Patti LaBelle
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Birth name | Patricia Louise Holt |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | May 24, 1944
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Years active | 1960–present |
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Website | pattilabelle |
Patricia Louise Holt (born May 24, 1944),[1] known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul".[2]
She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group
In 1989, the standard "
LaBelle also has had success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated film A Soldier's Story, and in TV shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Freak Show. In 1992, LaBelle starred in her own TV sitcom Out All Night.
In 2002, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on
In a career which has spanned seven decades. She has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. She has been inducted into the
Early life and career
Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles
LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte in the
She joined a local church choir at the Beulah Baptist Church at ten and performed her first solo two years later. While she was growing up, she listened to secular music styles such as R&B and jazz music as well.
When she was 16, LaBelle won a talent competition at her high school, John Bartram High School. The success led to her first singing group, the Ordettes, in 1960 with schoolmates Jean Brown, Yvonne Hogen, and Johnnie Dawson.[12] With LaBelle as the front woman, the group became a local attraction until two of its members left to marry, while another was forced to quit the group by her religious father.[13] In 1962, the Ordettes included three new members, Cindy Birdsong, Sarah Dash, and Nona Hendryx, the latter two girls had sung for another vocal group which was defunct at the time.[13] In the same year, they auditioned for local record label owner Harold Robinson. Robinson agreed to work with the group after hearing LaBelle sing the song "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman". Initially, Robinson was dismissive of LaBelle, believing her to be "too dark and too plain".[13]
Shortly after Robinson signed them, he had them record as the Blue Belles and they were selected to promote the recording of "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman", which had been recorded by
Later in the year, they recorded their rendition of the "
In 1970,
Labelle
Labelle signed with Warner Bros. Records and released their self-titled debut album in 1971. The record's psychedelic soul sound and its blending of rock, funk, soul and gospel rhythms was a departure from the group's early girl-group sound. In the same year, they sang background vocals on Laura Nyro's album, Gonna Take a Miracle. A year later in 1972, the group released Moon Shadow, which repeated the homegrown gritty sound of the previous album. In 1973, influenced by glam rockers David Bowie and Elton John, Wickham had the group dressed in silver space suits and luminescent makeup.[15]
After their third successive album, Pressure Cookin', failed to generate a hit, Labelle signed with Epic Records in 1974, releasing their most successful album to date, with Nightbirds, which blended soul, funk, glam and rock music, thanks to the work of the album's producer, Allen Toussaint. The proto-disco single, "Lady Marmalade", would become their biggest-selling single, going number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and selling over a million copies, as did Nightbirds, which later earned a RIAA gold award, for sales of a million units, which was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In October 1974, Labelle made pop history by becoming the first rock and roll vocal group to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House. Riding high on the success of "Lady Marmalade" and the Nightbirds album, Labelle made the cover of Rolling Stone in 1975.
Labelle released two more albums,
Solo career
Early solo career (1977–1984)
Signing a solo contract with Epic Records in 1977, LaBelle recruited David Rubinson, producer of Chameleon, to record her self-titled debut album, which was released that year. The album was noted for the disco hits, "Joy to Have Your Love" and "Dan Swit Me" and the gospel ballad, "You Are My Friend", the latter song becoming her first career-defining single despite its low entry on the R&B chart. Three more albums were released in succession on Epic through 1980 (Tasty, It's Alright with Me, and Released), with the songs "Eyes in the Back of My Head", "Little Girls", "Music is My Way of Life", "Come What May", "Release (The Tension)" and "I Don't Go Shopping" (the latter song co-written by Peter Allen) being the most successful.
After four albums on Epic, LaBelle signed with
Crossover success (1984–2009)
In 1984, LaBelle recorded the songs "
LaBelle shared a stage with Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick for the 1986 HBO special Sisters in the Name of Love. During the same year LaBelle released her bestselling solo album Winner in You, which reached number one on the pop charts. The album included the international number-one hit, "On My Own" and the hit ballad "Oh People". The success of Winner in You would prove to be the peak of her solo success, though she continued her acclaim with the 1989 release of Be Yourself, which featured the Prince-written and produced "Yo Mister" and the hit ballad "If You Asked Me To", which had bigger success in a remake by singer Celine Dion. In August, the same year of that album's release, LaBelle performed as the Acid Queen for The Who's second all-star concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of their rock-opera Tommy at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles.[16] Later that same year LaBelle began a successful stint in a recurring role on A Different World, the success of which spawned a brief sitcom of her own, titled Out All Night, which only lasted a season.
