Josie Cotton

Singer/songwriter Josie Cotton was born as Josie Jones in Dallas, Texas. She's the daughter of a prominent local family who made their fortune in cotton. Josie began her career singing with several local bands in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood and moved to Los Angeles in the late 70s. Cotton recorded the New Wave rock single "Johnny Are You Queer?" for Bomp! Records in 1981. The controversial song proved to be a surprise cult underground hit and was subsequently reissued by Elektra Records. Josie's 1982 album "Convertible Music" produced a minor hit single with "He Could Be the One." Cotton appears as herself in "Valley Girl"; she performs the Gary U.S. Bonds oldie, "School Is In," and also her songs, "He Could Be the One," and "Johnny Are You Queer?" in the senior prom scene. Her 1984 album "From the Hip" begat the moderately successful single, "Jimmy Loves Maryann." Alas, Elektra dropped Cotton due to lackluster sales. Josie bounced back in 1996 and recreated herself as an art rocker with the oddball album, "Frightened by Nightingales," which was co-produced by her punk music producer husband Geza X. Josie portrays mysterious immortal being Silver Ring in the offbeat horror sleeper "Nomads." More recently, Josie Cotton recorded the albums "Movie Disaster Music" and "Invasion of the B-Girls," the latter of which is made up of covers of B-flick theme songs. She is a co-founder of the label B-Girl Records.