Witty, opinionated, and occasionally outrageous-“Did Elvis Presley want to be tied up?” asks Gill about this rock legend’s famous pose-Queer Noises is an attempt to end the silence about the contributions of gays and lesbians to the canon of twentieth-century music.
But as John Gill observes, many of the central figures of twentieth-century music have been forced to keep their sexuality a secret. Gay men and women have been involved in making music since music was first made.
