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"Lady Marmalade" was released as a single in November 1974 from the Nightbirds album released that September, their first album after signing with Epic Records. [10] Patti LaBelle sang lead vocals on "Lady Marmalade" with backing vocals being contributed by bandmates Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash. The song is best known for the French lyric ...
Labelle was an American funk rock band that originated out of the Blue Belles, a girl group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s. The original group was formed after the disbanding of two rival girl groups in the area around Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, and Trenton, in New Jersey: the Ordettes and the Del-Capris, forming as a new version of the former group, then later ...
Patti LaBelle is a living legend, and she knows it, honey! The Godmother of Soul is looking back at her illustrious career with ET and reflecting on her time with the Bluebelles, making the ...
LaBelle has also charted forty-two hits on Billboard's Hot/R&B Hip-Hop Songs, 13 of which reached the Top 10. [ 3 ] In 2015, Billboard ranked “ Lady Marmalade ” with the all-female group LaBelle as the 30th Biggest Girl Group song of all time on Billboard Hot 100 . [ 4 ]
After the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit "Lady Marmalade" before disbanding in 1976. in 1977, LaBelle began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album , which included the career-defining song " You Are My Friend ".
Kelly Clarkson surprised her fans on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" when she sang a beautiful cover of Labelle's 1974 hit song "Lady Marmalade."
LaBelle launched her solo career after the girl group put out five albums and the smash hit "Lady Marmalade." Her solo career produced hits like "On My Own" and "You Are My Friend."
Nightbirds became Labelle's most successful album, reaching the pop and R&B charts. It peaked at number seven on the R&B chart, driven by the success of "Lady Marmalade," one of the few songs not written by Nona Hendryx. "What Can I Do For You," their other hit single from the album, was written by Edward Batts and James Ellison.