Patti LaBelle: ‘I was actually terrified of going solo’

Exactly 50 years have passed since the funky, French-infused Bourbon Street raveup “Lady Marmalade,” by the R&B trio Labelle, topped the Billboard pop charts. Although the group had scored a number of minor hits in an earlier incarnation, the BlueBelles, it wasn’t until “Lady Marmalade” and its oh-so-suggestive hook line – “Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, […]