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EPISODE · Feb 6, 2022 · 4 MIN

Patti LaBelle on Cat Bear 2:5:22 2.51 PM

from CAT BEAR · host Gail Nobles

Vocal by: Gail NoblesCat Bear voice: Gail NoblesBring Back the Music theme: Gail Nobles © 2019 - 2022Photo credit: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com/ Wikipedia Usage: CC BY-SA 2.0If Only You Knew is my favorite song by Patti LaBelle. It was written by Dexter Wansel and Cynthia Biggs. It was written for her sixth solo album, I’m in Love Again. It was released as the album’s official first single in 1983, spending four weeks at #1 on the US R&B chart during January and February 1984; it reached #46 on the Billboard Hot 100 making her first crossover pop hit.Patti was already singing before I was born. She became the Bluebelles in 1961, but her success as a solo artist started in 1983 when she released her hit album, I’m in Love Again. That’s when I began to really learn about Patti, but it also made me listen to the Bluebelles. I really like their music. The music today can’t beat their music.You had to know how to sing in those days in order to be a singer. Patti and the group were in the days of the Apollo Theater. That’s where they earned national fame.1 and 2 and 3 and 4! Ain’t comin’ back no more! No wonder Patti LaBelle could sing so well. She had a lot of experience moving into the 80’s where there was a new sound. Patti had so much expression with her singing. She knew how to do her voice, and no one has a voice like hers. Now today, so many singers sound alike. I’m Gail Nobles. You’re listening to the Cat Bear. Today’s topic: Patti LaBelle. To hear the original song by Patti LaBelle, go to Spotify.comMusic commentary news.

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