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Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards (born May 24, 1944) better known under the stage name Patti LaBelle, is an American singer, author, and actress. LaBelle began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and front woman of the vocal group, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Following the group's name change to Labelle in the early 1970s, she released the iconic disco song "Lady Marmalade" and the group later became the first African-American vocal group to land the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. After the group split in 1976, LaBelle began a successful solo career, starting with her critically acclaimed debut album, which included the career-defining song, "You Are My Friend". LaBelle became a mainstream solo star in 1984 following the success of the singles, "If Only You Knew", "New Attitude" and "Stir It Up", with the latter two crossing over to pop audiences becoming radio staples.

Less than two years later, in 1986, LaBelle scored with the number-one album, Winner in You and the number-one duet single, "On My Own", with Michael McDonald. LaBelle eventually won a 1992 Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for her 1991 album, Burnin', followed by a second Grammy win for the live album, Live! One Night Only. Her 1990s albums, Burnin', Gems (1994) and Flame (1997), continued her popularity with young R&B audiences throughout the decade. Following the release of two mildly receptive solo albums in the early new millennium, she reunited with her Labelle band mates for the album, Back to Now, followed by a briefly well received promotional tour.

Below is a list of Patti LaBelle songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: MCA 52770
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US AC #2
written by: Burt Bacharach & Carole Bayer Sager
album: Winner in You
Patti LaBelle & Michael McDonald On My Own
1986 MCA
2 record label: Newtown 5777
chart position: RandB #14, US #37
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Anthony Levinson
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles Down The Aisle (Wedding Song)
1963 Newtown
3 record label: MCA 52517
chart position: RandB #3, US dance #1, US #17
written by: Sharon Robinson (as Sharon Teresa Robinson), Jon Gilutin & Bunny Hull
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Patti LaBelle New Attitude
1985 MCA
4 record label: MCA 52877
chart position: RandB #7, UK #26, US #29
written by: Andy Goldmark & Bruce Roberts
album: Winner in You
Patti LaBelle Oh, People
1986 MCA
5 record label: MCA 54673
chart position: RandB #8, UK #50, US #61, US dance #1
written by: Ann Bennett Nesby, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)
album: Gems
Patti LaBelle The Right Kinda Lover
1994 MCA
6 record label: MCA 3992
chart position: RandB #12, US #56, US Dance #1
written by: Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III), Terry Lewis and Jimmy Wright (as James
album: Flame
Patti LaBelle When You Talk About Love
1997 MCA
7 record label: Newtown 5000
chart position: RandB #13, US #15
written by: Leon T. Rene & Otis J. Rene
album: Sweethearts of the Apollo
Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles I Sold My Heart To The Junkman
1962 Newtown
8 record label: MCA 52610
chart position: RandB #5, US #41, US Dance #18
written by: Dan Sembello and Allee Willis
album: Beverly Hills Cop: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Patti LaBelle Stir It Up
1985 MCA
9 record label: P.I.R. 04248
chart position: RandB #1, US #46
written by: Cynthia Biggs, Dexter Wansel & Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again / The Best Of Philadelphia
comments: [love ballad]
Patti LaBelle If Only You Knew
1984 P.I.R.
10 record label: Beverly Glen 2012
chart position: RandB #3, US #88
written by: Bobby Womack
album: The Poet II / Patti
comments: [ballad]  
Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle Love Has Finally Come at Last
1984 Beverly Glen
11 record label: MCA 2074
chart position: RandB #2
written by: Bunny Sigler and Eugene Lambchops Curry
album: Burnin'
comments: [ballad]
Patti LaBelle Somebody Loves You Baby (You Know Who It Is)
1991 MCA
12 record label: MCA 1667
chart position: RandB #3, US Dance #17
written by: Patti LaBelle, Sharon Barnes, James
album: Burnin'
Patti LaBelle Feels Like Another One
1991 MCA
13 record label: MCA 53358
chart position: RandB #10, US #79, US AC #11
written by: Diane Warren
album: Be Yourself
comments: [beat ballad]
Patti LaBelle If You Asked Me To
1989 MCA
14 record label: MCA 2155
chart position: RandB #4
written by: Patti LaBelle, Nona Hendryx, James
album: Burnin'
comments: [gospel soul ballad]
Patti LaBelle When You've Been Blessed (Feels Like Heaven)
1992 MCA
15 record label: MCA 53728
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Prince
album: Be Yourself
Patti LaBelle Yo Mister
1989 MCA
16 record label: Epic 137395
chart position: RandB #81, US Dance #10
written by: Marti Sharron
album: It's Alright with Me
Patti LaBelle Music Is My Way of Life
1979 Epic
17 record label: P.I.R. 4399
chart position: RandB #10
written by: Bunny Sigler and Kenny Gamble
album: I'm in Love Again
comments: [love ballad]
