"Walk on the Wild Side" is a song by American rock musician Lou Reed from his second solo album, Transformer. It was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson and released as a double A-side single with
Reed and three of the people described in the lyrics of "Walk on the Wild Side: Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis and Joe Dallesandro.
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Jackie Curtis was an American underground actor, singer, and playwright best known as a Warhol superstar. Primarily a stage actor in New York City, Curtis performed as a man and also performed in drag
Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)
…Specifically, the song refers to several of the "superstars" at Andy Warhol's New York studio, the Factory: Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis, and Joe Campbell (referred to in the song by the nickname "Sugar Plum Fairy"). "Walk on the Wild Side" touched on topics considered taboo at the time…
Curtis by Andy Warhol in 1974
Painting by Gary LeGault of Jackie Curtis at SNAFU in 1980