The Icons Gallery

The Icons Gallery

 This is a hall of fame for performers whose music has meant a great deal to the gay & lesbian community. Below are the 71 musical acts already in the Icons Gallery. A new act will be added each month. Nominate a soloist/ group here for December 2012.

BARBRA STREISAND DUSTY SPRINGFIELD THE CARPENTERS ABBA
JIMMY SOMERVILLE SHIRLEY BASSEY MARCIA HINES GEORGE MICHAEL KATE BUSH ELTON JOHN DAVID BOWIE RENEE GEYER BETTE MIDLER
PET SHOP BOYS K D LANG ANTHONY CALLEA DONNA SUMMER CHERKYLIE MINOGUE ANNIE LENNOX FREDDIE MERCURY HUMAN NATURE
TINA TURNER MADONNA ALISON MOYET DIANA ROSS OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN
VILLAGE PEOPLE TRACY CHAPMAN KATE CEBERANO SUZI QUATRO
WHITNEY HOUSTON MICHAEL JACKSON DEBBIE HARRY LIZA MINELLI
JUDY GARLAND DOLLY PARTON SADE CLIFF RICHARD TINA ARENA
HELEN REDDY CYNDI LAUPER SUPREMES MAMA CASS PAT BENATAR
BOY GEORGE PETER ALLEN SPICE GIRLS BEYONCE` QUEEN STEVIE NICKS
GLORIA GAYNOR MELISSA ETHERIDGE LADY GAGA ROXETTE GRACE JONES
MARTHA WASH CHRISSIE AMPHLETT POINTER SISTERS BONEY M ERASURE BANANARAMA BEE GEES MARY J. BLIGE DARREN HAYES JOAN ARMATRADING
SCISSOR SISTERS MORRISEY EARTHA KITT RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
NOVEMBER - This month's new Gay & Lesbian Musical Icon:

KIM WILDE

Kim was born into a musical family but became a pop sensation in her own right in the early 1980s with her breakthrough worldwide hit single. "Kids in America". Other successful singles followed, including "Chequered Love" :

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-_4xTdMhUQ

Around 1988, the hits started drying up, apart from the odd comeback to the pop charts. Despite this, Kim did release some fine singles, including "You Came: in 1988:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivU2crJSv8w

In 2011, Kim released a covers CD, entitled 'Snapshots'. This collection saw her covering records made famous by the likes of Diana Ross, Erasure, Tasmin Archer and this song originally by Mike Oldfield; "To France":

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2mb86aMnkQ&feature=related