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Soul Serenade: Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles, “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”

Soul Serenade: Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles, “I Sold My Heart To The Junkman”

Ken Shane January 12, 2012 0

Patti LaBelle and the Blue Belles had a big hit in 1962 with "I Sold My Heart To the Junkman." Or did they

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Jheri Curl Fridays 07: “Yo Mister”

Mike Heyliger July 1, 2011 0

Patti LaBelle's "Yo Mister" (with a little help from Prince) seizes the controls of the Jheri Curl Fridays ship for this 4th of July weekend

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Jheri Curl Fridays 06: “Fishnet”

Mike Heyliger June 17, 2011 7

Morris Day scored the biggest hit of his solo career with "Fishnet," which reunited him with former bandmates Jam & Lewis

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 100

Dave Steed April 21, 2010 34

Bottom Feeders continues with the letter W -- and reaches triple digits! -- with more would-be hits from the '80s

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Popdose Interview: Sharon Robinson, The Leonard Cohen Collaborator Not Everybody Knows

Jon Cummings June 8, 2009 7

Just what the hell is a famous blue raincoat, anyway? Maybe Jon Cummings finds out in his new Popdose Interview with Leonard Cohen collaborator -- and solo artist in her own right -- Sharon

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Bottom Feeders: The Ass End of the ’80s, Part 52

Dave Steed May 20, 2009 55

Dave Steed's Bottom Feeders celebrates its one-year anniversary this week -- and we're at the letter L, which means Lorenzo Lamas and Patti goddamn LaBelle were invited to the party

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CHART ATTACK!: 3/27/76

Jason Hare March 27, 2009 23

Happy Friday, everybody, and welcome back to another edition of CHART ATTACK! This week’s Top 10 is relatively diverse, with a bunch of artists who stand absolutely no chance of getting anywhere on the

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Listening Booth: “The Essential O’Jays”; “The Essential Patti LaBelle”

Jeff Giles June 13, 2008 11

The O’Jays – The Essential O’Jays (2008) purchase this album (Amazon) What, you thought you already bought The Essential O’Jays back in 2005, when Sony released another compilation called The Essential O’Jays? Think again,

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Cutouts Gone Wild!: Various Artists, “Dragnet Original Soundtrack”

Jeff Giles January 31, 2008 19

Various Artists – Dragnet Original Soundtrack (1987) purchase this album (Amazon) You know, writing about cutouts in the digital age is more difficult than it looks. Not a week goes by that some knucklehead

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