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Patti LaBelle
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American singer and actress
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Patti LaBelle, born Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards on May 24, 1944, in Philadelphia, is an American singer, actor, singer-songwriter, and composer. A soprano of African American descent, she began her professional work in 1958. Her musical career spans the rhythm and blues and soul genres, and she has performed with Epic Records. LaBelle is also a member of the group Labelle.
In addition to her music, LaBelle has worked in the field of music composing and acting. She participated in the Live Aid concert and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Her published works include titles such as *Patti's Pearls*, *Legaspi*, *Desserts LaBelle*, and *LaBelle cuisine*.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Patti's Pearls
- Legaspi
- Patti's pearls
- Desserts LaBelle
- LaBelle cuisine
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Film & TV
Acting · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Patti LaBelle, born Patricia Louise Holte, is an American singer, actress, and author who rose to fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. The group later changed their name to Labelle and released the iconic disco hit “Lady Marmalade”, which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. LaBelle became a solo star in 1984 with the success of singles like “If Only You…
Known for
- KPOPPED — Self2025
- The World According to Allee Willis — Self2024
- The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful — Patti LaBelle (voice)2024
- The Philly Sound... Heard 'Round the World — Self2023
- National Memorial Day Concert — Self2023
- Let the Canary Sing — Self2023
- Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration — Self2022
- A New Orleans Noel — Loretta Brown2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1944
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 452,612
- Total plays
- 3,411,484
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Patricia Louise Holte (born 24 May 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She began her career in the early 1960s as the lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group was renamed Labelle in the 1970s, they achieved a US number-one single with "Lady Marmalade". Following the group’s disbandment in 1977, LaBelle pursued a solo career and attained mainstream success during the 1980s with songs including "If Only You Knew", "New Attitu
Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 2
- Cited by
- 13
Research areas
Most cited works
- Don't Block the Blessings: Revelations of a Lifetime1996 · 13 cit
- Stir It Up2013 · 0 cit
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- NCBI GEO: archive for functional genomics data sets—update
· 2012 · cited 8,420x
- The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer
· 2016 · cited 3,716x
- Identification and inhibition of the ICE/CED-3 protease necessary for mammalian apoptosis
· 1995 · cited 3,259x
- The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Seventh) Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours
· 2007 · cited 2,659x
- Metabolomics: the apogee of the omics trilogy
· 2012 · cited 2,363x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Live Aid
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Official website
- www.pattilabelle.com
- Image
- Patti Labelle.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Patti LaBelle
- date of birth
- 1944-05-24
- birth name
- Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards
- Commons gallery
- Patti LaBelle
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in native language
- Patti LaBelle
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- social media followers
- 371000
- member of
- Labelle
- writing language
- English language
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