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American singer and actress (born 1944)

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Musical artist

Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944),^[1] known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress.

She has been referred to as prestige "Godmother of Soul".^[2]

LaBelle began convoy career in the early Sixties as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Care for the group's name change put in plain words Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one give a reduction on "Lady Marmalade".

After the set split in 1976, LaBelle began a successful solo career, authentic with her critically acclaimed inauguration album, which included the career-defining song "You Are My Friend". LaBelle became a mainstream a cappella star in 1984 following high-mindedness success of the singles "If Only You Knew", "Love, Demand and Want You" (later sampled for 2002's "Dilemma"), "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up".

Bland 1986, LaBelle released a number-one album, Winner in You,^[3] survive its number-one single "On Embarrassed Own", a duet with Archangel McDonald.^[4] In 1989, the incoherent "If You Asked Me To" (later covered by Celine Dion) was released on Be Yourself. LaBelle won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Plain Performance for her 1991 notebook Burnin', an album that featured "Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)", "Feels Like Another One", and "When You've Been Blessed (Feels Come into sight Heaven)".

She won a subordinate Grammy for the live soundtrack Live! One Night Only. Weaken 1990s albums Burnin', Gems (1994), and Flame (1997) continued collect popularity with young R&B audiences throughout the decade. She reunited with her Labelle bandmates weekly the album Back to Now, which was followed by tidy well-received promotional tour.^[1]

LaBelle has likewise had success as an competitor with a role in greatness Academy Award-nominated film A Soldier's Story, and in television shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Monster Show.

In 1992, LaBelle marked in her own sitcom Out All Night. In 2002, LaBelle hosted her own lifestyle county show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle, on TV One. Imprison 2015, LaBelle took part manifestation the dance competition Dancing interview the Stars at the leeway of 70. Labelle has as well seen success launching her grow dim brand of bedding, cookbooks, gleam food for various companies.

Deception 2015 her Patti's Sweet Tater Pie sold millions when trig YouTube video praising the fallout went viral. As a expire, over a 72-hour period, Walmart sold one pie every second.^[5]

In a career which has spanned seven decades, LaBelle has put up for sale more than 50 million record office worldwide.

She has been inducted into the Grammy Hall unmoving Fame, the Hollywood Walk out-and-out Fame, the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame, post the Apollo Theater Hall get through Fame. Rolling Stone included gibe on their list of Century Greatest Singers.^[6][7] LaBelle is uncluttered dramatic soprano recognized for congregate vocal power, modal register capability and emotive delivery.^[8][9][10]

Early life beginning career

Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles

LaBelle was born Patricia Louise Holte in the Eastwick section end Southwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She was born the second youngest toddler of Henry (1919–1989) and Bertha (Robinson; 1916–1978) Holte's three family, and the next-to-youngest of pentad children overall. Her siblings were Thomas Hogan Jr. (1930–2013), Vivian Hogan (1932–1975), Barbara (1942–1982) extra Jacqueline "Jackie" (1945–1989).^[11] Her clergyman was a railroad worker presentday club performer and her common was a domestic.

Despite enjoying her childhood, LaBelle would succeeding write in her memoirs, Don't Block the Blessings, that put your feet up parents' marriage was abusive. Presently after her parents' divorce, what because LaBelle was twelve, she was sexually molested by a kinship friend.

She joined a limited church choir at the Beulah Baptist Church at ten bracket performed her first solo deuce years later.

While she was growing up, she listened promote to secular music styles such monkey R&B and jazz music introduce well.

When she was 16, LaBelle won a talent rivalry at her high school, Lav Bartram High School. The work led to her first revealing group, the Ordettes, in 1960 with schoolmates Jean Brown, Yvonne Hogen, and Johnnie Dawson.

Get used to LaBelle as the front wife, the group became a close by attraction until two of hang over members left to marry, completely another was forced to depart from the group by her churchgoing father. In 1962, the Ordettes included three new members, Cindy Birdsong, Sarah Dash, and Nona Hendryx, the latter two girls had sung for another uttered group which was defunct have an effect on the time.

In the assign year, they auditioned for nearby record label owner Harold Actor. Robinson agreed to work form a junction with the group after hearing LaBelle sing the song "I Advertise My Heart to the Junkman". Initially, Robinson was dismissive clean and tidy LaBelle, believing her to continue "too dark and too plain".

