here`s mine

You are my friend

Somewhere over the rainbow

Little girls

Love and learn

On my own

Dan swit me

If only you knew

The spirit`s in it

I fell in love without a warning

Quiet time

Can I include her rendition of Purple Rain for Prince during the BET awards?

Quiet Time

Come What May

Come and Dance With Me

Little Girls

I See Home

Music is My Way of Life

Eyes in the Back of My Head

Deliver the Funk

Release (The Tension)

Rockin' Pneumonia (And The Boogie Woogie Flu)

Patti 1977-1983 was the shit.

Timmy84 said:

Quiet Time

Come What May

Come and Dance With Me

Little Girls

I See Home

Music is My Way of Life

Eyes in the Back of My Head

Deliver the Funk

Release (The Tension)

Rockin' Pneumonia (And The Boogie Woogie Flu)

Patti 1977-1983 was the shit.

I actually made my own Patti collection called 77-83. LOL

I'll add mine later. This is hard because she has SO many songs. I won't include any Labelle songs though to make it easier...

I love her ballads!
Love, Need, And Want You
Somebody Loves You
If You Asked Me To
If Only You Knew
When You've Been Blessed
All This Love

-look to the rainbow

-you are my friend

-come and dance with me

-if you only knew

-there's a winner in you

-music is my way of life

-eyes in the back of my head

-lover man (oh where can you be)

-i'm in love again

-feels like another one

i love me some miss patti!!!

[Edited 3/14/11 1:03am]

look at this woman's legs!!! amazing... she is showin' her stuff (with class, of course). you have GOT to love this woman!

Somebody Loves You (You Know Who Is It)

On My Own

Oh, People

If Only You Knew

Love, Need And Want You

Sleep With Me Tonight

finally We're Back Together

Feels Like Another One

Yo Mister

My Love, Sweet Love

Love me some Ms. Patti. Here are some of my favs from my fellow Gemini.

Joy to Have Your Love

Yo Mister

You are My Friend

Love, Need and Want You

If Only You Knew

New Day

Somebody Loves You Baby

If You Asked Me To

On My Own (Michael McDonald Duet)

Stir It Up

Music is My Life

Come What May

It's Alright With Me

With Labelle

Somebody Somewhere

What Can I Do for You

Messin' with My Mind

Candlelight

I had to edit this to add "It's Alright With Me." That song has such a happy groove! I miss those kinds of feel good, finger-snapping, sing-a-long jams.

[Edited 3/15/11 9:26am]

Joy To Have Your Love

I Think About You

Alright

Lady Marmalade

Yo Mister

Feels Like Another One

Isn't It A Shame

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Love, Need, and Want You

If Only You Knew

If You Ask Me To is the shit!!! Love that song!

I also love that jam with Bobby Womack "No Matter How High I Get (I still be looking up to you)". Not sure if the version with Patti was an official release though.

Lady Marmalade

Stir It Up

If Only You Knew

Love, Need, and Want You

Yo Mister

Gotta Go Solo

On My Own

Somebody Loves U Baby

HotGritz said:

While I don't like to play the race card, and I also believe Celine Dion has an incredible voice, I feel that Patti's version was the best version and she was robbed of the respect she was due in regards to this song.

BklynBabe said:

HotGritz said:

If You Ask Me To is the shit!!! Love that song!

While I don't like to play the race card, and I also believe Celine Dion has an incredible voice, I feel that Patti's version was the best version and she was robbed of the respect she was due in regards to this song.

U aint neva lied! Irks my sould when people are unaware that Patti sang it first. Hell it was part of the James Bond License to Kill soundtrack for christmas sake!

Love Lives

Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile)

I Think About You

Ain't That Enough

The Spirit's in It

Love Bankrupt

Body Language

Shoot Him on Sight

My Best Was Good Enough

I Don't Go Shopping

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HotGritz said:

BklynBabe said:

HotGritz said: While I don't like to play the race card, and I also believe Celine Dion has an incredible voice, I feel that Patti's version was the best version and she was robbed of the respect she was due in regards to this song.

U aint neva lied! Irks my sould when people are unaware that Patti sang it first. Hell it was part of the James Bond License to Kill soundtrack for christmas sake!

in fact, miss patti did the video right after her sister's transcendence, and so you see her crying in the video. he describes her experience with that in 'don't block the blessings', which is a good book.

i actually don't recall hearing the celine dion version, until one or two years ago, actually. and yess, miss patti's version is better.

