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Patti LaBelle (born Patricia Louise Holt on
May 24, 1944 in West-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a highly revered
American R&B, soul singer and songwriter who fronted two groups, Patti
LaBelle & the Bluebelles and Labelle. She is best known for her strong
powerhouse vocals and her unique and distinct high-octave vocal belting.
At her peak, she possessed an octave range of 4. Her biography, Don't
Block the Blessings, remained at the top of the New York Times
best-seller list for several weeks. She is also a bestselling cookbook
author, actress, entrepreneur and philantropist.
As time continues to evolve, the soulful
songbird’s name has become synonymous with grace, style, elegance and
class. Belting out classic rhythm and blues renditions, pop standards
and spiritual sonnets have created the unique platform of versatility
that Ms. Patti is known and revered for.
The same motivation that had Patricia Louis
Holt blossom from a choir member to lead vocalist for Patti LaBelle &
The Bluebelles to a solo artist is the same energy that keeps her fire
burning at six-two years young. “Each year I grow, and that’s a blessing
from God. I do what I can do. I do what I feel God has given me the
energy to do, so I just go out there and I do it…It’s not about making
money because I don’t need money, but I need to sing. With a voice or
without, I’ve got to get on that stage.” And the world is thankful that
Ms. Patti’s preaching sounds so good to our ears.
****
Background information
Birth name Patricia Louise Holt
Born May 24, 1944 (1944-05-24) (age 63)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Genre(s) R&B, soul, funk, disco
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, actress
Years active 1958–present
Label(s) Epic, Philadelphia Int'l, MCA, Def
Soul Classics, Bungalo
Associated
acts Labelle, Nona Hendryx, Sarah Dash
Website PattiLabelle.com
****
Biography
Early years
Born the fourth of five children including
three sisters and a brother, Patti began singing at the age of 14 in
church. A shy girl, Patti had a voice of a torch diva. A school teacher
advised her to start a singing group.
As Patsy Holte, LaBelle formed a
four-member girl group called the Ordettes in 1958. In 1959, when two of
the original Ordettes left, Holt and fellow Ordette Sandra Tucker
brought in singers Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash. When Tucker's family
made Sandra leave the group, she was replaced by Cindy Birdsong. With
her mother's blessings, Patti left high school to tour with the Ordettes.
The group was managed by Bernard Montague, The group toured from local
nightclubs to honky tonks and truck stops.
Two years passed until the girls auditioned
for Blue Note Records. The president at the time nearly passed on the
group upon hearing the lead singer was Patti, or "Patsy" as friends and
family called her, whom he had said didn't fit the traits of a
traditionally beautiful lead singer. His mind was changed, however, when
Patsy began singing. The president signed them to the label under two
conditions: The Ordettes were now the Bluebelles and Patricia "Patsy"
Holte would be given a new name: Patti LaBelle. For a woman that didn't
have classic beauty traits by Eurocentric standards, the last name meant
"beautiful" in French. The name was changed again to Patti LaBelle and
the Bluebelles after the manager of the group who had the same name
sought to sue.
Success with The Bluebelles
In 1962, Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles
scored their first Top 40 pop hit with the release of the doo-wop
single, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman." That same year, they began
wowing audiences at New York's legendary Apollo theater later given them
the name "The Apollo Sweethearts." Throughout the '60s, Patti LaBelle &
the Bluebelles were one of the hottest touring acts on the chitlin'
circuit while the hits continued: in 1964, they scored again with songs
like "Danny Boy" and "Down the Aisle."
In 1966, the group signed to Atlantic
Records and scored what later became Patti's signature song with their
version of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Around this time, LaBelle was
engaged to be married to Temptations member Otis Williams, but the
couple called off the engagement because of their conflicting touring
schedules. The next year, LaBelle, Dash & Hendryx received a shock when
Cindy Birdsong left to join The Supremes, replacing Florence Ballard. It
would be years before Birdsong and the group began to speak again. After
Cindy Birdsong left the group, Patti, Nona, Sarah found themseleves in a
holt, But the group continued to toured around the country.