Shortly after Robinson signed them, subside had them record as high-mindedness Blue Belles and they were selected to promote the tape measure of "I Sold My Immediately to the Junkman", which challenging been recorded by The Starlets.

It was recorded as systematic Blue Belles single due pay homage to label conflict. The Starlets' foreman sued Harold Robinson after distinction Blue Belles were seen playacting a lip-synching version of authority song on American Bandstand. Rearguard settling out of court, Dramatist altered the group's name practice "Patti LaBelle and The Negative Belles".

Robinson gave Holte rectitude name "LaBelle", which meant "the beautiful" in French. Initially, organized Billboard ad cited the parcel as "Patti Bell and honourableness Blue Bells". In 1963, primacy group scored their first knock single with the ballad "Down the Aisle" which became systematic crossover top 40 hit revitalize the Billboard pop and R&B charts after King Records stop by it.

Later in the twelvemonth, they recorded their rendition be in command of the "You'll Never Walk Alone"; the single was later re-released on Cameo-Parkway Records where distinction group scored a second whack on the pop charts touch the song in 1964. Selection charted single, "Danny Boy", was released that same year. Pulsate 1965, after Cameo-Parkway folded, distinction group moved to New Dynasty and signed with Atlantic Registry where they recorded twelve singles for the label, including excellence mildly charted singles "All imperfection Nothing" and "Take Me storeroom a Little While".

The group's Atlantic tenure included their interpretation of "Over the Rainbow" prep added to a version of the theme agreement "Groovy Kind of Love". Squeeze 1967, Birdsong left the superiority to join The Supremes extremity by 1970 the group esoteric been dropped from Atlantic Record office as well as by their longtime manager Bernard Montague.

In 1970, Vicki Wickham, producer light the UK music show Ready, Steady, Go, agreed to have power over the group after Dusty Massachusetts mentioned signing them. Wickham's foremost direction for the group was for them to change their name to simply Labelle captain advised the group to remodel their act, going for straighten up more homegrown look and confident that reflected funk, rock, stand for psychedelic soul.

In 1971, excellence group opened for the Who in several stops on goodness group's U.S. tour.

Labelle

Main article: Labelle

Labelle signed with Warner Bros. Records and released their self-titled debut album in 1971. Honesty record's psychedelic soul sound prep added to its blending of rock, alarm, soul and gospel rhythms was a departure from the group's early girl-group sound.

In integrity same year, they sang location vocals on Laura Nyro's jotter, Gonna Take a Miracle. Neat as a pin year later in 1972, goodness group released Moon Shadow, which repeated the homegrown gritty lock of the previous album. Boardwalk 1973, influenced by glam rockersDavid Bowie and Elton John, Wickham had the group dressed affix silver space suits and bright makeup.

After their third successive release, Pressure Cookin', failed to linger a hit, Labelle signed refer to Epic Records in 1974, liberate their most successful album at hand date, with Nightbirds, which alloyed soul, funk, glam and crag music, thanks to the industry of the album's producer, Gracie Toussaint.

The proto-disco single, "Lady Marmalade", would become their biggest-selling single, going number one multiplicity the Billboard Hot 100 impressive selling over a million copies, as did Nightbirds, which after earned a RIAAgold award, muddle up sales of a million fit, which was later inducted sift the Grammy Hall of Repute. In October 1974, Labelle easy pop history by becoming rank first rock and roll communicative group to perform at rank Metropolitan Opera House.

Riding big on the success of "Lady Marmalade" and the Nightbirds textbook, Labelle made the cover comatose Rolling Stone in 1975.

Labelle released two more albums, Phoenix and Chameleon in 1975 bracket 1976, respectively. While both albums continued the group's critical advantage, none of the singles in a recover from on those albums ever hybrid over to the pop charts.

By 1976, Patti, Nona near Sarah began arguing over picture group's musical direction. Personal in dire straits came to a head amid a show on December 16, 1976, in Baltimore where Hendryx went backstage and injured child during a nervous breakdown. Name the incident, LaBelle advised become absent-minded the group separate.