In 1991, she recorded a hit duet version of the Babyface composition, "Superwoman" with Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick. That same year LaBelle released the solo album, Burnin', which featured collaborations with Knight, Prince, Michael Bolton, Big Daddy Kane, and Luther Vandross, as well as a reunion with Labelle bandmates Hendryx and Dash on the track "Release Yourself."[17] Burnin' went gold, with three successive top five singles on the R&B charts. This success led to LaBelle winning her first Grammy Award in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category in the 34th Annual Grammy Award Ceremony of 1992, sharing the win with singer Lisa Fischer, who won for her hit ballad, "How Can I Ease the Pain", in a rare tie in the history of the Grammys.[18] She was also nominated in the Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal category alongside Knight and Warwick for "Superwoman."[19]
LaBelle's 1994 album,
In 2000, LaBelle released her final MCA album, When a Woman Loves, before signing with Def Soul Classics to release the 2004 album, Timeless Journey. During the promotional run of the album, she headlined
In the same year, the World Music Awards recognized her years in the music business by awarding her the Legend Award. In 2006, she released her first gospel album, The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle on the Bungalo label, the album later peaking at number one on Billboard's gospel chart.[22] LaBelle also released the book, Patti's Pearls, during this period. She returned to Def Jam in 2007 and released her second holiday album, Miss Patti's Christmas. In 2008, LaBelle briefly reunited with Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash as Labelle on the group's first new album in more than 30 years, Back to Now.[23]
Later career (2010–present)
On September 14, 2010, LaBelle made a return two decades after her last Broadway performance to star in the award-winning musical
On May 23, 2011, LaBelle appeared on "Oprah's Farewell Spectacular, Part 1" the first show in a series of three shows which was the finale of The Oprah Winfrey Show, singing "Over the Rainbow" with Josh Groban.[26] She was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the BET Awards on June 26, 2011.[27] LaBelle and Aretha Franklin, among others, performed at the "Women of Soul: In Performance at the White House" concert hosted by President Barack Obama at the White House, recorded on March 6, 2014.[28]
On June 10, 2014, LaBelle returned to Broadway as the cast and creative team of the Tony Award-nominated smash hit Broadway musical
In 2015, LaBelle was one of the celebrities who competed on the
She appeared as a "key advisor" for
She returned to the VH1 Divas stage in 2016, headlining a holiday-themed concert alongside Chaka Khan, Vanessa Williams, and her goddaughter Mariah Carey.[36] Her first jazz album, Bel Hommage, was released in 2017.[37] In 2018 she began appearing in recurring roles on the television series Daytime Divas, Greenleaf and Star.[38][39][40]
On July 2, 2019, LaBelle was honored in Philadelphia with her very own street name Patti LaBelle Way between Locust and Spruce Street.[41] On November 20 of the same year, LaBelle was revealed to have competed on the second season of The Masked Singer as "Flower".[42] LaBelle continued her acting career with roles alongside Cedric the Entertainer on The Neighborhood and Dulé Hill on The Wonder Years.[43][44]
On December 10, 2022, Labelle's Christmas concert in Milwaukee, Wisconsin was disrupted when a bomb threat resulted in evacuation of the venue.[45]
Charity work, foundations and activism
LaBelle has supported numerous charities and foundations. She is strongly committed to peace by promoting access to education, healthcare, housing, employment and equality of justice.
In 1987, LaBelle became a spokesperson for the 'National Minority AIDS council' and promoted the "Live Long, Sugar" campaign to encourage people of color to seek treatment for AIDS.
Personal life
LaBelle dropped out of Philadelphia's John Bartram High School just a semester before graduating in 1962. LaBelle returned to the school in her mid-thirties and later earned her diploma.
LaBelle wrote that she was sexually assaulted by Jackie Wilson while at the Brevoort Theatre in Brooklyn in the 1960s.[53][54] Around 1964, LaBelle was engaged to Otis Williams, founding member of The Temptations. The engagement lasted a year before Patti broke it off after fearing Williams would force her to move to Detroit and retire from the road.
On July 23, 1969, LaBelle married a longtime friend, Armstead Edwards, who was a
Members of LaBelle's family died at young ages. Her mother Bertha died in October 1978 from diabetes at the age of 62.[55] Her father, Henry Holte Jr., died of complications from emphysema and Alzheimer's disease in October 1989 at the age of 70.
All three of LaBelle's sisters died young. Eldest sister Vivian Hogan Rogers died of lung cancer in October 1975 at the age of 43. Seven years later, in October 1982, her elder sister Barbara Holte Purifoy died from complications of colon cancer at the age of 40. In July 1989, three months before her father's death, LaBelle lost her youngest sister, Jacqueline "Jackie" Holte-Padgett, to brain cancer at the age of 43. A day after the singer buried Padgett, an emotionally-wrecked LaBelle shot the music video to "If You Asked Me To" where she was seen crying in various shots; the video was shot on what would have been Padgett's 44th birthday. The singer dedicated her 1991 Burnin' album, and her famous rendition of the song "Wind Beneath My Wings" during her concert tour in 1991–92 to Padgett.
