Patricia Louise Holte known professionally as Patti LaBelle is an American R&B singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. 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. Following the group’s name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the popular number-one hit “Lady Marmalade”.
As a result, after the group split in 1976, LaBelle began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, “You Are My Friend”.
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Patricia was born the second youngest child of Henry (1919–1989) and Bertha (Robinson; 1916–1978) Holte’s three children, and the next-to-youngest of five children overall. Her siblings were Thomas Hogan Jr. (1930-2013), Vivian Hogan (1932–1975), Barbara (1942–1982), and Jacqueline “Jackie” (1945–1989).
LaBelle has also experienced success as an actress with a role in the Oscar-nominated film A Soldier’s Story and TV shows such as A Different World and American Horror Story: Freak Show.
In 1992, LaBelle starred in her TV sitcom Out All Night. A decade later, LaBelle hosted her lifestyle TV show, Living It Up with Patti LaBelle on TV One.