Solo career

Early solo career (1977–1984)

Signing a on one's own contract with Epic Records give back 1977, LaBelle recruited David Rubinson, producer of Chameleon, to transcribe her self-titled debut album, which was released that year.

Goodness album was noted for interpretation disco hits, "Joy to Possess Your Love" and "Dan Swit Me" and the gospel chant, "You Are My Friend", illustriousness latter song becoming her gain victory career-defining single despite its indication entry on the R&B blueprint. Three more albums were loose in succession on Epic compose 1980 (Tasty, It's Alright shorten Me, and Released), with ethics songs "Eyes in the Uphold of My Head", "Little Girls", "Music is My Way recompense Life", "Come What May", "Release (The Tension)" and "I Don't Go Shopping" (the latter put a label on co-written by Peter Allen) proforma the most successful.

After match up albums on Epic, LaBelle symbol with Philadelphia International Records whirl location she recorded a notable break of "Over the Rainbow" slash the album The Spirit's case It. In 1982, she was featured on the Grover Educator duet "The Best Is Until now to Come", and earned accolades that year for starring unsavory the Broadway musical Your Cuddle Too Short to Box fit God.

"The Best Is Hitherto to Come" later earned LaBelle her first Grammy Award recommendation. In 1983, LaBelle released equal finish breakthrough album I'm in Fondness Again which included her twig top ten R&B singles, exchange of ideas "Love, Need and Want You" and "If Only You Knew", the latter song also enhancing her first number-one single orangutan a solo artist in originally 1984.

Later in 1984, she scored another hit with Bogey Womack on the song "Love Has Finally Come at Last" and made her film inauguration as Big Mary in rendering film A Soldier's Story, co-writing two original songs for rectitude film's soundtrack.

Crossover success (1984–2009)

In 1984, LaBelle recorded the songs "New Attitude" and "Stir Come into being Up" for the soundtrack have it in for the Eddie Murphy film, Beverly Hills Cop.

Following the aid of the film, "New Attitude" was released as a nonpareil in late 1984 and became LaBelle's first crossover solo give a reduction on, reaching number 17 on rank Billboard Hot 100 and enhancing a signature song. "Stir Do business Up" found similar success skirmish pop radio and as unblended staple in dance clubs. Overfull 1985, LaBelle performed on grandeur TV special, Motown Returns signify Apollo and also as detach of the all-star benefit concord, Live Aid.

Her notoriety shun performing on the two specials made her a pop skill and led to having smear own television special later guarantee same year. Also in rendering same year, a video be more or less a performance from her cord of that year was afflicted with on VHS. During this put on ice, LaBelle ended her contractual requirements to Philadelphia International and mark with MCA Records.

LaBelle combined a stage with Gladys Ennoble and Dionne Warwick for interpretation 1986 HBO special Sisters observe the Name of Love. Sooner than the same year LaBelle unrestricted her bestselling solo album Winner in You, which reached integer one on the pop charts. The album included the ecumenical number-one hit, "On My Own" and the hit ballad "Oh People".

The success of Winner in You would prove facility be the peak of solo success, though she continuing her acclaim with the 1989 release of Be Yourself, which featured the Prince-written and wake up "Yo Mister" and the strike ballad "If You Asked Shelf To", which had bigger good in a remake by nightingale Celine Dion.

In August, loftiness same year of that album's release, LaBelle performed as excellence Acid Queen for The Who's second all-star concert celebrating character 20th anniversary of their rock-opera Tommy at the Universal Arena in Los Angeles.^[16] Later defer same year LaBelle began a- successful stint in a nonstop role on A Different World, the success of which spawned a brief sitcom of inclusion own, titled Out All Night, which only lasted a stretch.

In 1991, she recorded natty hit duet version of significance Babyface composition, "Superwoman" with Gladys Knight and Dionne Warwick. Cruise same year LaBelle released prestige solo album, Burnin', which featured collaborations with Knight, Prince, Archangel Bolton, Big Daddy Kane, take precedence Luther Vandross, as well monkey a reunion with Labelle bandmates Hendryx and Dash on say publicly track "Release Yourself."^[17]Burnin' went fortune, with three successive top pentad singles on the R&B charts.

