http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f0zTlVGDQA

***PATTI LaBELLE & THE BLUEBELLES/LaBELLE***

All FOUR of these girls have INCREDIBLE VOCAL POWER...Not just Patti.
WATCH.....AND LISTEN:

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 07/23/2013 @ 02:18am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQJG-36krgk

****PATTI LaBELLE & THE BLUEBELLES/Labelle****

In this 1967 clip, The Big "O" - OTIS REDDING , introduces Patti, Cindy, Nona, and Sarah on (what appears to be ) the Cleveland-based, nationally syndicated show UPBEAT.

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 07/23/2013 @ 02:34am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZyjSuOrRBw

If you don't think that The Bluebelles were influential....watch and listen to SAM HARRIS copy their style note for note on STAR SEARCH .

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 07/23/2013 @ 02:39am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoHDT89FwSA

....and on Motown 25...introduced by Smokey.

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 07/23/2013 @ 02:43am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWkzeTOOxbo

Yes, SAM HARRIS copied Patti & The BlueBelles on THIS one TOO.

(he must have been a big fan...and that's OK. That's the nature of Rock and Pop...everybody influences...or is influenced by- everybody !!)

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 07/23/2013 @ 02:58am

***PATTI LaBELLE & THE BLUEBELLES/LaBELLE***

LEGACY and INFLUENCE:

From Wikipedia:

Legacy and influence

Years after their departure in 1976, Labelle's influence has been reflected by groups such as En Vogue, Destiny's Child and The Pussycat Dolls, who recorded the Labelle hit, "Far As We Felt Like Goin'" from the Phoenix album. Their biggest hit, "Lady Marmalade" continues to be covered, with its successful covers being renditions by All Saints and the Grammy-winning number-one hit collaboration between singers Christina Aguilera, Pink and Mýa and rapper Lil' Kim in 2001 (recorded for the Moulin Rouge! soundtrack.) The song was also covered by Madchester-era indie group The Happy Mondays, who spliced it with "Kinky Afro". The group's 1960s hit, "You'll Never Walk Alone", was sampled by Kanye West in an early version of his song, "Homecoming" (which sampled the group's "walk on" intro) while their 1970s hit, "Isn't It a Shame" was sampled by Nelly on his song, "My Place". Their 1973 song, "Goin' On a Holiday", was also sampled in several hip-hop songs (sampling the group's vocal bridge, "goin', goin', goin', goin'...on...").

The group has been called pioneers of the disco movement for the proto-disco singles "Lady Marmalade" and "Messin' With My Mind". In turn, "Lady Marmalade" has been also called one of the first mainstream disco hits (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). In 2003, "Lady Marmalade" was inducted to the Grammy Hall of Fame.

In 2009, their songs "It Took a Long Time" and "System" were featured in Lee Daniels' film Precious.

Posted by Bill G. on Tuesday, 07/23/2013 @ 03:05am

Patti LaBelle solo ? NO. Patti LaBelle & The BlueBelles/ LaBelle ? YES.

ALL of them should be inducted: Patti, Sara Dash,Nona Hendrix, AND Cindy Birdsong.

Let's not create still another situation where a Special Committee has to come in to correct a mistake that should have NEVER been made in the FIRST place.

INDUCT THEM ALL !!!

Posted by Bill G on Sunday, 10/20/2013 @ 21:05pm

How should they be inducted? This one is crazy!


The Ordettes
1959–1960

Patricia "Patsy" Holt
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash
Sundray Tucker

The Blue Belles
1960–1963

Patricia "Patsy" Holt
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash
Cindy Birdsong

Patti La Belle & Her Blue Belles
1963–1965

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash
Cindy Birdsong

Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles
1965–1967

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash
Cindy Birdsong

1967–1970

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash (Cindy Birdsong left the group to join The Supremes, replacing Florence Ballard

LaBelle
1970–1976

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash

2005–2009
Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 19:35pm

The Ordettes/The Blue Belles/Patti La Belle & Her Blue Belles/Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles/LaBelle

01. The Ordettes
02. The Blue Belles
03. Patti La Belle & Her Blue Belles
04. Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles
05. LaBelle
06. Patti LaBelle

Members

01. Patti LaBelle
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash
04. Sundray Tucker
05. Cindy Birdsong

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 08/3/2014 @ 19:51pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsTQtGSIUgk

They should be inducted as Patti La Belle and The Blue Belles/La Belle.

