DIVINE You Think Youre a Man ( Live 1984 TV Performance on COUNTDOWN) Hi NRG Disco 80s
REMEMBERING DIVINE Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 March 7, 1988), better known by his stage name Divine, was an American actor, singer, and drag queen. Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters, Divine was a character actor, usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical productions, and adopted a female drag persona for his music career. In 1982, he then joined forces with young American composer Bobby Orlando, who wrote a number of HiNRG singles for Divine, including Native Love (Step By Step), Shoot Your Shot, and Love Reaction. To help publicize these singles, which proved to be successful in many discos across the world, attaining a particularly large following in Europe. Divine s career as a disco singer continued and his records had sold well, but he and his management felt that they were not receiving their share of the profits. They went to court against Bobby Orlando and
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