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I decided to always sing in the back with the chorus and never went up front because I had trouble performing.
Patti LaBelle
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Patti LaBelle
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: May 24
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Philadelphia
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Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards
Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards
Patti La Belle
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