Patti LaBelle Love, Need and Want You
1984 P.I.R.
18 record label: MCA 52876
chart position: RandB #50, US Dance #10
written by: Howie Rice and Alan Rich
album: Winner in You
Patti LaBelle Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight)
1987 MCA
19 record label: MCA
chart position: RandB #35, US Dance #10
written by: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Flame
comments: [ballad] [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [album cut]
Patti LaBelle Shoe Was on the Other Foot
1998 MCA
20 record label: Parkway 896
chart position: RandB #32, US #34
written by: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles You'll Never Walk Alone
1964 Parkway
21 record label: Def Soul Classics 2821
chart position: RandB #36, US #93, US Dance #11
written by: Patti LaBelle, Pierre Medor, Dwayne Nesmith, Tiffany Palmer, Carlos Ricketts and Jason Rome
album: Timeless Journey
Patti LaBelle New Day
2004 Def Soul Classics
22 record label: Elektra 69887
chart position: RandB #14, US #104
written by: Cynthia Biggs and Dexter Wansel
album: The Best Is Yet to Come
comments: [jazz funk]
Grover Washington, Jr. with Patti LaBelle The Best Is Yet to Come
1982 Elektra
23 record label: MCA 52945
chart position: RandB #13
written by: Alex Brown and Ron Kersey
album: Winner in You
Patti LaBelle Kiss Away the Pain
1986 MCA
24 record label: Atlantic 4055
chart position: Cashbox R&B #38, US #68
written by: Lori Burton and Pam Sawyer
album: Over the Rainbow
Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles All or Nothing
1965 Atlantic
25 record label: Parkway 935
chart position: US #76
written by: Frederic Weatherly (as Frederick Weatherly)
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles Danny Boy
1964 Parkway
26 record label: Epic 50872
chart position: RandB #26
written by: Peter Allen and David Lasley
album: Released
Patti LaBelle I Don't Go Shopping
1980 Epic
27 record label: Def Soul Cassics 3855
chart position: RandB #31, US #89
written by: Gordon Chambers, Patti LaBelle and Troy Taylor
comments: [slow jam]
Patti LaBelle featuring Ron Isley Gotta Go Solo
2004 Def Soul Cassics
28 record label: Atlantic 2373
chart position: RandB #36, US #89
weeksinr&bchart: 4
written by: Trade Martin
album: Dreamer
Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles Take Me for a Little While
1966 Atlantic
29 record label: Epic 5805(UK)
chart position: US Dance #29
written by: Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr, David Rubinson and Armstead Edwards
album: Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle Dan Swit Me
1977 Epic
30 record label: MCA 54513
chart position: RandB #30
written by: Cutfather, Lori Perry, Sami McKinney, Soulshock and Kenneth Karlin
Patti LaBelle All Right Now
1992 MCA
31 record label: Epic 850445
chart position: RandB #31
written by: Jeffrey Cohen, Ray Parker Jr and James
album: Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle Joy to Have Your Love
1977 Epic
32 record label: MCA 53100
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
Patti LaBelle Just the Facts
1987 MCA
33 record label: Epic 850659
chart position: RandB #34
written by: Skip Scarborough
album: It's Alright with Me
Patti LaBelle It's Alright with Me
1979 Epic
34 record label: Atlantic 2347
chart position: RandB #36
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Curtis Mayfield
Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles I'm Still Waiting
1966 Atlantic
35 record label: MCA 3160
chart position: RandB #42
written by: El DeBarge
album: Gems
comments: [love song]
Patti LaBelle All This Love
1994 MCA
36 record label: MCA 84089
chart position: RandB #43
written by: Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and James Wright
