Jackie Shane - Walking The Dog - 1965 R&B

[@michaelfulton3059]

My grandfather told me a story of seeing her perform while he took my grandmother on one of his business trips up north. After the performance my meemaw had a chance to see her briefly in passing. “You sure can sing, ma’am!” my grandmother shouted. She said she never saw someone smile so big after that in her life.

[@janeweisner8364]

Jackie Shane was being played in the basements of my black friends in 1960’s. We danced to great R&B artists most white kids never heard about. I was lucky my parents never said no to a party invite from the “wrong side” of town. To my mom & dad we were kids dancing, drinking cokes and having a good time, and just maybe our friendships would change the world. We are all still friends some 50 years later, still dancing just not in basements, assisted living homes today.

[@91Kingscrib84]

Just got the news Jackie passed away today, February 22, 2019. Jackie was a regular entertainer at our local watering hole, the Richmond Inn, in the 1960s & early 70s. Jackie Shane, and The Mighty Pope, were two of the most popular acts to perform there. I'll always remember how kind & friendly Jackie was, despite having been treated terribly by some people who couldn't accept her for who she was. I'll always remember Jackie for the great music she leaves behind and for the terrific performer she was. R.I.P. Jackie Shane. You broke barriers, and did it with style & grace.

[@rudetuesday]

Thank you for sharing your memories of her.

[@analogueandy8x10]

Excellent radio interview of her. Apparently she's been nominated for a Grammy this year. RIP Jackie...and thank you! www.cbc.ca/radio/q/friday-feb-8-2019-david-foster-jackie-shane-and-more-1.5009904/jackie-shane-in-her-own-words-a-rare-interview-with-a-living-legend-1.5010217

[@robertmotion]

Andy O'Neill Shane’s album is nominated along with the producers....not the artist, for clarity. /bklyn💯

[@91Kingscrib84]

@@robertmotionThe 2-cd set was GRAMMY nominated for Best Historical Album for her box set Any Other Way. Specifically listed as: Rob Bowman, Douglas McGowan, Rob Sevier, & Ken Shipley, compilation producers; Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice, mastering engineers, (Jackie Shane)

[@SuperYvonne48]

so sorry to hear that

[@jonathanomara203]

Jackie Shane was a regular performer in the 60's at our high school dances in Toronto (Neil McNeil HS). Great entertainer.

[@michaelfulton3059]

Oh my god. I’m almost 40 and I can’t ever imagine something this good played at our high school dances back in the day. This is amazing.

[@ZoydWheeler]

I listened to this song several times and was impressed with what seemed her effortlessness before I realized just how tight, bangin’, and in the pocket she and they are.

[@singtweetypie]

Fellow Torontonian here. That is wild that Jackie Shane performed at Neil McNeil. Considering it was an all boys Catholic school, that was progressive, but Toronto has always had a great music scene. I went to a Catholic High School in the 70's (Senator O'Connor), and we had amazing talent at our high school dances as well that drew students from everywhere. You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@waynetardiff9328]

Thx!!!! =D

[@13thuniverse]

Wow

[@ceemac5656]

She had that James Brown groove in her motion! Just fabulous! 💯

[@anthonytaylor7928]

No she didn't

[@julliefishes]

This is fantastic!!!! I saw Jackie Shane perform live at the Palais Royale ( a dance Hall located on the shore of Lake Ontario on the east side of Sunnyside Swimming Pavilion). This was sometime in the late sixties and is still one the best performances I have ever attended. At that time, Jackie wore a blonde Marilyn Monroe type of wig and was the most beautiful looking person. Jackie if you are still around, please come out of hiding for your adoring fans. You are absolutely the best.

[@singtweetypie]

You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@tomdorenkamp6343]

Her phrasing and intonation give me chills. Why is this the first time I've heard this?

[@newtonlandry3629]

Sapphire Tavern was alive with live band performances late 60's best sound of Toronto's times Jackie Shane's performances were en point with James Brown/Little Richard for that era - I'll never forget her shows! RIP Miss jackie

[@blacknwhitesalright]

To the commenters on these wonderful Jackie Shane tracks - Jackie knew she was a woman since she was a small child. You have no idea just how difficult being a black transgender woman is anywhere on this planet at any time, let alone growing up in the Jim Crow South. Black trans women have among the highest murder, abuse, unemployment and imprisonment rates of any population, and it was much, much harder in the 1960s; we’re lucky she made it through everything and lived to an old age. Have some respect, stop calling her “he.”

[@liampaniak9461]

I agree that you should definitely not call her a "he," in respect of her identity, but you should understand that it has only really been known for a few years now that she identified herself as a woman. Before that, I believe it was an open question to most, and some thought that she was a drag performer who lived as a man. I'm not trying to excuse those who are being ignorant, but I just wanted to make it clear.