ALL 4 OF THEM: Patti, Sarah Dash,Nona Hendrix, and Cindy Birdsong.

Patti should NOT be inducted alone .PERIOD.(even though she may deserve it,The GROUP should go in TOGETHER.

Sometimes , the ship only sails ONCE . It should include them ALL.

This group was just too PHENOMENAL to make the mistake of leaving people out. It's happened too many times in the past.

Posted by Bill G. on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 02:07am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsTQtGSIUgk

Let's try that link again . The BlueBelles live at the FOX Theatre, Brooklyn New York, 1965

Posted by Bill G. on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 02:10am

Another case like The (Young) Rascals, The Small Faces/Faces and Joy Division/New Order.

Patti LaBelle and The Blue Belles/LaBelle

Posted by Roy on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 06:06am

Maybe they should be inducted using the second group name with the last group name, which would cover everything:

The Blue Belles/LaBelle

Forgot Rufus with Chaka Khan

Posted by Roy on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 06:14am

Patti LaBelle will probably not be inducted twice, but Tina Turner and Carole King could become the first women to get second inductions into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Another case like The (Young) Rascals, The Small Faces/Faces, Rufus with Chaka Khan and Joy Division/New Order:

The Ordettes/The Blue Belles/Patti La Belle & Her Blue Belles/Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles/LaBelle/Patti LaBelle

They should be nominated and inducted as Patti LaBelle and The Blue Belles/LaBelle.

Maybe they should be nominated and inducted using the second group name with the last group name, which would cover everything:

The Blue Belles/LaBelle

01. Patti LaBelle
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash
04. Cindy Birdsong

The Ordettes (1959-1960)

01. Patricia "Patsy" Holt (Patti LaBelle)
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash
04. Sundray Tucker

The Blue Belles (1960–1963)

01. Patricia "Patsy" Holt (Patti LaBelle)
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash
04. Cindy Birdsong

Patti La Belle & Her Blue Belles (1963–1965)

01. Patti LaBelle
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash
04. Cindy Birdsong

Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles (1965–1967)

01. Patti LaBelle
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash
04. Cindy Birdsong

Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles (1967–1970)

01. Patti LaBelle
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash

LaBelle (1970–1976)

01. Patti LaBelle
02. Nona Hendryx
03. Sarah Dash

Posted by Roy on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 06:44am

Similar case to The Miracles/Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Miami Sound Machine and Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, and Jefferson Airplane/Starship as well.

Posted by Roy on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 22:35pm

No pages for The Ordettes or The Blue Belles yet.

Posted by Roy on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 22:50pm

Actually, they should just be inducted as The Blue Belles since Cindy Birdsong was not a member of LaBelle. This would cover their entire career.

Posted by Roy on Monday, 08/4/2014 @ 23:19pm

Actually, Steve Marriot's Rock Hall trophy says The Small Faces/Faces, while he was only in The Small Faces, so a Blue Belles/LaBelle induction would be okay with The Blue Belles/LaBelle showing on Cindy Birdsong's Rock Hall trophy.

Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 08/5/2014 @ 15:39pm

The group's ORIGINAL name was The BLUEBELLES.Then PATTI LaBELLE and THE BLUEBELLES. The only difference between this group and LaBELLE is the deletion of Cindy Birdsong, the original 4th member...who left the group to join THE SUPREMES replacing the late Florence Ballard.The other remaining members , Patti,Sarah Dash, and Nona Hendryx, formed LaBELLE. Apparently , the split was not a happy one. They have since reconciled, but ,today a minister, Cindy is not a member of the group, which has since reunited with the other members, and is now touring. So, the RRHOF induction committee would have to consider: 1) under what NAME should they be inducted, if at all. and 2) would all 4 members be inducted,or would Cindy be left out.To my knowledge, she was not inducted with The Supremes, due to Mary Wilson's insistence that only the 3 ORIGINAL Supremes be inducted.It seems that Smokey and Berry also did this with The Miracles, which was why Billy Griffin was snubbed.
If the Bluebelles are EVER considered,they should go in as Patti LaBelle & The BlueBelles/LaBelle...or as simply The BlueBelles/LaBelle. If we proceed from the aforementioned logic, then Cindy Birdsong would HAVE to be included, as she was indeed an ORIGINAL MEMBER.