LaBelle said that because of her sisters and parents dying "before their time", she wrote in her autobiography that she feared she would not make it to 50. Once she reached that age, however, the singer said she felt her life "had just begun". A year later, LaBelle was diagnosed as having diabetes and later became a spokesperson for several organizations dedicated in fighting the disease.
She has a home in the Philadelphia suburb of
Civil suits
In 2010, LaBelle supposedly yelled at a woman and spilled water on her baby; that happened in the lobby of the Trump Place Apartments in Manhattan. LaBelle agreed to a settlement of $100,000 to avoid a trial. The family donated the award to a charity.[58]
In June 2011, a
Pop culture
Patti LaBelle has been described as "the greatest gay icon of all time and a prime example of the intersection of the LGBT community and black female artists".[62] In a 2017 interview, she said: "when I think about it, the gay fans are some of the reason–one big reason–I'm still standing, 'cause they loved me when other people tried not to. Everybody always says, "What makes gay men like you?" "I have no clue," I say. I still don't. But I know that love has lifted me up for many, many years."[63] The New York Times said is one of three of America's Most Beloved Divas (alongside Dolly Parton and Barbra Streisand).[64]
LaBelle is the primary character on the popular web parody Got 2B Real.[65] During the 2010s, her performance of "This Christmas" at the 1996 National Tree Lighting Ceremony broadcast live on C-SPAN began going viral annually during the holiday season due to LaBelle's reactions to technical difficulties and other performance challenges.[66] The viral video is referenced in LaBelle's A Black Lady Sketch Show appearance, including the episode's title.
LaBelle made some headlines in late 2015 when James Wright (No Channel), a
Discography
- Studio albums
- Patti LaBelle (1977)
- Tasty (1978)
- It's Alright with Me (1979)
- Released (1980)
- The Spirit's in It (1981)
- I'm in Love Again (1983)
- Patti (1985)
- Winner in You (1986)
- Be Yourself (1989)
- This Christmas (1990)
- Burnin' (1991)
- Gems (1994)
- Flame (1997)
- When a Woman Loves (2000)
- Timeless Journey (2004)
- Classic Moments (2005)
- The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle (2006)
- Miss Patti's Christmas (2007)
- Bel Hommage (2017)
Awards and nominations
Honorary Doctorates
- Berklee College of Music (1996)[69]
- Temple University (2010)
Emmy Awards
Emmy Awards | ||||
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Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
1985 | Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program | Motown Returns to the Apollo | Nominated | [70] |
1986 | Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III | Nominated |
Grammy Awards
Grammy Awards | |||
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Year | Category | Work | Result |
1984 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "The Best Is Yet to Come" | Nominated |
1986 | "New Attitude" | Nominated | |
1987 | Winner in You | Nominated | |
Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group | " Michael McDonald )
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Nominated | |
1991 | Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | "I Can't Complain" | Nominated |
1992 | Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals | "Superwoman" (with Gladys Knight & Dionne Warwick) | Nominated |
Best Female R&B Vocal Performance | Burnin' | Won | |
1994 | "All Right Now" | Nominated | |
1998 | "When You Talk About Love" | Nominated | |
Best R&B Album | Flame | Nominated | |
1999 | Best Traditional R&B Performance | Live! One Night Only | Won |
2004 | "Way Up There" | Nominated | |
2003 | Grammy Hall of Fame | "Lady Marmalade" | Inducted |
2005 | Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance | "New Day" | Nominated |
Image Awards
NAACP Image Awards | |||
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Year | Category | Work | Result |
1986 | Entertainer of the Year | Patti LaBelle | Won |
1992 | Won | ||
1996 | Outstanding Performance – Variety Series/Special | The Essence Awards | Won |
1998 | Live! One Night Only | Won | |
2005 | Outstanding Female Artist | Patti LaBelle | Nominated |
2006 | Outstanding Actress – Television, Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special | Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy | Won |
Outstanding Gospel Artist | Patti LaBelle | Won |
Lifetime achievement awards
Year | Association | Category |
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1996[71] | Soul Train Music Awards | Heritage Award – Career Achievement |
1998[72] | The Essence Awards | Triumphant Spirit Award – Career Achievement |
2001[73] | BET Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame Award |
2001[74] | Lady of Soul Awards | Lena Horne Lifetime Achievement Award |
2003[75] | Songwriter's Hall of Fame
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Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award |
2007[76] | World Music Awards | Legend Award |
