Sugar Pie DeSanto
Sign in to saveAlso known as Peylia Marsema Balinton, Peylia Parham, Peylia Davis, Umpeylia Marsema Balinton
American singer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1935-10-16
- Active to
- 2024-12-20
2008 universal fire victimr&bsoul
Discography
- Open Your Heart / Ask Me1962
- Strange Feeling / Little Taste of Soul1962
- Crazy Lovin' / Love Me Tonight1963
- Soulful dress1964
- Do I Make Myself Clear / Somewhere Down the Line1965
- Go Go Power / Good Timin'1966
- In the Basement1966
- The Feelin's Too Strong / Be Happy1969
- Git Back / Strange Feeling1974
- Hello, San Francisco1984
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- 89,079
- Total plays
- 444,185
Tags
soulbluesfemale vocalistsfunkrhythm and blues
Sugar Pie DeSanto (born Peylia Marsema Balinton in Brooklyn, NYC, on 16 October 1935; died 20 December 2024) was an American R&B singer and dancer remembered for being popular during the 1950s and 1960s. She was a 2024 inductee to the Blues Hall of Fame. She was born to an African-American mom and a Filipino dad. She spent most of her early life in San Francisco, California, where she moved with her family at a young age. In 1955, DeSanto did some touring with The Johnny Otis Revue after bei
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn
- Place of death
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- musician
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Chess Records
- Official website
- sugarpiedesanto.com
- Image
- Sugarpie de santo.jpg
- Residence
- Chicago
- Voice type
- contralto
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- date of birth
- 1935-10-16
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- relative
- Etta James
- Commons category
- Sugar Pie DeSanto
- date of death
- 2024-12-20
- name in native language
- Sugar Pie DeSanto
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