Labelle
In 1970, Patti and the Bluebelles moved to
England where they met promoter Vicki Wickham, formerly Janis Joplin's
promoter. The next year when the girls returned to America, they came
out with a different name - simply Labelle - and a new attitude, vocal
style, and a new wardrobe. Wearing casual clothing and African
adornments, Labelle often sung of racism, sexism and politics. Their
sound was not taken to heart by consumers.
In 1974, however, learning of a cult
following, the women changed their looks again now adorning space-like,
rockish and uniforms, they began to sing about sex, space, politics, and
things that many funk and rock bands were singing about at the time --
but with an exception; no female groups had dared up until now to broach
this type of controversial material. Their following had grown so much
that in October of that year, they were the first African-American
contemporary act to perform at the Metropolitan Opera . That December,
they released their greatest record, Nightbirds, featuring their
breakout hit, "Lady Marmalade," which hit #1 on the Hot 100 in 1975,
helping Nightbirds to go gold. None of their subsequent albums would
have quite the same success, although Phoenix and Chameleon were hailed
by music critics as experimental and groundbreaking.
Solo career
The 70's
In 1976 during a performance in Baltimore,
Nona suffered a nervous breakdown, forcing the band to separate abruptly
(see note #1]. LaBelle released her self-titled debut in 1977 on Epic
Records, where she recorded 3 more albums in the years to come. The
debut album became an important hit for Patti at least on the R&B charts
and was notable for the stand-out ballad, "You Are My Friend" and for
the funkier "Joy To Have Your Love," which demonstrates Patti's large
range with a typical Philadelphia Soul orchestrated arrangement with
heavy bass. In the next year she released one of her most acclaimed
albums, Tasty, featuring the salsa hit "Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu
Baile)." The next step was the album It's Alright With Me featuring the
disco classic "Music Is My Way Of Life" and the last album she recorded
for Epic was Released, which did better than the previous one chartwise
but didn't generate any important hits nor received the same critical
acclaim. On July 21, 1979, she appeared at the Amandla Festival along
with Bob Marley, Dick Gregory and Eddie Palmieri, amongst others.
The 80's
Success was mostly eluding Patti until
early 1981, when she released the classic ballad, "I Don't Go Shopping."
In 1983, she released her first charted hit album, I'm In Love Again.
The album featured LaBelle's first #1 R&B hit with "If Only You Knew"
and a radio hit with "Love, Need and Want You." In 1984, after an
eighteen-year estrangement, she reconciled with Cindy Birdsong while she
was on stage in Los Angeles. By 1985, LaBelle was on her way to pop
stardom after her songs, "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up" (recently
re-recorded by Patti and Joss Stone) from the soundtrack for Beverly
Hills Cop (1984), which peaked at #17 and #41 on the pop charts
respectively.
By the time of her rise to pop stardom in
the mid-1980s, LaBelle was now infamous for her wild hairdos, kicking
off her shoes in a "Holy Ghost"-like rage, rolling over the floor while
singing, putting the microphone stand down and then yielding it up in
the air and choreographing the now-legendary "spread my wings" move that
she incorporated during her show-stopping performances of "Over the
Rainbow." Patti's appearance at the Motown Returns to the Apollo and
Live Aid concert in 1985 introduced her to a whole new audience. During
the finale of Live Aid, Patti took to the microphone for "We Are the
World," during some points of which Patti's voice is the only one
audible. As a result, Patti was often accused of grandstanding. In 1986,
she released her best-selling album to date with Winner in You. The
album yielded her first solo #1, "On My Own" with pop balladeer Michael
McDonald, the Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 hit, "Oh, People," the moderate
pop chart hit, "Kiss Away The Pain" and the Hot Dance Music/Club Play
chart hit, "Something Special Is Gonna Happen Tonight."
The 90's
By the end of the 1980s, she scored a
moderate R&B and pop chart hit with the Diane Warren ballad, "If You
Asked Me To," in 1989. The song peaked at #10 on the Adult Contemporary
chart. It was later covered by Céline Dion in 1992 when it peaked at #1
on both the Pop & A/C charts. Patti entered the 1990s on a high but not
without tragedy. In July 1989, she lost her third sister Jackie to
cancer. Patti's two elder sisters had similar fates, with her oldest
sister Vivian dying in 1977 (at the height of LaBelle's success) and the
second-eldest sister Barbara, dying in 1982 from colon cancer. Her
brother, father and mother also passed away around the same time, making
Patti the only living member of her extended family while being the
mother of six kids - one born by Patti, three of one of her sisters'
children and two adopted and wife of Armstead Edwards (married since
1969), who had become her manager.