[Edited 3/14/11 19:58pm]

MJJstudent said:

HotGritz said:

U aint neva lied! Irks my sould when people are unaware that Patti sang it first. Hell it was part of the James Bond License to Kill soundtrack for christmas sake!

in fact, miss patti did the video right after her sister's transcendence, and so you see her crying in the video. he describes her experience with that in 'don't block the blessings', which is a good book.

i actually don't recall hearing the celine dion version, until one or two years ago, actually. and yess, miss patti's version is better.

[Edited 3/14/11 19:58pm]

Yes, I remember her discussing the tears around the time of the video. It might have been on Video Soul or something like that. It made the song and video that muich more powerful to me.

I also remember a number of people took issue with Celine's version being the "version of record" considering that Patti's was first and arguably the best (no knock to Celine). It felt like another one of those Little Richard/Pat Boone "Tutti Fruiti" situations.

I may get shot but I think her most famous songs are overrated.

Don't get me wrong I love "If You Asked Me To", "Over the Rainbow", "Lady Marmalade", "Isn't It a Shame" (the two here from Labelle), "You Are My Friend", "If Only You Knew" and "Somebody Loves You Baby" but it seems if you're a YOUNG Patti fan, these songs are often mentioned first and it's quite gnawing.

I was also quite surprised at Andy's choices. "Feels Like Another One"? Wow, Andy. I would've thought you chose "Eyes in the Back of My Head" or "Music is My Way of Life" or some shit.

But I TAKE it from SOME people here that NO ONE knows the VINTAGE Patti music at all.

[Edited 3/15/11 10:38am]

Anyways:

(another favorite I neglected to mention for some reason)

On my Own feat. Michael McDonald

If you Ask me To

Somebody Loves You

If Only You Knew

Feels like Another One feat. Big Daddy Kane

Stir It Up

Love, Need and Want You

You are my friend

I'm gonna go back 1960s on y'all asses:

And some '70s Labelle gems:

Timmy84 said:

I may get shot but I think her most famous songs are overrated.

Don't get me wrong I love "If You Asked Me To", "Over the Rainbow", "Lady Marmalade", "Isn't It a Shame" (the two here from Labelle), "You Are My Friend", "If Only You Knew" and "Somebody Loves You Baby" but it seems if you're a YOUNG Patti fan, these songs are often mentioned first and it's quite gnawing.

I was also quite surprised at Andy's choices. "Feels Like Another One"? Wow, Andy. I would've thought you chose "Eyes in the Back of My Head" or "Music is My Way of Life" or some shit.

But I TAKE it from SOME people here that NO ONE knows the VINTAGE Patti music at all.

[Edited 3/15/11 10:38am]

Some of her most famous songs are classics to me, but others I can take or leave. However, we were limited to 10 songs - 10 favorites, and I still went over my limit. I did include "Joy to Have Your Love," "Music is My Way of Life," "What Can I Do For You," "Messin' With My Mind," and "It's Alright With Me." I will admit I don't know the Blue Belles stuff that well. However, there are some lesser known Patti songs that I love as well, but they didn't come to mind. What do you think of these? They are in my top 20.

Solo

With Labelle

With Grover Washington Jr.

[Edited 3/15/11 22:09pm]

bellanoche said:

Timmy84 said:

I may get shot but I think her most famous songs are overrated.

Don't get me wrong I love "If You Asked Me To", "Over the Rainbow", "Lady Marmalade", "Isn't It a Shame" (the two here from Labelle), "You Are My Friend", "If Only You Knew" and "Somebody Loves You Baby" but it seems if you're a YOUNG Patti fan, these songs are often mentioned first and it's quite gnawing.

I was also quite surprised at Andy's choices. "Feels Like Another One"? Wow, Andy. I would've thought you chose "Eyes in the Back of My Head" or "Music is My Way of Life" or some shit.

But I TAKE it from SOME people here that NO ONE knows the VINTAGE Patti music at all.

[Edited 3/15/11 10:38am]

Some of her most famous songs are classics to me and others I can take or leave. However, we were limited to 10 songs - 10 favorites. I still went over my limit. I did include "Joy to Have Your Love," "Music is My Way of Life," "What Can I Do For You," "Messin' With My Mind," and "It's Alright With Me." I will admit I don't know the Blue Belles stuff that well. However, there are some lesser known Patti songs that I love as well, but they didn't come to mind. What do you think of these? That are in my top 20.

^ Great tunes. Proof she didn't need to sing at higher octaves to still be powerful. ESPECIALLY in "Ain't That Enough?" Hell that's one of my all-time favorites from her. And "Joy to Have Your Love" is the SHIT, ya heard me?!

