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Subject: 0324 - Today in Black History - March 24
1944 - Patricia Louise Holt is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She
will become a singer best known as Patti Labelle. As a teenager,
she and Cindy Birdsong (later a member of the Supremes) will
sing with the Ordettes. When two girls leave the group, Nona
Hendrix and Sarah Dash will sign on and Patti LaBelle and the
Bluebells will be born in 1961. By the next year, they will have
their first multimillion seller, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman."
With other hits, including "All Or Nothing" and "You'll Never Walk
Alone," the group will develop a strong following worldwide.
After years of success and being "Rocked and Rolled out," as Patti
describes it, the group will disband on good terms in 1977. She
will continue to perform as a solo artist and will release top-
selling albums. She will receive numerous awards including
Philadelphia's Key to the City, a medal from the Congressional
Black Caucus, a citation from Congress on her 20th anniversary in
the music business, another citation from President Reagan, a
cable ACE, the B'nai B'rith Creative Achievement Award, two NAACP
Entertainer of the Year Awards, the NAACP Image Award for three
consecutive years, the Ebony Achievement Award, the Martin Luther
King Lifetime Achievement Award, three Emmy nominations, eight
Grammy nominations and a 1992 Grammy Award for Best R&B Female
Vocal Performance for her album "Burnin."
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