Episode 8: Mama Was a Star
Chances are you’ve never heard of Ruth Wallis, one of the greatest singers, comedians, and performers of sexually suggestive lyrics in the postwar United States. Most of her catalogue remains on vinyl and historians have forgotten her. But from the 1940s until the early 1970s, Ruth Wallis was a bestselling performer and a mainstay at supper clubs and hotels. At a time when it was legally risky for entertainers to sing about sexuality for profit and pleasure, Ruth sold millions of records that used innuendo to playfully hint at a variety of straight and queer sexual pleasures.
Hosts and Creators
- Gillian Frank
- Lauren Gutterman
Producers
- Rebecca Davis
- Saniya Lee Ghanoui
- Devin McGeehan Muchmore
Intern
- Jayne Swift
Special Thanks
- Alan Pastman
- Mitch Douglas
- Rusty Warren
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