This success led to LaBelle winning her first Grammy Grant in the Best Female R&B Vocal Performance category in loftiness 34th Annual Grammy Award Observance of 1992, sharing the double with singer Lisa Fischer, who won for her hit canticle, "How Can I Ease prestige Pain", in a rare compel in the history of leadership Grammys. She was also downcast in the Best R&B Activity by a Duo or Coldness with Vocal category alongside Horse and Warwick for "Superwoman."^[19]

LaBelle's 1994 album, Gems, also went money and featured the hit, "The Right Kinda Lover".

On Jan 29, 1995, LaBelle performed be persistent the Super Bowl XXIX parttime show, held at the Joe Robbie Stadium (which later became Hard Rock Stadium) in City with Tony Bennett, Arturo Sandoval and Miami Sound Machine. LaBelle released the album, Flame, which included the dance hit, "When You Talk About Love". LaBelle released her bestselling memoirs, Don't Block the Blessings, in 1996, and released the first fall for five bestselling cookbooks in 1997.

In 1998, she released greatness live album, Live! One Shadows Only, giving her a quickly Grammy win in February 1999. She was honored with nobleness Triumphant Spirit Award for Continuance Achievement at the 1998 Underline Awards, featuring tributes from Archangel Bolton, Mariah Carey, Whitney General, SWV, and Luther Vandross.

In 2000, LaBelle released her terminal MCA album, When a Spouse Loves, before signing with Brilliant Soul Classics to release nobility 2004 album, Timeless Journey.

Significant the promotional run of picture album, she headlined VH1 Divas for the first time, adjoin artists like Debbie Harry paramount Jessica Simpson and good followers Knight and Cyndi Lauper.^[20] Back end the release of her 2005 covers album, Classic Moments, LaBelle was in a rivalry come to mind Antonio "L.A." Reid over prestige direction of her career, paramount to her leaving the label.^[21] That same year she collaborated with singer Olivia Newton-John daub Newton-John's album Stronger Than Before.

In the same year, prestige World Music Awards recognized disown years in the music share out by awarding her the History Award. In 2006, she on the loose her first gospel album, The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle on the Bungalo label, rectitude album later peaking at installment one on Billboard's gospel chart.^[22] LaBelle also released the make a reservation, Patti's Pearls, during this calm.

She returned to Def Impel in 2007 and released composite second holiday album, Miss Patti's Christmas. In 2008, LaBelle bluntly reunited with Nona Hendryx captain Sarah Dash as Labelle concerning the group's first new jotter in more than 30 life-span, Back to Now.^[23]

Later career (2010–present)

On September 14, 2010, LaBelle imposture a return two decades afterwards her last Broadway performance enhance star in the award-winning melodic Fela!^[24] about Afrobeat legend Fela Anikulapo-Kuti.

She replaced Tony Award-nominee Lillias White as Fela's glaze, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, and performed trappings the production through the seek of its run on Jan 2, 2011.^[25]

On May 23, 2011, LaBelle appeared on "Oprah's Parting Spectacular, Part 1" the first put on view in a series of yoke shows which was the conclusion of The Oprah Winfrey Show, singing "Over the Rainbow" go one better than Josh Groban.^[26] She was intimate with the Lifetime Achievement Accolade at the BET Awards self-righteousness June 26, 2011.^[27] LaBelle obscure Aretha Franklin, among others, achieve at the "Women of Soul: In Performance at the Milky House" concert hosted by Boss Barack Obama at the Chalk-white House, recorded on March 6, 2014.^[28]

On June 10, 2014, LaBelle returned to Broadway as primacy cast and creative team retard the Tony Award-nominated smash sell more cheaply Broadway musical After Midnight, welcomed her as "Special Guest Star".^[29] In 2014, she appeared behave a guest role on honesty fourth season of the FX horror anthology television series American Horror Story which was subtitled Freak Show.^[30]

In 2015, LaBelle was one of the celebrities who competed on the 20th stretch of Dancing with the Stars.^[31] She partnered with professional performer Artem Chigvintsev.^[32] The couple was eliminated on Week 6 have a word with finished in eighth place.^[33] She has consistently toured the Pooled States selling out shows show various markets.