album: Flame
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts] [MCA album cut]
Patti LaBelle Someone Like You
1998 MCA
37 record label: Newtown 5007
chart position: Cashbox RandB #46
written by: M. Bailey, R. Martin
album: Sweethearts Of The Apollo
Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles Tear After Tear
1962 Newtown
38 record label: Epic 50852
chart position: RandB #61, US Dance #48
written by: Allen Toussaint
album: Released
Patti LaBelle Release (The Tension)
1980 Epic
39 record label: Epic 850550
chart position: RandB #51
written by: Armstead Edwards, James
album: Tasty
Patti LaBelle Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)
1978 Epic
40 record label: Epic 850583
chart position: RandB #60
written by: A. Willis
Patti LaBelle Little Girls
1978 Epic
41 record label: Epic 850487
chart position: RandB #61
written by: Patti LaBelle, James
album: Patti LaBelle
Patti LaBelle You Are My Friend
1978 Epic
42 record label: Island Def Jam 16261 2
chart position: RandB #62
written by: Carolyn Franklin
album: Classic Moments
comments: [southern soul ballad]
Patti LaBelle featuring Mary J. Blige Ain't No Way
2005 Island Def Jam
43 record label: P.I.R. 05436
chart position: RandB #63
written by: J.H. Smith and Wells
album: Patti
comments: [ballad]
Patti LaBelle I Can't Forget You
1985 P.I.R.
44 record label: MCA 53774
chart position: RandB #65
written by: Sami McKinney and Raymond Jones
album: Be Yourself
comments: [ballad]
Patti LaBelle I Can't Complain
1990 MCA
45 record label: MCA 10870
chart position: RandB #67
written by: Sami McKinney, Kenny Moore and Alex Brown
album: Gems
Patti LaBelle I Never Stopped Loving You
1995 MCA
46 record label: Bungalo
chart position: RandB #68
album: The Gospel According to Patti LaBelle
comments: [album cut]
Patti LaBelle featuring Yolanda Adams Where Love Begins
2007 Bungalo
47 record label: MCA 54481
chart position: RandB #70
written by: Jonathan Butler and Graham Lyle
album: Burnin'
comments: [love song] Backing Vocals: Luther Vandross, Fonzi Thornton, Lisa Fischer
Patti LaBelle When You Love Somebody (I'm Saving My Love for You)
1992 MCA
48 record label: P.I.R. 02655
chart position: US Dance #49
written by: Cecil Womack and Kenny Gamble
album: The Spirit's in It
comments: [disco dance]
Patti LaBelle The Spirit's in It
1981 P.I.R.
49 record label: Beverly Glen Music 2018
chart position: RandB #76
written by: Chris Brubeck
album: The Poet II
comments: [ballad]
Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle It Takes a Lot of Strength to Say Goodbye
1984 Beverly Glen Music
50 record label: P.I.R. 05755
chart position: RandB #79
written by: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff
album: Patti
comments: [ballad]
Patti LaBelle If You Don't Know Me By Now
1986 P.I.R.
51 record label: P.I.R. 04176
chart position: US Dance #57
written by: Stephanie Huff
album: I'm in Love Again
comments: [disco dance]
Patti LaBelle I'll Never, Never Give Up
1983 P.I.R.
52 record label: MCA 25211-2
chart position: RandB #102
album: When A Woman Loves
Patti LaBelle Call Me Gone
2000 MCA
-- record label: Motown 1339 (UK)
written by: B. Womack, J. Ford
album: The Poet 2
comments: [ballad]
Bobby Womack & Patti LaBelle Through The Eyes Of A Child
1984 Motown
-- record label: Virgin 98824
written by: Gary Prim, Tena Clark
album: The Five Heartbeats Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: (Vocals: Billy Valentine, Tressa Thomas)
Patti LaBelle We Haven't Finished Yet
1991 Virgin
-- record label: PIR 1311
written by: R. Roebuck, J.B. Jefferson
album: I'm In Love Again
comments: [album cut]
Patti LaBelle When Am I Gonna Find True Love
1983 PIR




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