Biography

Beginning in the '60s, soul diva Patti LaBelle enjoyed one of the longest-lived careers in contemporary music, notching hits in a variety of sounds ranging from girl group pop to space age funk to lush ballads. In 1974 her group LaBelle, a trio that performed in wildly theatrical, futuristic costumes, became the first African-American act ever to appear at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, a landmark performance that also introduced their lone chart-topping single, the Allen Toussaint-produced classic "Lady Marmalade." LaBelle herself went solo in 1977 and, upon signing with the Philadelphia International label, scored a number one R&B hit with "If You Only Knew" in 1983. ~ Jason Ankeny

Top Tracks

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• Anything

• Blue Christmas

• Christmas Jam

• Come Into My Life

• Come What May

• Dan Swit Me

• Do You Hear What I Hear?

• Finally Got The Nerve

• Give Me Your Love

• God Ain't Through

• I Don't Go Shopping

• I Keep Forgetting

• If I Was A River

• If Only You Knew

• If You Don't Know Me By Now

• I'm In Love Again

• It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

• It's Alright With Me

• Joy To Have Your Love

• Lady Marmalade

• Last Dance

• Love Don't Live Here Anymore

• Love, Need And Want You

• Messin' With My Mind

• Moon Shadow [album Version]

• Music Is My Way Of Life

• My Best Was Good Enough

• Nativity

• New Attitude

• New Day

• On My Own

• Somebody Loves You Baby (you Know Who It Is)

• Stir It Up

• Tell Where It Hurts

• The Right Kinda Lover

• This Christmas

• Walking Away

• What Are You Doing New Year's Eve

• What'cha Doing To Me

• When You Talk About Love

• White Christmas

• Why Do We Hurt Each Other

• You Are My Friend

• You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover

• You Gonna Make Me Love Somebody Else

• You're Lookin' Like Love To Me

Discography

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• Live in Washington, D.C.

  Philadelphia/Legacy

  2008

• Classic Moments

  Def Soul

  2005

• Timeless Journey

  Def Soul

  2004

• When a Woman Loves

  MCA

  2000

• Live! One Night Only

  MCA

  1998

• Flame

  MCA

  1997

• Patti LaBelle & the Bluebirds

  Direct Source

  1995

• Gems

  MCA

  1994

• Live!

  MCA

  1992

• Burnin'

  MCA / Universal (1662)

  1991

• Be Yourself

  MCA

  1989

• Winner in You

  MCA

  1986

• Patti

  Philadelphia International/EMI

  1985

• I'm in Love Again

  Philadelphia International/EMI

  1983

• Pressure Cookin'

  RCA

  1982

• The Spirit's in It

  The Right Stuff

  1981

• Released

  Epic

  1980

• It's Alright with Me

  BBR

  1979

• Tasty

  Epic

  1978

• Patti LaBelle

  BBR

  1977

• Sweethearts of the Apollo

  Collectables

  1963