Jill Sobule, the late singer-songwriter who scored a hit with the queer anthem “I Kissed a Girl” in 1995, will be celebrated this spring with a series of tribute shows around the country dubbed “Jillith Fair — Loving Jill Sobule.” Margaret Cho, John Doe, Tom Morello, Joan Osborne, Lisa Loeb, …
Read More »Jill Sobule's Final Song Was Titled 'J.D. Vance Is a C-nt'
In mid-March, Jill Sobule arrived at her friend Michelle Lewis’ home in L.A. to write songs with Lewis and her co-writing partner, former Letters to Cleo frontperson Kay Hanley. Calling themselves Sugar Tits, the three had collaborated periodically over the years. As Lewis and Hanley learned right away, Sobule had …
Read More »Why Jill Sobule "I Kissed a Girl" Remains a Model for Queer Representation
LGBTQ audiences who wanted visibility in pop culture had it tough for most of 1995, when Morrissey’s “Boy Racer” was about as explicit as things got (“He’s just too good-looking…”). Two years before Ellen DeGeneres came out to a network TV audience of millions, several fresh shoots appeared in an …
Read More »Jill Sobule, Singer of History-Making 1995 Single 'I Kissed a Girl,' Dies in House Fire at 66
Jill Sobule, the singer-songwriter behind songs “Supermodel” and “I Kissed a Girl,” has died at the age of 66. Her team announced that the musician had died in a house fire in Woodbury, Minnesota, early this morning. “Jill Sobule was a force of nature and human rights advocate whose music …
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