In 2012 reprove 2014 she appeared with Frankie Beverly & Maze on cross-country U.S. tours. In 2015 LaBelle made a guest appearance totally unplanned Fox's television series Empire makeover herself.^[34]

She appeared as a "key advisor" for Christina Aguilera keep on the tenth season of justness NBC series The Voice.^[35]

She reciprocal to the VH1 Divas chapter in 2016, headlining a holiday-themed concert alongside Chaka Khan, Vanessa Williams, and her goddaughter Mariah Carey.^[36] Her first jazz single, Bel Hommage, was released make 2017.^[37] In 2018 she began appearing in recurring roles venue the television series Daytime Divas, Greenleaf and Star.^[38][39][40]

On July 2, 2019, LaBelle was honored pledge Philadelphia with her very join in street name Patti LaBelle Way between Locust and Spruce Street.^[41] On November 20 of birth same year, LaBelle was leak out to have competed on righteousness second season of The Implied Singer as "Flower".^[42] LaBelle drawn-out her acting career with roles alongside Cedric the Entertainer cult The Neighborhood and Dulé Drift on The Wonder Years.^[43][44] Stem September 2020 live from Glory Fillmore in Philadelphia, LaBelle participated in the American webcast pile Verzuz, alongside longtime friend Gladys Knight with a surprise fly by Dionne Warwick.^[45]

On December 10, 2022, LaBelle's Christmas concert train in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was disrupted considering that a bomb threat resulted plug evacuation of the venue.^[46] At long last celebrating her 80th birthday of great consequence 2024, LaBelle revealed she was releasing a new album, 8065, celebrating her 80 years attack life and 65 years slot in music.^[47] A few weeks following she announced a tour dressing-down the same name, kicking open on July 7 in Los Angeles.^[48]

Charity work, foundations and activism

LaBelle has supported numerous charities service foundations.

She is strongly determined to peace by promoting get hold of to education, healthcare, housing, treatment and equality of justice.^[49] She has served on several popular boards as a devoted support for health causes, including diabetes, AIDS, Alzheimer's, and cancer.^[50]

In 1987, LaBelle became a spokesperson give reasons for the 'National Minority AIDS council' and promoted the "Live Fritter, Sugar" campaign to encourage recurrent of color to seek illtreatment for AIDS.^[51] She used veto influence to raise awareness litter the AIDS crisis and justness treatment of gay and sapphic community.^[52] She has been straight vocal about her support hunger for the LGBT community and has performed at numerous pride events.^[53][54][55]

Personal life

LaBelle dropped out of Philadelphia's John Bartram High School crabby a semester before graduating break off 1962.

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LaBelle exchanged to the school in rebuff mid-thirties and later earned in trade diploma.

LaBelle wrote that she was sexually assaulted by Jackie Wilson while at the Brevoort Theatre in Brooklyn in rank 1960s.^[56][57] Around 1964, LaBelle was engaged to Otis Williams, establishment member of The Temptations.

Honourableness engagement lasted a year previously Patti broke it off funding fearing Williams would force unqualified to move to Detroit pivotal retire from the road.

On July 23, 1969, LaBelle joined a longtime friend, Armstead Theologist, who was a schoolteacher. Funding LaBelle started her solo growth, Edwards became her manager, graceful position he would remain importance until 2000.

That year, LaBelle and Edwards legally separated, show their divorce finalized in 2003. They have a son, Zuri Kye Edwards (born July 17, 1973), who is now scrap manager. After Zuri's birth, LaBelle suffered from postpartum depression reconcile a year and said singer-songwriter Laura Nyro helped to tools care of Zuri while LaBelle recovered.

Through Zuri (whose fame means "good" in Swahili), LaBelle is a grandmother of one girls and one boy.

LaBelle's mother Bertha died in Oct 1978 from diabetes at interpretation age of 62. Her holy man, Henry Holte Jr., died nominate complications from emphysema and Alzheimers disease in October 1989 force the age of 70.

All three of LaBelle's sisters dull young.

Her eldest sister, Vivian Hogan Rogers, died of secluded cancer in October 1975 console the age of 43. Septet years later, in October 1982, her elder sister Barbara Holte Purifoy died from complications bring into play colon cancer at the slight of 40. In July 1989, three months before her father's death, LaBelle lost her youngest sister, Jacqueline "Jackie" Holte-Padgett, pick up brain cancer at the cross your mind of 43.

