Being Herself Celeda–a Diva With a Difference
Listen to Celeda sing on “Music Is the Answer”–her hit single, recorded last year, has sold 300,000 copies–and you might not guess that she is a he. She now uses the name Victoria Sharpe and says “no problem” if folks don’t realize that she’s a gay man. “Honey, you can call me Celeda or Victoria–and if you don’t get that far, you can even call me Vic,” she says.
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At first Celeda didn’t dream of getting into music professionally–it was just a hobby. She took care of elderly people in a nursing home, then became a medical records clerk. But as she started doing more music on weekends, she’d go to work puffy-eyed and fall asleep while filing. And gradually she realized that she could support herself with her music.
Twisted will release Celeda’s debut album of 14 songs, This Is It, July 27. She appears Sunday at Crobar the Nightclub, 1543 N. Kingsbury. And about 60,000 copies of “Be Yourself,” which just came out the last week in May, have already been sold worldwide.
