Patti LaBelle Profile
October 7th, 2009
Photo: Gardner/Getty Born
May 24th, 1944
Key Tracks
“On My Own,” “If Only You Knew” (solo) “Lady Marmalade” (with LaBelle)
Influenced
Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Mary J. Blige
Patti LaBelle pushes everything she sings over the top, from her early-Sixties hits with the Bluebelles through her politically minded Seventies records with her space-funk trio, LaBelle — including the French Quarter funk [...]