![]() The album Nightbirds reached the top 10 on both the Billboard 200 and Soul LP’s (now Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums). After subsequent albums Phoenix and Chameleon in 19, respectively, Labelle broke up and Dash embarked on a solo career. The classic single was voted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Recording Registry in 2020. 1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Soul Singles (now Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs). All of this opened the door to Labelle’s biggest commercial success with “Lady Marmalade” from their 1974 album Nightbirds. Eschewing the sophisticated glamour associated with girl groups then, Labelle switched to Afros and funkier wardrobes - and later space suits - to open for acts like The Who and record more socially, sexually and politically conscious songs such as the ballad “Can I Speak to You Before You Go to Hollywood?,” featuring Dash’s strong soprano as co-lead. Gone But Not Forgotten: Musicians We Lost in 2021īut it wasn’t until the group’s 1971 reincarnation as the trio Labelle that things began to click. After another moniker switch to Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, the group garnered attention with R&B ballads, including a reinterpretation of “Over the Rainbow” which has since become a LaBelle concert fave, and also opened for the Rolling Stones in the early ‘60s. When soon-to-be Supremes member Cindy Birdsong replaced Tucker, the group changed its name to The Bluebelles in 1962. It was there that she teamed up with Nona Hendryx, Patti LaBelle (neé Patricia Holte) and Sundray Tucker as members of a quartet called The Ordettes. 18, 1945 in Trenton, N.J., Dash created a vocal duo called the Capris before relocating to Philadelphia in the mid-‘60s. And I pray that her precious memory brings us peace and comfort. But I know that Sarah’s spirit and all that she has given to the world live on. I am heartbroken, as I know all of her loved ones and fans are. She was a true giver, always serving and sharing her talent and time. That’s who Sarah was … a loyal friend and a voice for those who didn’t have one. I could always count on her to have my back. “Sarah Dash was an awesomely talented, beautiful and loving soul who blessed my life and the lives of so many others in more ways than I can say. “We were just onstage together on Saturday and it was such a powerful and special moment,” group namesake Patti LaBelle said in a statement sent to Billboard see part of that performance in the Instagram video below. Sarah Dash, a co-founder of pioneering R&B/rock group Labelle of “Lady Marmalade” fame, died Monday (Sept. ![]()
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