How Patty LaBelle that her stage name is today's topic. I'm Gail Nobles, Patty Lebelle. Patty Labelle's real name is Patricia. She said in an interview. It was a car dealership in Philadelphia that decided to give her the name Patty LaBelle. It means the beautiful, and he didn't see the beauty in Patty. She said he was a lying man. Patty said that he had a record label and his name was Harold B. Robinson. He had a studio in the
basement of the car dealership. When he saw Patty, he said she was too black and too ugly, and we know that's not true. Harold said she couldn't do anything, but he heard Patty's voice and found out that she could sing. He was overwhelmed by her voice, and look at Patty now beautiful and singing. She started out singing with the group before she went solo. The group was called Patty LaBelle and the Bluebells. You're listening to an Explana moment. Thank you for listening. Patty Libe