Lady Marmalade - Music

Patricia Louise Holt Born May 24 1944 In Philadelphia Pennsylvania Better Known Professionally As Patti LaBelle Is A Highly Revered Grammy Award-Winning American Singer-Songwriter Author Businesswoman And Actress. LaBelle Has Fronted Two Moderately Successful Groups Patti LaBelle And The Bluebelles And LaBelle Before Rising To Superstardom As A Solo Artist In The Late 1970s. She Is Best Known For Her Strong Soprano Vocals And Her Signature High-Octave Vocal Belting. LaBelle Has Been Largely Compared To Aretha Franklin During The 1970s But Her Distinguishing Vocal Range Remains Unique And Recognizable And She Is Widely Regarded As One Of The Greatest Vocalists Of All-Time By Such Industry Publications And Media Outlets As Jet Magazine BET And VH1. LaBelle Has Recorded 16 Solo Studio Albums Since Her Solo Debut In 1977. LaBelle Has Also Reportedly Sold More Than 50 Million Albums. Her Biography Don't Block The Blessings Remained At The Top Of The New York Times Best Seller List For Several Weeks. In Addition She Is Also A Bestselling Cookbook Author - On Twitter As @LaBelleFoods. She Has Received Recognition Of Her Works In Music Being Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame The Hollywood Walk Of Fame The Apollo Hall Of Fame The Songwriters' Hall Of Fame As Well As The World Music Awards Presenting Her With The Prestigious Legend Award. In 2012 And 2013 LaBelle Embarked On The 50th Anniversary Tour Celebrating Her Years In The Music Business. read less

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"Lady Marmalade" is a song by the group Labelle. It was written by Bob Crewe and Kenny Nolan, and produced by Allen Toussaint and Vicki Wickham. It was released on August 3, 1974 as the first single from the album Nightbirds. The song was inspired by Crewe's first-hand observations of New Orleans. After it was first recorded by Nolan's group Eleventh Hour in 1974, on Eleventh Hour's Greatest Hits LP, Labelle's producer Allen Toussaint decided to record it for Nightbirds. The song is famous for its sexually suggestive chorus of "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?", which translates into English as "Do you want to sleep with me (tonight)?" The song held the number-one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week, and topped the Canadian RPM national singles chart on the same date. Labelle's version of "Lady Marmalade" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003 and was ranked number 479 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song has had many cover versions over the years. In 1998, all female group All Saints released a cover of the song that peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart. The 2001 version by singers Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink, produced by Missy Elliott with instrumentals contributed by producer Rockwilder, was released for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack. It was a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US for 5 weeks and won Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mýa, and Pink a Grammy Award. In the United Kingdom, the song has been sung on several talent shows, including The X Factor by Leona Lewis, and on Eurovision: Your Country Needs You by Jade Ewen. Patti LaBelle sang lead vocals on "Lady Marmalade" with backing vocals being contributed by band mates Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash. The song's chorus, "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi (ce soir)?", appeared previously in the play A Streetcar Named Desire, uttered by the promiscuous Blanche DuBois. "Lady Marmalade" was a number-one hit for one week on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the United States during the early spring of 1975, and charted at number one for one week on the Billboard Top Soul Singles chart. Along with the track, "What Can I Do for You?", "Lady Marmalade" peaked at number seven on the disco/dance charts. The single also charted at number seventeen in the United Kingdom. "Lady Marmalade" replaced another Crewe/Nolan composition, Frankie Valli's "My Eyes Adored You", as the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, a feat that made Crewe and Nolan the third songwriting team in Billboard history (after Lennon–McCartney and Holland-Dozier-Holland) to replace themselves at number-one. Also in 1975, Nanette Workman recorded a French version that became very popular in Canada (Quebec). The song was first covered by Nanette Workman in the same year, and then later on by Sheila E. on her 1991 album Sex Cymbal in a jazz-oriented rendition, with horns as the centerpiece. In 1995, disco cover band Boogie Knights covered "Lady Marmalade", fronted by singer Jeff Scott Soto. In 1999, the song was covered by the techno act Lords of Acid as a bonus track on their remix album Expand Your Head. More recently, the track was featured in the TV series Angel, performed by actor Andy Hallett, and was released on the soundtrack in 2005. The Labelle version appears in several films, including The Long Kiss Goodnight, Dick, and Jacob's Ladder. Improbably, the lyrics to the song were sung to the tune of the "Toreador Song" from "Carmen" by Tim Brooke-Taylor on the radio comedy and panel game show I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue as part of a round called "One Song to the Tune of Another". It was featured on the video game Karaoke Revolution Volume 2 as a version performed with Patti LaBelle. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.