She has been hit and miss since at least 1986.

if we're going with BLUEBELLES songs, my favourites of all times are their version of 'you'll never walk alone' and 'academy award'.

for LA BELLE, my favourite i think will always be 'who's watching the watcher', and 'don't bring me down'.

[Edited 3/15/11 21:54pm]

Timmy84 said:

bellanoche said:

Some of her most famous songs are classics to me and others I can take or leave. However, we were limited to 10 songs - 10 favorites. I still went over my limit. I did include "Joy to Have Your Love," "Music is My Way of Life," "What Can I Do For You," "Messin' With My Mind," and "It's Alright With Me." I will admit I don't know the Blue Belles stuff that well. However, there are some lesser known Patti songs that I love as well, but they didn't come to mind. What do you think of these? That are in my top 20.

^ Great tunes. Proof she didn't need to sing at higher octaves to still be powerful. ESPECIALLY in "Ain't That Enough?" Hell that's one of my all-time favorites from her. And "Joy to Have Your Love" is the SHIT, ya heard me?!

She has been hit and miss since at least 1986.

You're so right about the octaves. I actually just edited to add a couple more that I forgot. You got me going in on my Patti smartlist.

I actually have "Joy to Have Your Love" in my car right now on a crate digging CD I made for myself.

Timmy84 said:

And some '70s Labelle gems:

Man, that "Are You Lonely" is killing me tonight! Thanks!!!

[Edited 3/15/11 22:16pm]

I took the question as Patti LaBelle songs (meaning as a solo act) - mixing in Patti LaBelle and The Bluebell songs and LaBelle songs seems unfair - they were both groups.

I am not a Patti LaBelle fan, did like her better in the group LaBelle though.

As a solo act - I couldn't list 10, because most of her material is lackluster, but my Top Five would be:

1. If Only You Knew

2. On My Own

3. Joy To Have Your Love

4. The Right Kinda Lover

5. Feels LIke Another One

and was it ever hard to think of 5. She screams and screeches and destroys the melody oin a song way too much, almost imposiible to sing-a-long on the hook, especialy in live shows. I have seen her 2 x live, once with LaBelle and once solo on a bill with Luther Vandross and Gladys Knight. She destroyed "If Only You Knew' with all those histrionics and changing the melody of the song.

She sounds a g.d. mess when she sings gospel songs.

the disco classic Lady Marmalade.

Too bad only a 4 minutes version exsists.....................

I would love to own an ext. version of this disco classic.

----- I am not familiar with her other stuff....

sorry, only the Prince penned song Yo Mister, and that song isn't that good, imo.

RnBAmbassador said:

I took the question as Patti LaBelle songs (meaning as a solo act) - mixing in Patti LaBelle and The Bluebell songs and LaBelle songs seems unfair - they were both groups.

I am not a Patti LaBelle fan, did like her better in the group LaBelle though.

As a solo act - I couldn't list 10, because most of her material is lackluster, but my Top Five would be:

1. If Only You Knew

2. On My Own

3. Joy To Have Your Love

4. The Right Kinda Lover

5. Feels LIke Another One

and was it ever hard to think of 5. She screams and screeches and destroys the melody oin a song way too much, almost imposiible to sing-a-long on the hook, especialy in live shows. I have seen her 2 x live, once with LaBelle and once solo on a bill with Luther Vandross and Gladys Knight. She destroyed "If Only You Knew' with all those histrionics and changing the melody of the song.

She sounds a g.d. mess when she sings gospel songs.

You REALLY don't like Patti huh?

"On My Own"

"Stir It Up"

"Love Is Just A Touch Away"

"Love Need & Want You"

"You Are My Friend"

"If Only You Knew"

and I'm gonna cheat and do 10 Labelle tracks ROTFL

"Isn't It A Shame"

"Last Dance"

"It Took A Long Time"

"Phoenix (The Amazing Flight of A Lone Star)"

"Nightbird"

"A Man In a Trenchcoat (Voodoo)"

"Chameleon"/"Gypsy Moths"

"Who's Watching The Watcher"

"Get You Somebody New"

"Lady Marmalade"

gonna cheat ever further & list a cameo:

Joy To Have YouR Love

You Are My Friend

Stir It Up

On My Own

Just The Facts

Something Special (Is Gonna Happen Tonight)

If You Asked Me To

Somewhere Over The Rainbow (while not originally her song, her performances of it are legendary)

What Can I Do For You

Look To The Rainbow