Troy Walker
Troy Walker was born in Hayward, California, United States on January 25th, 1967 and is the Cartoonist. At the age of 57, Troy Walker biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Walker moved to Los Angeles in 1958 and sang pop, country, and rock ‘n roll songs at nightclubs, including a stint with partner Timi Yuro. The openly gay Walker felt he could be freer about his personal life in Hollywood. He released his first album Troy Walker Live in 1962 on Life Records. Walker believes his inclusion of the song "Happiness is a Thing Called Joe" caused DJs to send the record back to the label. "They wouldn't play music by a man singing to a man" he told KXLU interviewer Chris Wilson in 2010.
Walker was a regular performer at nightclubs on the Sunset Strip, including the Interlude and Gene Norman's Crescendo with his band, led by a pre-Captain & Tennille Daryl Dragon and featuring percussionist Spider Webb. He was also the opening act for performers including Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, and Tina Turner.
Elvis Presley, Louella Parsons, Ethel Merman and Gregory Peck attended Walker's shows. Ronald Reagan hired him to perform at a private party on his ranch. Walker enjoyed a 17-year stint at the famed country and western nightclub The Palomino Club in North Hollywood where he performed with Jerry Lee Lewis.
The Valley News reported in 1970 that Walker "looked as out of place as Lord Fauntleroy at a boxing arena" when he performed at a country music club. While in the Air Force, Walker traveled the world performing for the troops.
Starting in the 1970s his song "Marijuana Munchies" became a regular on the Dr. Demento radio show. Walker is the subject of the documentary film TROY, The Original Lady Boy, which premiered in 2019 as part of the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival.