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Patti LaBelle

1944 - Today

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Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Godmother of Soul". LaBelle began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. After the group's name change to Labelle in the 1970s, they released the number-one hit "Lady Marmalade" before disbanding in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patti LaBelle is the 975th most popular singer (down from 812th in 2019), the 5,510th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,319th in 2019) and the 281st most popular American Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Patti LaBelle ranks 975 out of 4,381. Before her are Mort Shuman, Ljiljana Petrović, Yaki Kadafi, Björn Skifs, Bora Đorđević, and M. S. Subbulakshmi. After her are Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Jakob Dylan, Alexander Bard, Anneke Grönloh, Adoniran Barbosa, and Alain Barrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Patti LaBelle ranks 393. Before her are Alexei Lubimov, Berta Ambrož, Swoosie Kurtz, Günter Verheugen, José Wilker, and Ján Čarnogurský. After her are José Eulogio Gárate, Dennis Franz, Haim Saban, Tony Visconti, Anthony Heald, and Jan de Vries.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patti LaBelle ranks 5,510 out of 20,380. Before her are Lee Haney (1959), Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823), Doug Clifford (1945), Bill Bryson (1951), Dick Miller (1928), and Denis O'Hare (1962). After her are Jakob Dylan (1969), Tony Thompson (1954), Jessica Drake (1974), Janet Hubert (1956), Beau Biden (1969), and Diana Hyland (1936).

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Among SINGERS In United States

Among singers born in United States, Patti LaBelle ranks 281. Before her are Dee Snider (1955), Lizzo (1988), B.o.B. (1988), Carmen McRae (1922), Mort Shuman (1938), and Yaki Kadafi (1977). After her are Jakob Dylan (1969), Vince Neil (1961), E-40 (1967), Signe Toly Anderson (1941), Marilyn Horne (1934), and Sharon Jones (1956).

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