years_active birth_place name background birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
1970s & ndash ; present kirkland lake , ontario , canada barbra amesbury solo_singer 1948 barbra amesbury
 william amesbury philanthropist , singer-songwriter , composer , filmmaker
barbra amesbury

barbra amesbury -lrb- born 1948 in kirkland lake , ontario -rrb- is a canadian philanthropist , singer-songwriter , composer and filmmaker , who had several top 40 hits in canada in the 1970s as bill amesbury before coming out as transsexual .
amesbury is the long-time partner of canadian philanthropist joan chalmers .