Sadly, since , in recent years,given the H of F's recent moratorium on inducting classic R&B groups, it is probably highly doubtful that a BlueBelles induction will ever even occur.

The Rockists have won.

Posted by Bill G. on Saturday, 02/14/2015 @ 15:21pm

Patti LaBelle solo ? NO. Patti LaBelle & The BlueBelles/ LaBelle ? YES.

ALL of them should be inducted: Patti, Sara Dash,Nona Hendrix, AND Cindy Birdsong.

Let's not create still ANOTHER situation where a Special Committee has to come in to correct a mistake that should have NEVER been made in the FIRST place.

INDUCT THEM ALL !!!

Posted by Bill G. on Saturday, 02/14/2015 @ 15:29pm

They should be nominated and inducted as The Bluebelles/LaBelle, just like The Small Faces/Faces were nominated and inducted.

The Bluebelles/LaBelle

Patti LaBelle (The Bluebelles/LaBelle)
Nona Hendryx (The Bluebelles/LaBelle)
Sarah Dash (The Bluebelles/LaBelle)
Cindy Birdsong (The Bluebelles)

The Small Faces/The Faces

Steve Marriott (The Small Faces)
Kenney Jones (The Small Faces/Faces)
Ronnie Lane (The Small Faces/Faces)
Ian McLagan (The Small Faces/Faces)
Rod Stewart (Faces)
Ronnie Wood (Faces)

Cindy Birdsong was to the Bluebelles what Steve Marriott was to the Small Faces

Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 02/24/2015 @ 11:42am

The Blue Belles (1960–1963)

Patricia "Patsy" Holt
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash
Cindy Birdsong

Patti La Belle & Her Blue Belles (1963–1965)

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash
Cindy Birdsong

Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles (1965–1967)

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash
Cindy Birdsong

Patti LaBelle and The Bluebelles (1967–1970)

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash

LaBelle (1970–1976)

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash

LaBelle (2005–2009)

Patti LaBelle
Nona Hendryx
Sarah Dash

Posted by Roy on Tuesday, 02/24/2015 @ 11:44am

The first question...is under WHAT NAME should they be inducted. The group's ORIGINAL name was The BLUEBELLES.Then PATTI LaBELLE and THE BLUEBELLES. The only difference between this group and LaBELLE is the deletion of Cindy Birdsong, the original 4th member...who left the group to join THE SUPREMES replacing the late Florence Ballard.The other remaining members , Patti,Sarah Dash, and Nona Hendryx, formed LaBELLE. Apparently , the split was not a happy one. They have since reconciled, but ,today a minister, Cindy is not a member of the group, which has since reunited with the other members, and is now touring. So, the RRHOF induction committee would have to consider: 1) under what NAME should they be inducted, if at all. and 2) would all 4 members be inducted,or would Cindy be left out.To my knowledge, she was not inducted with The Supremes.

Posted by Bill G. on Thursday, 08/13/2015 @ 04:54am

Rest in Peace Sarah Dash, 1945-2021.

