Over the years one of the most popular sections of my site
has been the one on the Camp Records label. I title it “The Most Outrageous
(and Queerest) Record Label of the 60s,” and it certainly was. Almost nothing is
known about the mysterious 60's record label. The Hollywood company released an
album and ten 45 rpm records of gay parody songs, most done with effeminate
voices. I believe they were issued in the early 60's, as they all appeared in
an ad in the gay magazine Vagabond, dated 1965. The artists singing most of the
songs were uncredited, or with names obviously made up, like Byrd E. Bath and
B. Bubba.
Below, four of the ten 45s
A second
album released on the label was called "Mad About the Boy."
It was filled with mostly well-known Broadway and cabaret songs that
were originally sung by women. This album kept the pronouns intact,
making them very gay. They were done in lounge style, without a campy
approach...in other words, done "straight."
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