LaBelle herself was diagnosed with diabetes
in 1995. She is a spokeswoman for the American Diabetes Association, and
has published two cookbooks targeted at people with diabetes, containing
low-sugar and low-fat recipes. In 2005, LaBelle began appearing in
advertisements for OneTouch Ultra and later for OneTouch Ultra2, a
manufacturer of blood glucose monitoring systems for people with
diabetes.
In 1991, Patti released the
critically-acclaimed, Gold selling Burnin' album, which helped her win
her first Grammy Award for Best R&B Female Vocal Performance. "Burnin'"
featured the hits, "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "When
You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)" and "Feels Like Another One."
That album is also notable because it includes the first Labelle reunion
recording (with Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx on the track "Release
Yourself") That success continued onto subsequent albums like 1994's
Gems (featuring the hit, "The Right Kinda Lover"), 1997's Flame
(featuring the hit, "When You Talk About Love"), and 1998's Live One
Night Only (which won her a second Grammy).
2000's
In 2000, in a stunning move, she divorced
her husband, Armstead. The same year, she released When A Woman Loves,
an album mostly of heartbroken toned Adult Contemporary songs by Diane
Warren. Surprisingly, the album did not score an Adult Contemporary
chart hit with the title track. LaBelle's musical legacy would be heard
on several tracks by younger R&B and Hip-hop artists'; such as "Lady
Marmalade" (resung by Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Pink and Mya on the
soundtrack of Moulin Rouge!, which became a #1 hit all over again 26
years after LaBelle's original version topped the charts). She also
appeared, though briefly, in a performance of the song at the 2002
Grammy Awards. "Love, Need & Want You" was sampled by rapper Nelly and
Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland in their #1 hit, "Dilemma" and
later by Outkast, who featured LaBelle re-singing parts of the song on
their hit, "Ghetto Musick"). "If Only You Knew" has also been covered
and sampled in recent years.
On February 6, 2003, she performed "Way Up
There" at a memorial service in honour of the astronauts lost in the
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, which was held at the Washington
National Cathedral and attended by Vice President Dick Cheney among
others. Patti was nominated for a Grammy for this tune, but lost to
Aretha Franklin. She also released a vibrant single of the cut. [3]
On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, Patti LaBelle
sang the "Ave Maria" at the funeral of the legendary Cuban born 'Salsa
Queen' Celia Cruz, held in New York's St. Patrick's Cathedral.
The year 2004 saw the release of Timeless
Journey, which debuted at #16, making it LaBelle's highest charting
album in eighteen years. Songs on the album include "2 Steps Away" and
"When You Smile", a tribute song for Celia Cruz featuring Spanish
language artists Carlos Santana, Andy Vargas, and La India. She scored
modest hits with "New Day", "More Than Material" and, "Gotta Go Solo", a
duet with Ronald Isley which peaked at #31 on the R&B chart. Patti also
headlined the divas concert live. Patti LaBelle New Day Club Mixes was
released to DJ's for club play and reached #1 on the top Played songs in
the clubs and reached #11 on the top US Dance charts.
Patti has had her own reality show on TV1,
Living It Up with Patti Labelle, since April 30, 2004.
In mid-2005, she released Classic Moments,
a cover album featuring tracks made popular by other artists. LaBelle
has often performed some of her favorite songs by other singers in her
concerts. The album featured such songs as "I Can't Make You Love Me",
the lead single, "Ain't No Way" (featuring Mary J Blige), "I'll Stand By
You", "Land of the Living (with singer/songwriter Kristine W.), " and
"Your Song" (featuring Elton John). Shortly after the release of the
album, Labelle was unceremoniously dropped from her label. Reports of
conflicts with label head Antonio "L.A." Reid were blamed for the
dissolution as well as an event where several high profile stars
abruptly backed out of appearances at a televised 60th birthday
celebration for LaBelle.[1]
Patti also appeared on 'Extreme Makeover'
where she sang "Stand by You" at a candlelight vigil.
