...AND, #5 to 1 ....
5.
PAUL PARKER : ....we 'Elder-Gays' will know about him; a HI-NRG Dance Legend who was produced by Patrick Cowley (Sylvester, etc.), was another who didn't do Porn but benefited from it (with his 80's Pornstar looks), hit the Dance charts several times, and got TWO #1 Dance hits ('Right On Target' & 'One Look')....If he did do Porn, his suggestive lyrics would've hit more, but opened the Doors for (Gay) Pornstars to try Singing in the 80's ....
4.
JOHNNY HANSON: ...who!? ....Johnny had a brief career in Gay Porn, but hired Junior Vasquez to touch his tune "Mr. Fantasy" up.....which got Johnny up to #15 on the Dance charts (May 1995) ...which he WROTE, making him the first Gay Pornstar to hit with his OWN composition......
3.
DENNIS PARKER: ....The BENCHMARK of Gay Pornstars turned Singers; Dennis (real name, Wade Nichols) did Gay (and Bi) Porn in the 70's, hit with the 'sleaze' Disco tune ("Like A Eagle"), and became a respected Soap Opera Actor....died of AIDS, but still is widely regarded as a Pornstar who put 'the past' behind them.....
2.
FREDERICK FORD: ...although he's a Porn legend (behind) the screen, he had several charted Dance tunes that actually netted him THREE Grammy bids, respectable download sales (for a Pornstar), and performed, wrote, & sung with Dance legends Ultra Nate, Barbara Tucker, Pepper Mashay, & Rupaul...not too shabby....
1.
COLTON FORD: ....Colton sung for Frankie Knuckles, almost had a Album released (in the 90's), & got the shaft by his label....but, when he pulled out HIS 'shaft', is when he became a Gay Porn
LEGEND....who sings! ...Colton is the ONLY Gay Pornstar to go Top Ten ('Signed, Sealed, Delivered', 'Let Me Live Again' hit #9 & #10 Dance), & has NINE charted Dance hits.....He never wavered from singing, and still does it, to this Day...at
61(!) ...and, he's actually roommates with
Lawson James!
....say what you will, but he EARNED it....in
SO many ways.......
.....
