voc, *1944 US
Singer of R&B/Soul
A.k.a. Liberation (7)
Carl Bean (born 1944) is the founding prelate of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, a liberal protestant denomination that is particularly welcoming of lesbian, gay and bisexual African Americans. Before founding the first church of the denomination, the Unity Fellowship Church, Los Angeles, in 1975, Bean was a Motown and disco singer, noted particularly for his version of the early gay liberation song "I Was Born This Way".In 1982 Bean became an activist, working on behalf of people with AIDS.Bean's autobiography, I Was Born This Way, came out in 2010.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Down To Love Town / I Was Born This Way | The Originals / Carl Bean | 2008 | Album |
West End Double Pak Vol.38 | Taana Gardner, Carl Bean | 2007 | Single |
Love Will Show You The Way | Carl Bean | 1982 | Single |
Jellyroll | Carl Bean | 1982 | Single |
I Was Born This Way | Carl Bean | 1977 | Single |
Gotta Be Some Change [Mono] / Gotta Be Some Change [Stereo] | Carl Bean | 1974 | Single |
All We Need Is Love | Carl Bean And Universal Love | 1974 | Album |