While appearing as a guest on the show
Martha on December 23, 2005, Patti LaBelle announced that she is
reuniting with Labelle. Patti LaBelle was among thosed honoured by Oprah
Winfrey at her Legends Ball. She is also playing Motormouth Maybelle in
Hairspray on Broadway.
Recent News
In June 2006, a previously unreleased
BlueBelles track was unearthed and released on an Atlantic compilation
CD, "Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Sisters". The name of the track is
"(1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days". LaBelle also appeared in the movie
preaching to the choir as Sister Jasmine the Choir Director. LaBelle
sang four songs for the album which included: Going To My Fathers House,
How I Got Over and Preaching To The Choir with Labelle. Patti also
appears on the soundtrack to Chicken Little where she duets one of her
old songs, 'Stir It Up', with Joss Stone .
Patti made an appearance on 'Celebrity
Duets', where she performed three songs: "Lady Marmalade," "Over the
Rainbow" with Jai Rodriguez, and "On My Own" with show host Wayne Brady.
In November 2006, Patti paid tribute to
Dusty Springfield, singing a tribute to her at the UK Music Hall of Fame
at Alexandra Palace, London, England.
On November 21, 2006, "The Gospel According
To Patti LaBelle" was released.[2] As a promotion, all copies sold at
Wal-Mart have a bonus track, "The Lord's Prayer." The Gospel According
To Patti LaBelle debuted at #86 on the Billboard 200, #17 on the R&B
chart and #1 on the Gospel Albums chart. The unit sales of the first
week tallied up to 18,000 units sold. Earlier in 2006, LaBelle performed
at the 2006 Super Bowl Gospel Celebration.[3]
LaBelle was prominently featured alongside
Fantasia and Yolanda Adams on the remake of Stevie Wonder's "I Wish", on
the soundtrack to "Happy Feet". LaBelle will also be featured on "What
About Love", the lead track from the soundtrack to The Color Purple: The
Musical.[3]
On March 26, 2007, Patti was honoured with
an Excellence in Media Award by GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation) for her life-long work for gay and lesbian rights and
participation in the fight against AIDS. The award was presented by
"Dreamgirls" star, Oscar-winner Jennifer Hudson. "I didn't know you were
this nice," Patti said to Jennifer during the 18th annual awards
ceremony. "I thought you were a bitch," she joked, noting that she had
never met Hudson before their joint appearance. Patti spent most of her
acceptance speech praising Jennifer Hudson, a former American Idol
contestant who won an Oscar in February 2007 for her debut portrayal of
a pop singer in the musical "Dreamgirls." In a passing-of-the-torch
moment that brought a cheering audience to its feet, Patti and Jennifer
launched into an a cappella rendition of "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've
Seen." Jennifer appeared astonished by Patti's tribute, saying, "You are
who I idolize."
On April 29, 2007, Patti appeared and sang
at the 2007 Fort Lauderdale AIDS Walk in South Florida.
On May 5, 2007, Patti appeared and sang at
the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattieburg MS in a ceremony
honoring Mrs. Tena Clark.
LaBelle is also said to be recording a new
album with Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx, together as the reformed
"LaBelle", with help from Lenny Kravitz. They will be in the recording
process this year and will possibly be on the road next year.
On June 26, 2007, Patti LaBelle gave a
teary eulogy on the late Gerald Levert. Patti LaBelle along side Gladys
Knight, Yolanda Adams and Eddie Levert paid tribute to Levert at the
2007 BET Awards singing "Wind Beneath My Wings", a favourite song of his
which he sang often in his own concerts.
According to a message Ms. LaBelle posted
on her official website, she has currently re-signed with Def Jam after
being dropped by L.A. Reid in 2005. Reid decided he had made a mistake
and offered her another deal, which she took a few months to decide upon
but eventually accepted. She has since released a Christmas album
produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis and James "Big Jim" Wright. The
album, titled "Miss Patti's Christmas", was released October 9, [2007]
and was due to feature a track guesting Mariah Carey. However, this
Mariah Carey track never made the CD.
On October 20, 2007 LaBelle appeared as a
surprise guest (with Whitney Houston, who introduced Patti) on the
Swarovski Fashion Rocks for the Princes Trust Concert, singing a unique
rendition of Lady Marmalade alongside the Sugababes for the finale of
the concert in London, England.
