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Patti LaBelle is an American R&B and soul singer widely regarded as the 'Godmother of Soul.' Born Patricia Louise Holte in Philadelphia in 1944, she rose to fame in the 1960s as lead singer of Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, and later achieved mainstream success with the group Labelle, whose 1974 hit 'Lady Marmalade' became a number-one single. Her solo career, spanning seven decades, has produced numerous hits including 'If Only You Knew,' 'New Attitude,' and 'On My Own,' earning her multiple Grammy Awards and inductions into the Grammy Hall of Fame, Hollywood Walk of Fame, and Apollo Theater Hall of Fame.