[@mattikarosenthal3298]

@@liampaniak9461 much respect for her. I had no idea until I saw the other album cover where she was dressed in a tuxedo. And I can see were people thought she was a drag queen, and amazingly I have never heard of her and I have done lots of research on gay history. She reminds me so much Etta James in her choice of material. A little Nancy Wilson as well. And her back up band is jumping. And it is amazing that she performed as a woman. She would make a great subject for a documentary.

[@corneilmadison3870]

This is a man ,transgender rather

[@frankpeter6851]

@@mattikarosenthal3298 b

[@ricardocampelo4248]

She is absolutely great !

[@tyroneprice6642]

I remember doing the dog 1965 that is why listening to this song.

[@giovanna722]

Bring back black music. Soul!!

[@kayetelle8009]

Try The Dap Kings

[@Rick-tt6yq]

I just learned about Jackie yesterday. I regret I never saw her perform. I understand she had some huge challenges in her life but I hope she is smiling down on us knowing she helped breakdown some barriers. RIP sweet lady.

[@jasonlindsey9946]

I'd never heard of Jackie until I stumbled upon her singing this song while searching for a version I heard growing up by Junior and the Classics. Very good version! today people want to put "First' on everything. Jackie did that decades ago! RIP Jackie

[@hilmarwensorra1215]

In very loving memory of Mrs. Jackie Shane (1940 - 2019 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten).

[@singtweetypie]

You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@CoreyChambersLA]

Talent matters! And she's go the goods.

[@coldlakealta4043]

saw her so often on the Yonge Street strip here in Toronto. wonderful performer, courageous groundbreaker

[@singtweetypie]

You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@johntheprofessional5039]

A true trailblazer, just like Marsha P. Johnson. RIP

[@mysteriousfun4759]

Her worthy spirit and voice of a superstar shine on.

[@telemyztery]

Saw Jackie a few times. Any Other Way is the best. I still have that 45, after all these years. Remember Mighty Pope too from many clubs.

[@frankandrews1005]

My first introduction to Jackie's music was "Any Other Way" from the BMG "Made in Canada" compilation released 1989. It's astonishing to me that this marvelously gifted performer wasn't better known, particularly in the United States, her native country. I don't believe Jackie ever became a naturalized citizen, but I for one would be proud to call her Canadian! She now lives in that celestial Hall of Fame - the one that really matters!

[@singtweetypie]

You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@rogerpr364]

This sounds great!! M'y bros on drums covered and recorded this song in 1964 with his band cald "The Counts Four" from Montréal Canada

[@singtweetypie]

Wow - that is fabulous. You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@TDog14126]

Never heard of this person until today, quite cool

[@arundelmercure553]

Sheer pop soul perfection, what a voice, delivered with such style and confidence. Amazing talent. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to know of Jackie and her great songs. Glad to know them now, just great.

[@cenithreid1855]

I've never heard of her, but I will hear her today

[@Bobjb999]

Rufus Thomas wrote the song & had a hit in '65 singing it himself. Rufus wrote a great R&B song, but I think Jackie Shane's vocal performance does the song even more justice than Rufus' rendition!

[@salemcorwin7306]

SHE'S AMAZING, HOLY COW

[@JanetCaterina]

She's great!

[@Jake-jr2zh]

IMO THIS is the best version.

[@treylew69]

R.I.P. Jackie Shane - way before you time.

[@portaviti6174]

Si è allontana dalle scene per stare vicina alla madre poi è tornata dopo è pure morta, peccato che di lei,_lui, non se ne parli, è veramente un gran peccato!

[@Jake-jr2zh]

Si veramente un peccato.

[@WildxSage]

How am I just now seeing this gem!???

[@davidedwardstruegospel2492]

Truthfully, I like the intro flowing into the rest of the song. The choreography was cool; and, the camera with angles were good.

[@leegroce7566]

Love it. She is a good looking lass and got a voice that want quit. Thanks.. Peace

[@hebneh]

I found about Jackie a few years ago and forgot about her till I just encountered this video again now. Really fascinating that a trans performer got on TV in the 1960s.

[@vivienneandersson6019]

Rest in peace child, you were a trailblazer.

[@BlackBeauty2021]

I love Jackie Shane.

[@Visiblediety]

The coolest thing I’ve ever seen and career goals!!!!!

[@williammartin2593]

I love this and one great thing about the Tube is that some people have personal connections and stories that fill in the details. Thank you.

[@javawatson1350]

This is brilliant! So happy I have discovered this precious jewel.Jackie shane is a trailblazer and has stamped themselves in history especially in Canada.