On Novemeber 4, 2007, the World Music
Awards paid tribute to 63-year-old LaBelle for her enduring contribution
to R&B. LaBelle sang a rendition of "Lady Marmalade" at the event.
"I love this show because it unites the
world with music; we need peace in the world," LaBelle said.
Additionally, LaBelle has been slated to
lead a group of Philadelphia singers in NBC's upcoming "Clash of the
Choirs."
Discography
Albums
1962 Sleigh Belles, Jingle Belles, and
Bluebelles (with the Bluebelles)
1963 Sweethearts of the Apollo (with the
Bluebelles)
1965 The Bluebelles on Stage (with the
Bluebelles)
1966 Over the Rainbow (with the Bluebelles)
1967 Dreamer (with the Bluebelles)
1971 Labelle (Labelle)
1972 Moon Shadow (Labelle)
1973 Pressure Cookin' (Labelle)
1974 Nightbirds (Labelle) (#7 U.S.) (Gold)
1975 Phoenix (Labelle) (#44 U.S.)
1976 Chameleon (Labelle) (#94 U.S.)
1977 Patti LaBelle (#62 U.S.) (#16 R&B)
1978 Tasty (#129 U.S.)
1979 It's Alright with Me (#145 U.S.)
1980 Released (#114 U.S.)
1981 The Spirit's In It (#156 U.S.)
1983 I'm In Love Again (#40 U.S.) (#4 R&B)
(Gold)
1985 Patti (#72 U.S.) (#13 R&B) (Gold)
1986 Winner in You (#1 U.S., #1 R&B, #30
UK, #29 U.S. Dance) (Platinum)
1989 Be Yourself (#86 U.S.)
1990 This Christmas ( US HOLIDAY #18, US
R&B #95)
1991 Burnin' (#71 U.S.) (#13 R&B) (Gold)
1992 Live! (#135 U.S.) (#15 R&B)
1994 Gems (#48 U.S.) (#7 R&B) (Gold)
1997 Flame (#39 U.S.) (#10 R&B) (Gold)
1998 Live! One Night Only (#182 U.S.) (#52
R&B)
2000 When a Woman Loves (#63 U.S.) (#26
R&B)
2004 Timeless Journey (#18 U.S.) (#5 R&B)
(Gold)
2005 Classic Moments (#24 U.S.) (#5 R&B)
2006 The Gospel According To Patti LaBelle
(#86 U.S. #17 R&B & #1 U.S. Gospel)
2007 Miss Patti's Christmas (US Holiday
chart #29, Barnes and Noble.com #124, Amazon.com #200)
Singles
Year Title Chart positions Album
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop U.S. Dance UK
Singles Chart
1962 "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman" (with
The Blue Belles) #15 #13 - - Sweethearts of the Apollo
1963 "Down the Aisle" (with The Blue
Belles) #37 #14 - - Sweethearts of the Apollo
1964 "You'll Never Walk Alone" (with The
Blue Belles) #34 #34 - - Sweethearts of the Apollo
1965 "Danny Boy" (with The Blue Belles) #76
#4 - - Sweethearts of the Apollo
1966 "All or Nothing" (with The Bluebelles)
#68 - - - Over the Rainbow
1967 "Take Me for a Little While" (with The
Bluebelles) #89 #36 - - Dreamer
1975 "Lady Marmalade" (with LaBelle) #1 #1
#1 #17 Nightbirds
1975 "What Can I Do for You?" (with
LaBelle) #48 #8 #1 - Nightbirds
1975 "Messin' With My Mind" (with LaBelle)
- - #8 - Phoenix
1976 "Get You Somebody New" (with LaBelle)
- #50 - - Chameleon
1977 "Isn't It a Shame?" (with LaBelle) -
#18 - - Chameleon
1977 "Joy to Have Your Love" - #11 - -
Patti Labelle
1977 "Dan Swit Me" - - #29 - Patti LaBelle
1978 "You Are My Friend" - #61 - - Patti
LaBelle
1979 "Music Is My Way of Life" - #81 #10 -
It's Alright With Me
1979 "It's Alright With Me" - #34 - - It's
Alright With Me''
1980 "Release (The Tension)" - - #48 -
Released
1980 "I Don't Go Shopping" - #26 - -
Released
1981 "The Spirit's in It" - - #49 - The
Spirit's in It
1983 "I'll Never, Never Give Up" - - #57 -
I'm in Love Again
