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Glam, gospel and glorious grooves: Patti LaBelle’s 20 best songs – ranked!
As her mega-hit Lady Marmalade celebrates 50 years on the dancefloor, we count down the artist’s top tracks – from doo-wop to trailblazing 70s funk-rock to smooth R&B
Photograph: Colin Fuller/Redferns The stock in trade of LaBelle’s 60s girl group was covers of weepy classics like Danny Boy, Somewhere Over the Rainbow and You’ll Never Walk Alone, but there are some superb soul sides in their discography, too. is every bit its equal: an anthem on New York’s nascent disco scene, there’s a real spark of originality about its busy rhythm and a hint of jazz in the drumming’s unlikely accents – and the trio’s vocals are incredible. Hard-hitting and super-funky, powered along by ferocious blasts of brass and interjecting backing vocals, locking into a hypnotic groove for its final 90 seconds, Messin’ With My Mind is amazing: you can almost feel the sweat dripping off the ceiling above a packed dancefloor as it plays.
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