PATTI PATTI PATTI!!!! thumbs up if there's nothing else that needs to be said when it comes to Patti LaBelle

STEPHANIE MILLS SUCH A CLASS ACT

It is impossible to be anything but a background singer when Miss LaBelle, enters the stage, honey.

Yes, real singers, I love Stephanie Mills. They did that!!!!!

Patti is an absolute VOCAL PHENOM...!!! I have followed her career since the very beginning. And she is and ALWAYS will be a vocal inspiration for my own vocal ability the good lord blessed me with. Her range and breath control is unbelievable folks. And there will NEVER be another like her you can bet on that. I've seen her a few times now in concert and once where she blew out the audio system. However, being the performer she is she sang anyway without a mic and we ALL heard her up in the mezzanine seats...!!! NO JOKE....!!!

that was patti's song to shine, the ladies were respectful of that because Stephanie Mills can sing with the best of them, great performance by them all.

Patti Labelle is one of my all time favourite singers - I lover her unique voice. But Stephanie Mills has the more beautiful and expressive voice, plus a whole lot of power too. Having said that, I think it's wrong to make a comparison - both are right up there at the top of the musical tree imo.

i fckin love stephanie mills !!!!

wow even pattie backing singing to the songs she still leads it, and when she leads its like an atomic explosion

She came in like cough the Queen of belting is here. Walk in like a boss you go mama.

Thank you. Rosie is obviously uncomfortable between these two vocal giants, but just as you state, she is no less talented.

could not have said it better myself... steph was like - I ain't got shit to prove but imma get a couple groans in.. Rosie unlike most didn't back down and didn't imitate she just fell in with her own flow.. classic stuff here

Patti Comes out with that high note always. I love the hair, and how she always improv. She loves to hold those notes for her dear life. LOL she is the best though.

omG I remember seeing this when I was about 12 years old! It was the first time I would recognize Patti Labelle to be a FORCE; good God that woman.

Excuse my ignorance, but this is my first time listening to Rosie Gaines, I love her, too. Of course, Patti and Stephanie are always off the chart to me:)

Wait! This didn't show Prince's accepting his award next. He was so plowed over by these 3 divas' performances that his eyes were drenched in tears. He even seemed in awe of the impact that his body of work has had on fans.

I loved "I Hear Your Voice" from Patti's "Burnin'" CD, with Rosie and Prince. Prince could produce Patti like none other.

He was introduced after they were through. He called all three ladies his angels.

That was beyond awesome! Three SOULFUL vocal powerhouses! Nothing short of stellar.

i love howw Pattie comes in as backround but we all know its her , lol as always

They are all singing Prince compositions

If I remember right she sung on Prince's "Diamonds and Pearls"

It don't get much better than this

wow, i have watch this a 100 times and over and Pattie is just well from above not of this earth, i thank god he gave us all her cause she is just vocally the best artist of ourr generation

DIVA...PATTI BLEW THAT SHIT OUT THE BOX

That hair on Rosie Gaines is crazy haha. But she can SANG.

I heard Patti as well @ 1:41 then on & off before coming out & tearing the house down!

This has to be the lowest heel I have ever seen Patti in. That is my Baby! LOVE Patti!

REAL DIVAS !!!! DJ's itching for a remix of this

Wow, I've also been looking for this for years and years. Holy #$#%. This is Patti LaBelle in her prime. Thanks for posting this!

I had this taped on VHS when this first aired and have been looking it for it on KZfaq forever. Patti Killed it on this one!

When i tell you no female singer known to man could fuxk with patti this night, her power is unmatched in this powerhouse performance AND WAS THAT PATTI AT 1:41?!?!? its hard to tell it got to be, lol coz after that i believe i hear her on and off

Omg! I remember this. Prince was being honored @ The Soul Train Awards. Troy Beyer gave him the award. There were rumors that troy was pregnant with his baby!

That was AWESOME!!!

I love this one also!

you're ignorance is excused, but i believe you may know her voice from prince's "diamonds and pearls" along with other prince songs.

notice pattie backing at 1.41. xxxxxxx

This was a real treat...thanks for posting this!

I just watched a video of Rosie being interviewed. A fantastic humble lady. She gives everybody else the credit for being where she is. Aretha Franklin..my very first intro to soul and Gladys Knight along with Chaka Khan. She was surprised when Prince heard her , gave her a hearing and later called her to join his band. She chose Motown as her label...good on her. Love Motown music. The other ladies are cool, but too screechy for me to listen to for long

Go Steph great voice and lots of harmony, love Steph and Patti both! Rosie, well.....

@nialldcrowley true they are all amazing...but im sorry no one has more power than Patti...this just proves it1

Where was Prince?? Im just assuming this was a tribute to him since those were all of his songs.

@MisterCrazyLegs could not agree with you more....

@mylenh yes that was Miss Patti. Like always in the backgroud doing it right. LoL

this was a musical tribute to Prince. was it the soul train awards?

@QUEENKIM4EVER yes she did.0

@mylenh nooooo she was the last one to come out

#homegoingpastoralcobbssr !!!!!!!!!!!!!! REPENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@mylenh you know it was..... lol...

Ok. Im gonna get flack for this... but I dont care! Rosie Gaines was the reason I came to this video! Theres maybe one or two songs between Patti Labelle and Stephanie Mills I even can stand listening to for more than 1 minute. Understandably Rosie is the lesser FAMOUS than the other two, but shes no lesser talented. As a matter of fact, she not only sings, but plays a MULTITUDE of instruments. She thinks more like a musician than a squalling banshee. Just saying.

Patti is cool but you don't always want to hear all of that hollering, I mean "belting":-). Stephanie could have simply finished singing her song alone and I would have been satisfied.

Patti Labelle knows how to set it off when it comes to performing. Stephanie Mills is beautiful and has amazing voice. Rosie Gaines needs to sit down somewhere. She shouldn't be on stage with the other two amazing singers; and she's looks a laughable hawt mess for any decade, with that dead poodle on her head. Someone mentioned she can play instruments, who cares lol. This is Soul Train and people want to soulful voices, not average singing and church organ. WTH was that drunk whino note she sung at 4:16??