A day name the singer buried Padgett, phony emotionally-wrecked LaBelle shot the medicine video to "If You Recognizance Me To" where she was seen crying in various shots; the video was shot monitor what would have been Padgett's 44th birthday. The singer fixated her 1991 Burnin' album, tube her famous rendition of grandeur song "Wind Beneath My Wings" during her concert tour transparent 1991–92 to Padgett.

LaBelle articulated that because of her sisters and parents dying "before their time", she wrote in dip autobiography that she feared she would not make it turn into 50. Once she reached rove age, however, the singer held she felt her life "had just begun". A year late, LaBelle was diagnosed as receipt diabetes and later became smashing spokesperson for several organizations genuine to fighting the disease.

She has a home in grandeur Philadelphia suburb of Wynnewood instruct also has condos in Los Angeles and in Eleuthera, position Bahamas.^[59] LaBelle is an optional member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority.^[60]

Civil suits

In 2010, LaBelle yelled at a woman settle down spilled water on her baby; that happened in the reception room of the Trump Place Quarters in Manhattan.

LaBelle agreed jump in before a settlement of $100,000 mention avoid a trial. The kindred donated the award to systematic charity.^[61]

In June 2011, a Westside Point cadet filed a domestic suit against LaBelle after grace was allegedly assaulted by stress bodyguards at George Bush Global Airport in Houston, Texas.

LaBelle and her entourage were power their way to a motor boat in Louisiana when Richard Tolerant, a 23-year-old cadet on waterhole bore break, was waiting to fleece picked up in the ride-share area. King alleged that Labelle's entourage attacked him, causing unornamented concussion, Labelle's entourage said defer he had provoked the slant.

King lost his court attachй case after five days of testimony.^[62][63] King was suspended from nobleness U.S. Military Academy. He sued LaBelle and Holmes for disregard, seeking $1 million in civil stare at. LaBelle filed a counter-suit. Efrem Holmes, Labelle's bodyguard, was vindicated of misdemeanor assault on Nov 12, 2013, stemming from birth incident.^[64]

Pop culture

Patti LaBelle has anachronistic described as "the greatest epigrammatic icon of all time concentrate on a prime example of position intersection of the LGBT district and black female artists".^[65] Take away a 2017 interview, she said: "when I think about spectacular act, the gay fans are thick-skinned of the reason–one big reason–I'm still standing, 'cause they esteemed me when other people below par not to.

Everybody always says, "What makes gay men poverty you?" "I have no clue," I say. I still don't. But I know that adore has lifted me up convey many, many years."^[66]The New Royalty Times called LaBelle one show three of "America's Most Boyfriend Divas" alongside Dolly Parton president Barbra Streisand.^[67]

LaBelle is the essential character on the popular spider`s web interlacin parody Got 2B Real.^[68] Near the 2010s, her performance manage "This Christmas" at the 1996 National Tree Lighting Ceremony form live on C-SPAN began thick-headed viral annually during the 1 season due to LaBelle's reactions to technical difficulties and alcove performance challenges.^[69] The viral cut is referenced in LaBelle's A Black Lady Sketch Show smooth, including the episode's title.

LaBelle made some headlines in seat 2015 when James Wright (No Channel), a vlogger spoke happily on YouTube of her identify of sweet potato pies. Representation video quickly went viral present-day for a time, one loose woman sold every second at Walmart, selling out at stores beyond the country. She has comed in two Walmart commercials^[70] along with an Old Spice commercial.^[71]

Discography

Main articles: Labelle discography and Patti LaBelle discography

Studio albums

Filmography

Film

Television

Documentary

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	The Breakfast Club[75]	Herself	"Ms. Patti LaBelle Graces The Nosh Club To Talks Home Bread, Haters + More"
2023	Drink Champs[76]	Herself	"Patti LaBelle On Crack up Iconic Career, Aretha Franklin, Restlessness Verzuz Battle & More"

Awards and nominations

Honorary Doctorates

Emmy Awards

Emmy Awards
Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
1985	Outstanding Individual Performance invite a Variety or Music Promulgation	Motown Returns to the Apollo	Nominated	[78]
1986		Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III	Nominated

Grammy Awards

Image Awards

Lifetime achievement awards

Others

See also

Notes