[@jv-ep2tc]

I would love to know the details of how this performance came about. I do not believe for one second that "nobody knew". They all knew and that is what makes it more interesting, I think. The cooperation of all concerned to get this performance to happen. Everyone needs help to fly.

[@collinsjamesl]

What an incredible post! Prince meets Little Richard meets Earth Kitt! Wish I knew the real truth about what happened to Jackie Shane. Love this song! I also love "Any Other Way" Jackie's music was just as good as any other chart toping songs in that era. Thank you so much for posting!

[@gilbertdeschamps9207]

Jackie's smooth as silk. Ice cold!

[@suebradford5758]

Thank you 🎶👍🎶...Thank You Lord ✝️ for the Tingles 🙏❤✝️

[@Jake-oc5xz]

Love this

[@MoiraRussell]

Now that is style. Damn.

[@latinguy67]

and class

[@PontiacS.]

Great Version.

[@JunoEven]

Whoah -- this is seriously good stuff. Better than the original, even.

[@rebeccareda1516]

Trailblazer, strong, powerful... may you RIP Miss. Jackie Shane❤

[@Wookienanny]

Saw Jackie and his band who performed at my high school, Thistletown Collegiate in the 60's. They were great, was mesmerized seeing a man with lipstick and mascara, had never seen it before! Brave soul back then.

[@singtweetypie]

You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@edfou5]

So a friend sends this link to me and I think to myself... I was 13 in 1965, soaking up music like a sponge, as I have all my life. I'm serious about my music. I know my stuff.... so how is it that I never heard of this woman? And then it came to me....

[@universallanguage59]

Certainly a contender for the best version of this one, at least I.M.H.O. All possible points taken for the arrangement and by the band, as well... Glad to see this was saved for those not familiar with Jackie, 'back in the day'.

[@RobertsAdra]

RIP Ms. Shane. Lots of love and respect from Toronto.

[@singtweetypie]

You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@ianweniger6620]

Hey Dap-Kings! A cover of this song would hit the spot!

[@mcdainty4202]

When I started playing in a rock band in 1966, EVERY band did a cover of this song. I never knew who did the original though!!!

[@marvinhagler4721]

New to this singer today

[@JORIALJohnRichardAllan]

Before RuPaul, before Sylvester, before Divine, there was Jackie Shane!

[@royaljesters4010]

💕 Love her .white boys groove. Black boy soul . No fake .just wonderful!!!!......

[@missmyasia]

Fearless trailblazer! Thank you!!

[@stevenk9512]

Wow she had balls!!! Transgender pioneer (end of 60ies-71). Knew Little Richard as a teen, performed with Jackie Wilson, met Hendrix early on! Billboard article brought me... Any Other Way is nominated for Grammy in 2019❗️Would be great seeing her (78yo)

[@giovanna722]

Jackie Wilson! Wonderful singer.

[@singtweetypie]

You might be interested to know that Historica Canada put out a Heritage Minute on Jackie Shane that I think you will love. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIO4m4tplMtlaM0si=NLgkaT7vqLNN3zh8 And Banger Films and The National Film Board of Canada just launched (2024) an award winning documentary on her life: Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story

[@jrlaz0001]

Downright LEGEND! She did that sh*t! 🔥💙🔥

[@bonitamacphee4313]

Amazing.

[@STFU_Its_Brenda]

I just found out about her and I wish I would have found out about her sooner 😢

[@TornadoCAN99]

Had never heard of her before lastnight, at a documentary film festival showing of "Any Other Way". Im now a big fan!

[@MA-yh2ko]

Why the entire fuck I gotta discover this Gem after she's dead? Easy style and flow. FEARLESS! Damn RIP

[@1lightheaded]

This lady looked after Big John and protected him from all the chiken hawks.Acording to him she was mor his mother than his mother was. Bless her and keep her

[@candice5186]

Jackie Shane is dope

[@charleshannam]

Effortlessly cool. If this blows me away in 2016 what was it's effect in 1965?

[@jackjohnson7396]

I remember 65 like it was yesterday. Effect, some would like it, some would not. That year was full of good singers, bands. Motown, British Invasion, etc. It would be another good singer, with all the competition going on.

[@jessiegardner5235]

Do you think prince stole a little? (I DO)

[@TwoFourFixate]

its

[@badrivanov3931]

Met Jackie at the Concord tavern in Toronto early 60s.A lovely person

[@april1969simnel]

@@jessiegardner5235 Prince would never have seen this. He was a little boy in Minneapolis in 1965. _Night Train_ was on a local channel in Nashville for 2 years, and only shown late at night. He may not have even heard of her before he died. Unfortunately, Jackie herself was popular only in Nashville and Toronto for a few years. She never made the big time.

