As with many female blues and jazz singers, the indomitable Alberta Hunter spent the middle portion of her life solely entangled with the 9 to 5. Rediscovered in her senior years, she ultimately received even more respect and critical acclaim than during the fragrant bloom of her earlier career.
Part of that rediscovery included the use of one of her earliest tracks, You Can’t Tell the Difference After Dark, in the mutated monster sequel Mimic 3: Sentinel.
Hunter, for all LGBTQIA history archivists out there, was also a very private, yet steadfast lesbian. She was involved for decades with a woman named Lottie Taylor, the daughter of a famous comedian.
Determined, with a rich personal history well worth exploring further, Hunter, who died in 1984 at the age of 89, is definitely one of our eclectic forebears who helped give our community its rich diversity and overall cultural impact.
Until the next time, SWEET love and pink GRUE, Big Gay Horror Fan!
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