Before Stonewall (1984)

New York City's Stonewall Inn is regarded by many as the site of gay and lesbian liberation since it was at this bar that drag queens fought back against police June 27-28, 1969. This documentary uses extensive archival film, movie clips and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.

The movie Before Stonewall, released in 1984, features 25 songs from artists like Jefferson Airplane, Judy Garland, Alan Hale and the chorus and Ma Rainey and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band. What is your favorite song from Before Stonewall?

Songs from Before Stonewall

Lili Marleen

The Caisson Song

The Stars and Stripes Forever

Somebody to Love

Jefferson Airplane

Wedding March

We Shall Overcome

Over the Rainbow

Judy Garland

America

The Girl That I Marry

Ladies of the Chorus

Alan Hale and the chorus

The Lavender Cowboy

Prove It on Me Blues

Ma Rainey and Her Tub Jug Washboard Band

Working as Chamber Maids

My Buddy

Frank Sinatra with Harry James and His Orchestra

(I've Got a Gal in) Kalamazoo

Kate Smith

Hostesses of the Stage Door Canteen

the chorus

National Emblem

Little Boxes

De Gay Young Lad

The Entertainer

Watch Out for the Vice Squad

Secret Love

Doris Day

We Can Be Together

Jefferson Airplane

I'm Gay and I'm Proud

I'm Saving All My Kisses