [[William Bell (singer)|William Bell]] in summer 1962, Shane's version of "Any Other Way" was noted for adding a different spin to the lyric "Tell her that I'm happy/tell her that I'm gay"; while the original lyric intended the word "gay" in its older meaning as a synonym of "happy", Shane played on the word's double meaning, which was not yet in mainstream usage.<ref name="cbc" /> The follow-up single to "Any Other Way" was "In My Tenement" b/w "Comin' Down". It received some airplay in upstate New York, but did not chart elsewhere in the US or Canada, and Shane did not record again for several years.{{citation-needed|date=April 2024}} Line 90: These organizations emerged in the 1970s, however, which was before Jackie Shane’s presence in the entertainment industry was recognized. Shane was never one to hide, nor label her sexuality, freely expressing herself throughout the 1950s and 60s. Her ability and confidence to place herself within the public eye while openly expressing femininity, emphasizes Shane’s overall importance in transgender visibility. Shane was not directly a part of the [[Gay liberation|Gay Liberation Movement]], or any transgender movements, but her presence and silent activism prior to the emergence of these movements paved the way for many transgender individuals.{{citation-needed|date=April 2024}} There were little to no transgender musicians throughout this era of queer history. Significant trans women in this industry, such as [[Wendy Carlos]] and [[Jayne County]], were pioneers for the transgender community in this career field, but they were not openly transgender within the media until the mid 1970s.<ref>{{Cite ==Post-career attention== Line 112: In 2023, a fundraising campaign was launched on [[JustGiving]] to fund a commemorative Heritage Toronto plaque honoring Shane, at a location to be determined in downtown Toronto.<ref>Megan LaPierre, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/fundraising_campaign_launched_to_honour_jackie_shane_with_historic_plaque_in_downtown_toronto "Fundraising Campaign Launched to Honour Jackie Shane with Historic Plaque in Downtown Toronto"]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', January 23, 2023.</ref> She had been previously featured in their 2021 Sounds Like Toronto digital exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jackie Shane |url=https://soundsliketoronto.ca/en/stories/artists/jackie-shane |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=Sounds Like Toronto |language=en}}</ref> A plaque was unveiled on June 23, 2023, the start of [[Pride Toronto|Pride weekend]] in the city, at the Victoria and Richmond location of the former Saphire Tavern.<ref>Phil Tsekouras, [https://www.cp24.com/lifestyle/toronto-marks-pride-weekend-start-with-plaque-honouring-transgender-soul-singer-jackie-shane-1.6454060 "Toronto marks Pride weekend start with plaque honouring transgender soul singer Jackie Shane"]. [[CP24]], June 23, 2023.</ref> A public mural on the side of a building on [[Yonge Street]], south of the intersection with [[College Street (Toronto)|College and Carlton Streets]], also includes a portrait of Shane as one of several images commemorating the street's live music scene of the 1960s.<ref>Andrew McIntosh, [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jackie-shane "Jackie Shane"]. ''[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]'', February 12, 2020.</ref> In 2023, a [[GoFundMe]] campaign was launched by Nashville Queer History to purchase a historical marker honoring Jackie Shane that would be installed in Nashville, Tennessee.<ref>Jackie Shane Historical Marker in Nashville GoFundMe page.</ref> Enough money was raised and the historical marker was officially ordered in August 2023. Nashville Queer History announced on their Instagram page that the historical marker will be unveiled sometime in 2024.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/nashvillequeerhistory/ Nashville Queer History Instagram page.]</ref> The marker was officially dedicated on September 20, 2024.<ref name="nbc-20sep2024">{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Dan |title=Trailblazing Black trans singer Jackie Shane finally gets her due in Tennessee |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-pop-culture/jackie-shane-singer-black-trans-lgbtq-tennessee-rcna171975 |access-date=September 20, 2024 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=September 20, 2024}}</ref> A documentary of her life, ''[[Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story]]'', directed by [[Michael Mabbott]] and Lucah Rosenberg-Lee and co-produced by [[Elliot Page]], premiered at the [[South by Southwest Festival]] in March 2024.<ref name="THR">{{cite news |last1=Vlessing |first1=Etan |title=SXSW: Jackie Shane Disappearance Mystery Solved in 'Any Other Way' Documentary |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sxsw-jackie-shane-any-other-way-documentary-1235846044/ |access-date=March 9, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=March 8, 2024}}</ref> Line 146 ⟶ 148: * {{cite book|last1=Bowman|first1=Rob|title=Jackie Shane: Any Other Way|year=2017 |publisher=Numero Group|edition=|isbn=|url= }} {{Refend}} ==External Links== * {{discogs artist|Jackie Shane}} * {{imdb name|9350567}} {{authority control}} Line 156 ⟶ 162: [[Category:American women singers]] [[Category:American emigrants to Canada]] [[Category:Black Canadian [[Category:20th-century Black Canadian women singers]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian women singers]] Line 163 ⟶ 169: [[Category:Canadian women singers]] [[Category:Canadian people of African-American descent]] [[Category:Canadian [[Category:American [[Category:African-American [[Category: [[Category:Singers from Nashville, Tennessee]] [[Category:Singers from Toronto]] Line 174 ⟶ 180: [[Category:20th-century American singers]] [[Category:Transgender singers]] [[Category:20th-century Canadian [[Category:LGBTQ history in Toronto]] [[Category:The Numero Group artists]] | |||