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How Patti LaBelle Got her Stage Name is today's topic. I'm Gail Nobles
Patti LaBelle's real name is Patricia. She said in an interview it was a car dealership in Philadelphia that decided to give her the name Patti LaBelle. It means The Beautiful, and he didn't see the beauty in Pattie. She said he was a lying man.
Patti said that he had a record label, and his name was Harold B Robinso. He had a studio in the basement of the car dealership. When he saw Patti he said she was too black and too ugly and we know that's not true. Harold said she couldn't do anything, but he heard Patti's voice and found out that she could sing. He was overwhelmed by her voice. And look at Patti now. Beautiful and singing. She started out singing with a group before she went solo. The group was called Patti LaBelle and the Blue Bells.
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Episode Transcript
How Patty LaBelle that her stage name is today's topic.
I'm Gail Nobles, Patty Lebelle. Patty Labelle's real name is Patricia.
(00:35):
She said in an interview. It was a car dealership
in Philadelphia that decided to give her the name Patty LaBelle.
It means the beautiful, and he didn't see the beauty
in Patty. She said he was a lying man. Patty
(00:55):
said that he had a record label and his name
was Harold B. Robinson. He had a studio in the
basement of the car dealership. When he saw Patty, he
said she was too black and too ugly, and we
know that's not true. Harold said she couldn't do anything,
(01:20):
but he heard Patty's voice and found out that she
could sing. He was overwhelmed by her voice, and look
at Patty now beautiful and singing. She started out singing
with the group before she went solo. The group was
(01:43):
called Patty LaBelle and the Bluebells. You're listening to an
Explana moment. Thank you for listening. Patty Libe
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