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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 68. Chapters: Eurodance, Hi-NRG musicians, RuPaul, Gloria Gaynor, Divine, List of Hi-NRG artists and songs, Laura Branigan, Sylvester, Almighty Records, List of eurodance artists, Kristine W, Carol Jiani, Reggae fusion, Pete Burns, Nicki French, France Joli, Scherrie Payne, Evelyn Thomas, Hazell Dean, Italo disco, Hard NRG, Martha Wash, Shannon, Lonnie Gordon, Space disco, Bobby Orlando, Gioia Bruno, Larry Fast, New Beat, Trans-X, Claudja Barry, Italo dance, Patrick Cowley, Abigail, Jeanie Tracy, Rockell, 7th Heaven Remix & Production, Pamala Stanley, Sean Ensign, Tony De Vit, Last Man Standing, Euro IV Ever, Pete Waterman Entertainment, Harajuku, Eurotopia, Roni Griffith, Barbara Pennington, Bubblegum dance, Lobby, Sarah Washington, Taffy, Eurodancemix, Linda Jo Rizzo, Rofo, Movin' Up. Excerpt: Divine (October 19, 1945 - March 7, 1988), born Harris Glenn Milstead, was an American actor, singer and drag queen. Described by People magazine as the "Drag Queen of the Century," Divine often performed female roles in both cinema and theater and also appeared in women's clothing in musical performances. Even so, he considered himself to be a character actor and performed male roles in a number of his later films. He was often associated with independent filmmaker John Waters and starred in ten of Waters's films, usually in a leading role. Concurrent with his acting career, he also had a successful career as a disco singer during the 1980s, at one point being described as "the most successful and in-demand disco performer in the world." Born in Baltimore, Maryland, into a conservative, wealthy middle class family, he became involved with John Waters and his acting troupe, the Dreamlanders, in the mid-1960s and starred in a number of Waters's early films such as Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs, Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble. These fil...