Josie Cotton (born 1956) is an American singer/songwriter, best known for her minor hits "Johnny Are You Queer" and "He Could Be the One" from 1982. "Johnny Are You Queer" has been featured on the soundtracks to the movies Jackass Number Two and Valley Girl, and "He could be the one" was also featured in Valley Girl.
Was asked out by Nicolas Cage while on the set of 'Valley Girl;' Ms. Cotton turned him down as she was in a relationship at the time.
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Long time Josie fan and fellow genius, Matthew Thomson Dalldorf once said, "'Josie Cotton' and 'awesome' should not be used in the same sentence as that would just be redundant.".
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Has recorded a large number of albums, but has only released five so far; Convertible Music (1982), From The Hip (1984), Frightened By nightingales (1993), Movie Desaster Music (2006), and Invasion Of The B-Girls (2007). She also has a lot of recorded material from the eighties that she plans on releasing sometime soon.
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The title of her CD 'Invasion Of The B-Girls' was inspired by the movie Invasion Of The Bee Girls (1973).
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Her album, 'Invasion Of The B-Girls' (2007), is a collection of theme songs from old drive-in pictures. These include, Girl In Gold Boots (1969), The Black Klansman (1965), Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls (1970), Green Slime (1968) and more...
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Is friends with filmmaker John Waters.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Glee
2011
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Jackass Number Two
2006
Documentary performer: "Johnny, Are You Queer?"
Valley Girl
1983
performer: "He Could Be the One", "Johnny Are You Queer?", "School Is In"
$200,000