[@missmyasia]

RIP fearless one....👑

[@teebeeferris]

Johnny Jones & The King Casuals ("Soul Poppin'") are the backing band and I think that's the Hytones on background vocals

[@ecoterrorism_liker7251]

legend

[@mimmoleonardi8643]

Great performance 💪 remembering Rufus Thomas very soul 🔥

[@troygaspard6732]

Thank you for posting this. I am happy that more people are learning about her genius. He music is the heart of rock and roll.

[@Sirmount]

I like this version of WTD best. That stutter beat and Jackies voice.

[@rockytwinsails9812]

The Great Jackie Shane and what a great band one of my tube favs !

[@timothyypearson]

Sooo Jackie was the first to do it then Sylvester in that order my first time hearing Jackie was few days ago they really lit up this song

[@moonspinner1946]

Marvelous! She's from my time in the 60's and yes, she was so talented and unique. RIP Jackie

[@dea1ledbelly]

Never heard of her until an episode of Poker Face! 🎉

[@spacemanfromthepast]

I definitely freaked out a little bit when that song started playing!

[@mrstanbmw]

What a smooth presentation.

[@adelsondasilvapinto6312]

Clássico muito boa cantora e ritmo musical

[@victorienne111]

She's amazing!

[@dianapitts1243]

Saw her many times at the Coalbin on Yonge in the 60s

[@georgiangeorge1]

One of my role models I met when I was 14. She was Trans Woman by then around 1968. Really showed her Trans Gender nature way before anyone See on this video of Famous R&B Singer Jackie Shane

[@gastrickbunsen1957]

I love how she challenged society by having male backing singers. She also wore mens suits, seventy years earlier she would have been a suffragette. What a voice, what a woman, what a HUMAN!

[@bringthepayne7561]

That wasn't a CHALLENGE.Money.

[@salvas7376]

Some serious style

[@FunkyMarcel]

From a Nashville TV show "Night Train"

[@ricarddeandean4615]

This woman is queen of walking my dog anyday any way

[@nicholasmiller5146]

The thing IS...Jackie was not a woman ! lol

[@TortizardProductions]

She was a woman! A trans woman

[@TheJohnnymotown]

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww that was great....

[@andys9337]

I like it...

[@Philobeddoe12]

Great R&B. I bet her music was played on WLAC in Nashville. John R way down south in Dixie.

[@Timmybear]

A collection of all her recordings, and highlights from the live performances, is imminent on Numero Group, both on 2CD and 2LP. :)

[@devans00]

Happy Black History Month Jackie Shane! 1960s American soul and rhythm and blues singer who wasn’t included on playlists many grew up with. #Sad #RIP #transgender

[@latinguy67]

how deprived we were of her music. thank goodness for KZbin for us to get to know brave pioneers and heroes like Ms Jackie.

[@brookwood704]

Thank you so very much for preserving and sharing this! Jackie Shane we miss and value you! Come out of exile and shine.

[@pauljoseph8691]

What a version. And with a cardigan too. Love the dancers and band. All live mind you.

[@bibsteenson]

Wow this is one of the most enigmatic performances I have ever seen, the pure epitome of cool. Amazingly half a century ahead of her time

[@teebeeferris]

Fantastic , Great Band !!

[@ehop1217]

Just AMAZING!! Slick n sooo cool!

[@blackamericanlesbianprofes4357]

Wow, I have just learned about music performer Jackie Shane. Awesome to see about the history and experience of the music artist being a Transgender woman in the 1960s. Thank you for posting this video.

[@AntonioSaucedo22]

In awe of Jackie, her musicians, and yes, even the dancers. Respect.

[@zinesilol88]

This sooooo cool .

[@MsKleinlaut]

It didn't matter to us what sexual preference a performer/entertainer chose. I do know one thing, Jackie Shane was a male, a drag queen. We didn't care. But it seems that the present generation is so pre-occupied with who is what. Here is a 2011 article I found online: Little Jackie Shane Live from the Sapphire Tavern, Toronto, In the 1960s, Toronto the Good was one of a few places on Earth where a young, black drag queen soul singer could become a nightclub headliner and recording artist. From Jerry Lincoln's liner notes for this R&B gem: What are Jackie's likes and dislikes? Well, you know Jackie likes "chicken". Even where food is concerned Jackie likes chicken. The only problem is when Jackie suggests, "Let's go out and get some chicken after the show", you can't be too sure what he has in mind.' It wasn't stopping at Chick-fil-A.

[@yahwea]

thank you for the archives !!