1984 "If Only You Knew" #46 #1 - - I'm in
Love Again
1984 "Love Has Finally Come at Last" (with
Bobby Womack) #88 #3 - - The Poet 2
1985 "New Attitude" #17 #3 #1 - Beverly
Hills Cop Soundtrack
1985 "Stir It Up" #41 #5 #18 - Beverly
Hills Cop Soundtrack
1986 "On My Own" (with Michael McDonald) #1
#1 - #2 Winner in You
1986 "Oh, People" #29 #7 - #26 Winner in
You
1986 "Kiss Away the Pain" - #13 - - Winner
in You
1987 "Something Special (Is Gonna Happen
Tonight)" - #50 #10 - Winner In You
1987 "Just the Facts" - #34 - - Dragnet
1989 "If You Asked Me To" #79 #10 - -
Licence to Kill Soundtrack and Be Yourself
1989 "Yo Mister" - #6 #44 - Be Yourself
1990 "I Can't Complain" - #65 - - Be
Yourself
1991 "Feels Like Another One" - #3 #17 -
Burnin'
1991 "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who
It Is)" - #2 - - Burnin'
1992 "All Right Now" - #30 - - Patti
LaBelle Live
1992 "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like
Heaven)" - #4 - - Burnin
1994 "The Right Kind of Lover" #61 #8 #1
#50 Gems
1994 "All This Love" - #42 - - Gems
1995 "Turn It Out" (With Labelle) - - #1 -
Music From The Motion Picture: To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie
Newmar
1995 "I've Never Stopped Loving You" - #67
- - Gems
1997 "When You Talk About Love" #56 #12 #1
- Flame
1998 "Shoe Was on the Other Foot" - - #10 -
Flame
2004 "New Day" #93 #36 #11 - Timeless
Journey
2004 "Gotta Go Solo" (featuring Ronald
Isley) #89 #31 - - Gotta Go Solo (Single)
2005 "Ain't No Way" (feat. Mary J. Blige) -
#62 - - Classic Moments
2006 "Where Love Begins" (feat.Yolanda
Adams) - #68 - - The Gospel According To Patti LaBelle"
Filmography
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
(documentary) (scenes deleted)
A Soldier's Story (1984)
Unnatural Causes(1987)
Sing (1989)
Sylvester: Mighty Real (2002) (short
subject)
Preaching to the Choir (2005)
Idlewild (2006)
Cover (2007)
Upcoming:
Mama, I Want to Sing! (2008)
Semi-Pro (2008)
Trivia
Ms. LaBelle has a residence in Wynnewood,
PA
Considered for Margaret Avery's role in The
Color Purple and Whoopi Goldberg's role in Ghost.
Turned down Whitney Houston's role in The
Bodyguard.[4].
Refers to Fantasia as "Baby Patti".
Sang the role of the Acid Queen during The
Who's 25th Anniversary Tour performance of Tommy in 1989.
Also known as The Queen of Rock and Soul,
The Philly Songbird, the Empress of Soul, the High Priestess of Good
Vibrations.
The late great Luther Vandross was the
first president of the 'Patti LaBelle & Bluebelles' fan club. He went on
to say that if there's an intergalactic singing competition, Earth
should send Patti LaBelle.
****
References
Footnotes
1^ PATTI LABELLE VS. ANTONIO 'LA' REID: Did
mogul pull artists out of her all-star birthday celebration?. EURweb
(October 18, 2005).
2^ Campbell, Dwayne (December 15, 2006).
Patti LaBelle's first gospel album recalls her Baptist roots. The
Philadelphia Inquirer.
3^ a b Daniels, Karu F. (January 6, 2006).
Hip Hop Super ‘Star’. BV Entertainment Newswire. AOL Black Voices.
Other References
Labelle, Patti and Randolph, Laura B.
(March 1997). Don't Block the Blessings. Thorndike Press, 200.
****
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