Patricia Louise Holte best known as Patti LaBelle is an American singer and actress. LaBelle is referred to as the “Godmother of Soul”. She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles.
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Initially, a Billboard ad cited the group as “Patti Bell and the Blue Bells”. In 1963, the group scored their first hit single with the ballad “Down the Aisle” which became a crossover top 40 hit on the Billboard pop and R&B charts after King Records issued it.
Patti LaBelle’s Greatest Hits. Patti LaBelle. 199616 songs, 1 hr 9 min. 1. Over The RainbowPatti Labelle & The Bluebelles.
To date, LaBelle has sold 50 million records worldwide. According to RIAA, she has attained six gold and one platinum album in the United States.LaBelle has also charted forty-three hits on Billboard’s Hot/R&B Hip-Hop Songs, 13 of which reached the Top 10.