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Patti LaBelle: Pantages Theater, Los Angeles CA

Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 30 November 1977

THE RECENTLY disbanded Labelle was a one-of-a-kind musical experience, and there would be little point in its members trying to duplicate its theatrical, space-age R&B in their solo endeavors. Nona Hendryx, considered LaBelle's most daring songwriter and stylized character, is likely to carry on the group's image to a greater extent than Patti LaBelle, whose performance at the Pantages Theater Monday isolated her own contributions to the Labelle chemistry.

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