Posted by Joe on Monday, 09/20/2021 @ 21:10pm

Labelle was ahead of they're time.
They sang rock Wild Horses, Good Intentions, Nightbirds, I sold my heart the the junkman. They all wrote songs and produced all great singers toured Opening act
with Rolling Stone and Who
Patti was in the Rock play Tommy
with the who. There costumes
Later adopted by so many they are long overdue

Posted by Deacon James Prayingforu Little on Saturday, 10/23/2021 @ 11:32am

This group Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles/Labelle were ahead of their time. All were great singers
and sang rock, pop, r and b, and
Sarah Dash Kieth Richard and Rolling Stones
Patti Labelle Sang Rock Opera Tommy, The Rolling Stones
Nona Hendrix cousin of Jimmy Hendrix Rock infused musician
Labelle were copied with there costumes Kiss
They are one of the greatest sounds and blend harmonies
Visual, musically, singing ability,
dancing. Still one the greatest groups in History. All 10's
60 years in business

Posted by James A Little on Thursday, 10/28/2021 @ 07:09am

Rest in Peace Sarah Dash, 1945-2021.

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 10/28/2021 @ 23:36pm

They should be nominated and inducted as The Bluebelles / LaBelle.

Posted by Roy on Thursday, 10/28/2021 @ 23:42pm

I realize the Rock Roll Hall of
is very prejudice and racist
Patti Labelle is a great singer
Nona Hendrix is Rock Singer
Sarah Dash is a great singer
Do what is right they deserve to be in there..Stop the Hate
Shes better than most that are in there

Posted by James A Little on Saturday, 11/6/2021 @ 11:17am

Sarah Dash died and never got that was due. She died how can you sleep shameful

Posted by Deacon James Prayingforu Little on Saturday, 11/6/2021 @ 11:21am

They're worthy of induction. Probably the second most influential Black girl group after The Supremes

Posted by Joe-Skee on Monday, 11/15/2021 @ 16:03pm

In October 1974 Labelle made Pop
History by becoming the First Rock and Roll Vocal Group to perform
at Metropolitan Opera House. Riding high on the success of Lady Marmalade and Nightbirds Album
Made the Cover of Rolling Stone in 1975. They are listed as Rock and Roll Royalty. Are the Rock Hall and Fame Organization. Are you prejudice and racists bigots?

Posted by Deacon James Prayingforu Little on Saturday, 12/4/2021 @ 09:22am

Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles
Opened up for the Rolling Stones
came to the United States and also the Who. Worked with Wilson Pickett he got a number 1 with
Patti's group, lauro nyro they made ahistoric concert at Carnegie Hall
Singing all the classic Motown hits
Patti sang the Rock Opera The Who's Tommy as the Acid Queen
Shes been a show stopper
Labelle was ahead of there time
The vocals, the music, the costumes. Labelle needs to be there

Posted by James A Little on Friday, 01/14/2022 @ 15:12pm

Patti Labelle has done more than other artists inducted
She is a survivor
The Rock Hall of Fame is prejudice
Labelle was on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine
She is Rock and Roll and sang it well
62 years explains why shes an icon
and legend. Labelle was rock inspired

Posted by Deacon James Prayingforu Little on Friday, 01/14/2022 @ 16:55pm

Labelle were on the Cover of Rolling Stone.
Sang Black Holes in the Sky
Nightbirds
Wild Horses
and many others was Rock
This is Long Overdue

Posted by Deacon James Prayingforu Little on Wednesday, 02/23/2022 @ 07:21am

Labelle should be in the Rock Hall of Fame. The Historic Concert with Lauro Nyro.. labelle graced the from of the Rolling Stones opened up for the Rolling Stones as Patti Labelle and the Bluebelles and the Who to. They are considered Rock
and roll. Great singer both groups were terrific and Labelle opened for Smokey Robinson.they brought the house down 60 years in the business labelle are legends

Posted by Deacon James Prayingforu Little on Monday, 03/14/2022 @ 10:54am

Cmon Rock &Roll Hall of fame please induct Labelle while we still have these Legends and they are able to enjoy it cause they well deserve it… Sarah Dash has already passed.

Posted by T Will on Sunday, 04/24/2022 @ 17:54pm

In the industry Hollywood throws Diva, Legends,
and win Grammys, rock hall of Fame, Kennedy Honor, and Patti LaBelle deserve is qualified
The young people have not paid their dues. The Entertainment Industry is fabricated giving to people that give sell their body

Posted by Deacon James Little on Tuesday, 03/19/2024 @ 13:32pm