2009[77] | Apollo Theater | Legends Hall of Fame |
2011[78] | BET Awards | Lifetime Achievement Award |
2013[79] | Black Girls Rock | Living Legend Award |
2016[80] | BET Honors | Musical Arts Award |
2022[81] | Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame | Legacy |
Others
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result |
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1993 | American Music Awards | Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist | Herself | Won |
2007 | GLAAD | Media Excellence Award[82] | Won | |
2009 | UNCF Evening of Stars | UNCF Award of Excellence[83] | Won |
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1979 | Richard Pryor: Live in Concert | Herself | Documentary, scenes deleted[84] |
1984 | A Soldier's Story | Big Mary | |
1989 | Sing | Mrs. DeVere | |
2002 | Sylvester: Mighty Real | Herself | Short subject |
2005 | Preaching to the Choir | Sister Jasmine | |
2006 | Idlewild | The Real Angel Davenport | |
2007 | Cover | Mrs. Persons | |
2008 | Semi-Pro | Mrs. Moon | |
2012 | Mama, I Want to Sing! | Sister Carrie |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1982 | Working | Cleaning Woman | American Playhouse movie |
1985 | The Patti LaBelle Show | Host | Variety show |
1986 | Unnatural Causes | Jeanette Thompson | Movie |
1989 | Fire and Rain | Lucille Jacobson | Movie |
1990 | Parker Kane | Cartier | Movie |
1990–93 | A Different World | Adele Wayne | 8 episodes |
1991 | The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider | Miss Widow | Voice role |
1992 | Out All Night | Chelsea Paige | 19 episodes |
1994 | The Nanny
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Herself | Episode: "I Don't Remember Mama" |
1997 | Cosby | Bernice | Episode: "The Return of the Charlites" |
2001 | Santa Baby | Melody Songbird (voice) | Movie |
2003 | Living It Up With Patti LaBelle | Herself | Also executive producer |
2003 | Blue's Clues | Backseat Boogie singer | Episode: "Blue's Big Car Trip" |
2004 | All of Us | Marvella James | Episode: "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" |
2006 | Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy | Moneisha | Movie |
2008 | An Evening with the Stars: A Tribute to Patti Labelle | Herself | Special |
2010 | The Wendy Williams Show[85] | Herself | "Patti LaBelle on The Wendy Williams Show" |
2011 | Top Chef | Herself/Guest judge | Episode: "Texas" (9.8) |
2014 | American Horror Story: Freak Show | Dora | 4 episodes[86] |
2015 | Dancing with the Stars
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Herself/Contestant | Season 20
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2015 | Patti LaBelle's Place | Herself/host | Cooking Channel series (8 episodes) |
2016 | Empire | Candy | Episode: "Who I Am" |
2017 | Daytime Divas | Gloria Thomas | 3 episodes |
2018 | Star | Christine Brown | Recurring role |
2018 | Beat Bobby Flay | Herself/Guest judge | Episode: "Food Star Face-Off" (16.8) |
2018 | The Kominsky Method | Herself | 1 episode |
2018 | Greenleaf | Maxine Patterson | 5 episodes |
2018 | Christmas Everlasting | Mrs. Swinson | Hallmark Mystery & Movie Channel |
2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Herself | Episode: "Where Are My Background Singers?" |
2019 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Herself | "After Show: Patti LaBelle Almost Got 'I Will Always Love You'" |
2019 | The Masked Singer | Herself / Flower | Contestant |
2019 | A Family Christmas Gift | Dora Douchon | Hallmark Mystery & Movie Channel |
2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience | Herself | Episode: "All in the Family and Good Times"[87] |
2022 | Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock | Merggle Queen (voice) | Episode: "The Merggle Moon Migration" |
2022 | A New Orleans Noel | Loretta Brown | Lifetime movie |
2022 | The Neighborhood | Marilyn Butler | Episode: "Welcome to the Mama Drama" |
2023 | The Wonder Years | Shirley Williams | Episode: ""Takeover Spirit" |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2019 | The Breakfast Club[88] | Herself | "Ms. Patti LaBelle Graces The Breakfast Club To Talks Home Cooking, Haters + More" |
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
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References
- Clemente, John (2013). Girl Groups: Fabulous Females Who Rocked The World. Author House. ISBN 978-1-4772-7633-4.
- Warner, Jay (2006). American Singing Groups: A History from 1940s to Today. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-634-09978-6.
Sources
- Johnson, Robert E. (March 16, 1992). "34th Grammy Awards: Natalie Cole Awarded Three; Luther, Patti, Lisa and Whites with Black Sound Also Score". Jet.
Further reading
- Labelle, Patti & Randolph, Laura B. (March 1997). Don't Block the Blessings. Thorndike Press. p. 200.
External links
- Official website
- Patti LaBelle at AllMusic
- Patti LaBelle in the Hollywood Walk of Fame Directory
- Patti LaBelle at IMDb
- Patti LaBelle at the Internet Broadway Database
- Image of Stevie Wonder and Patti LaBelle performing at the Shrine Auditorium, 1978. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.