Ivory produces with John Delise on his song “Two Steps Away” for Patti Labelle’s upcoming Release, Timeless Journey, on ISLAND/DEF-JAM. Patti stopped in at DYLANAVA STUDIOS to cut the final vocal tracks.

Patti’s comments... “ I love recording here!” Besides the sweeping vocals of Patti Labelle, the track has an 18 piece live string arrangement by Johns father Lou Delise. Also recorded at Dylanava Studios with Mike Tarsia Engineering.

Album release date: May 15h, 2004

BIO
Perhaps more than any other contemporary artist, the singular Patti LaBelle has been true to herself in every varied phase of her musical career. In the 1960s, she led the superstar "girl group" Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells; in the '70s, she was the driving force of rock's first all-female band, LaBelle; and in the '80s, her talent as a solo artist dominated the music scene. Patti LaBelle has had numerous hits from "Down the Aisle" and "Danny Boy" with the Bluebells, to "Lady Marmalade" and "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" with La Belle, to her solo triumphs, "New Attitude," "Stir It Up," "On My Own" and "Somebody Loves You Baby."

Patti was still only a teenager when she and Cindy Birdsong (later a member of the Supremes) sang with the Ordettes. When two girls left the group, Nona Hendrix and Sarah Dash signed on and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebells was born. This was in 1961. By the following year, the girls had their first multimillion seller, "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman." With other hits, including "All Or Nothing" and "You'll Never Walk Alone," the Bluebells accrued a devoted following and a status as one of the foremost girl groups of the era.

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Patti Labelle (artist)