Kick-Ass Black Rocker/R&B
Years active, 1940’s - 1980’s
Always click on pic’s.
Younstown, Ohio, USA
Bobby Marchan
(born Oscar James Gibson, April 30, 1930 – December 5, 1999) was an American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter, recording artist, bandleader, MC, and female impersonator.
Biography
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Marchan started as a female impersonator in his teens, and formed a drag troupe, the Powder Box Revue. He began performing in New Orleans nightclubs, specifically the Dew Drop Inn and the Club Tijuana in the mid-1950s. He made his first recording, "Have Mercy", produced by Cosimo Matassa for Aladdin Records, in 1954. He then recorded for the Dot and Ace labels, with Ace boss Johnny Vincent apparently offering him a contract under the misapprehension that Marchan was female and releasing his record "Give a Helping Hand" under the pseudonym Bobby Fields. … Read the Original text here >>> Bobby Marchan
The 50’s in New Orleans - Official 6034 [1989]
Hush your mouth - 1957
Well I’ll be John Brown - 1957
You can’t stop her - 1957
Quit my job - 1958