Patti LaBelle

The first time Patti LaBelle's voice hit me, the hair on my arms stood up. The title Godmother of Soul is no exaggeration. From the Bluebelles to the seismic chart-topper Lady Marmalade and decades of solo power beyond, she has never once coasted. What floors me is not just her technique but the sheer combustion she pours into every note, still doing it well into her eighties. Add the cookbooks and the generous, larger-than-life warmth, and you get a genuine living legend. Few performers earn that phrase honestly; she earned it many times over.

Name (English)

Patti LaBelle

Name (Japanese)

パティ・ラベル

Reading

ぱてぃ・らべる

Born

May 24, 1944 (age 82)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Monkey

Origin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Occupation

singer / actor / singer-songwriter / composer / film actor

High school

John Bartram High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.pattilabelle.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/mspattilabelle/
• Xhttps://x.com/mspattipatti
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti%20LaBelle
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q31013

Tags

• Pennsylvania
• singer
• actor
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

2026-06-16

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