Speaker 1: How Patty LaBelle that her stage name is today's topic.
Speaker 1: I'm Gail Nobles, Patty Lebelle. Patty Labelle's real name is Patricia.
Speaker 1: She said in an interview. It was a car dealership
Speaker 1: in Philadelphia that decided to give her the name Patty LaBelle.
Speaker 1: It means the beautiful, and he didn't see the beauty
Speaker 1: in Patty. She said he was a lying man. Patty
Speaker 1: said that he had a record label and his name
Speaker 1: was Harold B. Robinson. He had a studio in the
Speaker 1: basement of the car dealership. When he saw Patty, he
Speaker 1: said she was too black and too ugly, and we
Speaker 1: know that's not true. Harold said she couldn't do anything,
Speaker 1: but he heard Patty's voice and found out that she
Speaker 1: could sing. He was overwhelmed by her voice, and look
Speaker 1: at Patty now beautiful and singing. She started out singing
Speaker 1: with the group before she went solo. The group was
Speaker 1: called Patty LaBelle and the Bluebells. You're listening to an
Speaker 1: Explana moment. Thank you for listening. Patty Libe