The Flirtations (group)

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| origin = United States

| genre = a cappella

| years_active = 1988–1997

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| past_members = Jon Arterton
Michael Callen
Aurelio Font
TJ Myers
Eliot Pilshaw
Jimmy Rutland
Suede
Cliff Townsend
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The Flirtations were a pro-LGBT, male a cappella musical group active from 1988 to 1997. The original members were Jon Arterton, Michael Callen, Aurelio Font, TJ Myers, and Cliff Townsend. On the Out On the Road album they were joined by Jimmy Rutland. The group later reconfigured: for the album Three, Jon Arterton and Jimmy Rutland were joined by the woman Suede.

Their music provided an opportunity for both a celebration of gay culture and a call to arms in the battle against AIDS and homophobia. They were fronted by the gay activist Michael Callen from establishment in 1988 until his death from AIDS-related disease in 1993. The Flirtations performed at a number of prominent national venues, and performed a song in the soundtrack to Philadelphia.[http://cdbaby.com/cd/flirtations90 CDBaby.com: The Flirtations][http://www.winamp.com/artist/the-flirtations Winamp.com: The Flirtations][http://performingarts.net/Theatre/Flirtations.html PerformingArts.net: The Flirtations] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203135240/http://performingarts.net/Theatre/Flirtations.html |date=December 3, 2008 }}{{Cite news|last=Jordan|first=Susan|date=October 1991|title=The Flirtations: Shooting Stars|pages=8, 11|work=The Empty Closet|url=http://www.lib.rochester.edu/IN/RBSCP/Databases/Attachments/Closet/1991/1991_OCTOBER.pdf|access-date=2020-05-30}}

Discography

1990: The Flirtations
1994: Live: Out on the Road
1996: Three [https://www.amazon.com/Flirtations/e/B000APY9U2/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel Amazon]

The Flirtations contributed one cut each to the following collections:

1992: Feeding The Flame: Songs By Men to End AIDS (The Flirt Song - by The Flirtations - Track 8 and Crazy World - by Michael Callen - Track 9){{Cite web|title=Feeding The Flame: Songs By Men To End Aids|url=https://www.amazon.com/Feeding-Flame-Songs-Men-Aids/dp/B00106IJ4W|last=|first=|date=|website=www.amazon.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-23}}
1995: A love worth fighting for A celebration of gay and lesbian singers and songwriters, Volume one. (Angels, Punks And Raging Queens - The Flirtations - Track 12){{Cite web|title=A love worth fighting for A celebration of gay and lesbian singers and songwriters, Volume one|url=https://www.amazon.com/Love-Worth-Fighting-Various-Artists/dp/B000006M1Z/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+love+worth+fighting+for&qid=1590263126&s=music&sr=1-1|last=|first=|website=www.amazon.com| year=1995 |publisher=Streeter Music|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-23}}
1995: Winter moon. A celebration of gay and lesbian singers and songwriters and friends, Volume two. (Do Not Turn Away - Michael Callen - Track 8 and Everything Possible - The Flirtations - Track 14){{Cite web|title=Winter moon. A celebration of gay and lesbian singers and songwriters and friends, Volume two.|url=https://www.amazon.com/WINTER-MOON-CELEBRATION-LESBIAN-SONGWRITERS/dp/B000006M20|last=|first=|website=www.amazon.com|year=1995|publisher=Steeter Music|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-23}}

The Flirtations (group)

Discography

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