Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul". In a career which has spanned seven decades, LaBelle has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, and the Apollo Theater Hall of Fame. She was included in Rolling Stone on their list of 100 Greatest Singers. She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit "Lady Marmalade". As a result, after the group split in 1976, she began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, "You Are My Friend". She became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles "If Only You Knew", "Love, Need and Want You" (later sampled for 2002's "Dilemma"), "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up". Less than two years later in 1986, she scored a number-one album Winner in You and its number-one duet single, "On My Own", with Michael McDonald. She won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album Burnin', an album that featured "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One", and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)". She won a second Grammy for the live album Live! One Night Only. She has also 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, she 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 TV One. In 2015, LaBelle took part in the dance competition Dancing with the Stars at the age of 70. She has also seen success launching her own brand of bedding, cookbooks, and food for various companies. In 2015 her Patti's Sweet Potato Pie sold millions when a YouTube video praising the product went viral. As a result, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second. 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, she married a longtime friend, Armstead Edwards, who was a schoolteacher. After she started her solo career, Edwards became her manager, a position he would remain in until 2000. That year, she and Edwards legally separated, with their divorce finalized in 2003. They have a son, Zuri Kye Edwards (born July 17, 1973), who is now her manager. She 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy
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A Soldier's Story
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Idlewild
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Live Aid
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
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Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
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Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
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Fire and Rain
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Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration
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Unnatural Causes
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Sisters In The Name of Love
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Rolling Stone Magazine: The 10th Anniversary
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Patti Labelle | Live In New York
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Night of 100 Stars III
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Patti Labelle | Live One Night Only
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The World According to Allee Willis
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A New Orleans Noel
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The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World
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Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
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Patti Labelle | Look To The Rainbow Tour
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Denyce Graves | Breaking the Rules
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Night of 100 Stars II
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Sylvester: Mighty Real
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For Our Children
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The Real Story of Itsy Bitsy Spider
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Mama, I Want to Sing!
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A Tale of James Brown
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
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VH1 Divas 2004
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VH1 Divas Holiday: Unsilent Night
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Life O' The Party: On the Road with Prince and the New Power Generation
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Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
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A Family Christmas Gift
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
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Let the Canary Sing
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The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
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A Different World
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The Rosie O'Donnell Show
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All of Us
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The Nanny
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The Early Show
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Solid Gold
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Rock Concert
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Out All Night
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Clash of the Choirs
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That's My Jam
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American Horror Story
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Good Day Live
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The Masked Singer
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To Tell the Truth
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Great Performances
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Beat Bobby Flay
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Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
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