RARE | Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole & Sheila E | America

RARE | Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole & Sheila E | America | Live in LA 1992

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Patti LaBelle, Natalie Cole & Sheila perform "America" during the Sixth Annual Commitment To Life Concert at the Universal Amphitheater in Los Angeles, California, to benefit AIDS.
0:00 - Sheila E: Drum Solo
1:49 - Natalie Cole & Patti LaBelle Entrance
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@BlackMusicArchive 10 ай бұрын

I paid a hefty fee to acquire this footage "as is," and share it with you all, and cannot remove the watermarking. Apologies in advance.

@shashaduke8700 10 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@jamaalshelton6793 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@WarrenHolly 10 ай бұрын

What watermarks👏🏾😆🙏🏾 Amazing. I believe I must join. I will just have to make the sacrifice because I strongly believe in what you are doing.

@DollPjTay 10 ай бұрын

No apologies needed!!! It's amazing to see such RARE footage from these amazing artist. Kudos to you and all the success you've had with TheBlackMusicArchives

@jojodancer0072 10 ай бұрын

Wow! 3 legendary Queens performing under 1 roof! What a treat! ❤

@KevinETaylor 10 ай бұрын

YEEEEEEESSSSSSS they wore that OUT and Patti acted up and Natalie showed that she was a beast too!!!! They had FuN!

@BlackMusicArchive 10 ай бұрын

I always love it when Natalie would bring 70s Natalie out real quick to remind the girls!

@kelvinray1369 10 ай бұрын

Yeah Nat let u know, don't sleep on her

@KevinETaylor 9 ай бұрын

@@BlackMusicArchiveYEEEEESSSSS when Miss Show and Prove Natalie showed up and showed out ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

@hprm33t 9 ай бұрын

@@KevinETaylorLadies and Gentlemen, Miss Natalie Cole!!!! My, my, my... ❤❤❤❤

@joseph9531 8 ай бұрын

Natalie is not to be toyed with! 😂

@KoldFiyure 10 ай бұрын

Pattis vocal power and stamina is just outstanding. The sound is so full and filling. Miss Natalie has such a beautiful Jazz voice. She should have had two simultaneous careers.

@KevinETaylor 10 ай бұрын

She did and she took them to the same stage often. I have seen her basically give us 2 SHOWS IN 1! :) The jazz folks had their fun and then the R&B fans got to act a fool!

@luminiferous1960 3 ай бұрын

@@KevinETaylor I am a fan of both jazz and R&B, so I loved it when Natalie presented both in a concert that I attended in the late '90s. She was such a consummate artist in both genres. In that concert, she shared the bill with George Benson, another great jazz and R&B artist.

@KevinETaylor 10 ай бұрын

Natalie and Patti always tear it up together and this night was GRAND AND GLORIOUS

@darkskinss 10 ай бұрын

Patti is SUCH an icon. It can never be debated. The gag is that she is still performing.

@cityboyfication 10 ай бұрын

You dare not give drum sticks to Sheila E… You never give a mic to Patti LaBelle… You don’t dare hand a ballad to Natalie Cole… Else they will not fail to tear up that stage with a fire performance!

@WarrenHolly 10 ай бұрын

I never imagined putting those two voices together. Wow!👏🏾

@DareShowPodcast 10 ай бұрын

Check out them singing somewhere over the rainbow.

@k.wesley923 10 ай бұрын

@@DareShowPodcast yes and ¨from a distance¨ on Patti´s TV show "out all night"!!!

@earthshaker1217 10 ай бұрын

Oh thank you for this piece of history. Patti and Natalie were cutting up on those mics, and Sheila was playing them drums and almost caught the holy ghost. I loved it.

@teegee7801 10 ай бұрын

RARE! Baby, they BOTH were belting. Nice head C6- D6 from Patti, a couple chest G5-G#(?) and Natalie belted a B5-C6 or was it Bb5?!!! They ate this!!! Just a hoopin and hollering! Natalie adds a lot of twang nasality to her belts. Patti has a more chesty coordination.

@TeddyGram1379 10 ай бұрын

Patti Voice is Literally out of this World 🌎 💖👑🙌🏾🎤

@El-qs3gf 9 ай бұрын

I love how they turned this song into an entire church hymm! Patti is and will always be my forever favorite!

@kellenleee 10 ай бұрын

PATTI ALWAYS SLAYS

@johnlyndsay 10 ай бұрын

Omg… Natalie Yes ma’am

@MasterKhem 9 ай бұрын

Didn't She go off? Love Her!!!!

@bryanjones6765 10 ай бұрын

This is true live performing by three legendary artists! All three are gifted in their own special way. It’s just so beautiful to see talented people rejoicing within the gift God granted to them. Thank you for sharing this footage with all the fans. Natalie is truly missed but her brilliance and gift to music continues to live on each passing day. Many more people are seeing just how gifted and talented she was. See you all in the Music. Blessings and Jesus Light ❤

@darcellandre 10 ай бұрын

LOVE THIS! Thank you for all you do. I've only heard their studio version singing this - you can find it on KZfaq. However, I am confused about why people are taking shots at Patti or making competitive comparisons between her and Natalie. If you are a fan of Natalie, don't reveal your insecurities by taking shots at Patti! It's silly! THESE ARE LEGENDS! Both are masterful, powerful, and sopranos! Also, we must address the misogynoir in the "loud black woman" trope thrown as a detriment and an oversimplification of Black women artists. Patti LaBelle is not JUST loud. Those with a proper musical ear or an understanding of the voice will note the vocal complexities, the intricate note choice, and the amount of nuance it takes to sing how she sings. Natalie's voice has a more slender texture, powerful ping, excellent resonance, emotional tonality, and gorgeous range! Patti's voice is heftier in nature, with a metallic texture, penatrating power and drama. Both have a twang like no other, breath support for days, and the IT factor; thus should be completely RESPECTED.

@marcmurray7244 10 ай бұрын

Well said! Such a well thought opinion. Patti Labelle is one of a kind and Natalie Cole is classy as it gets. Both complimented each other.

@i_lovejamarion 10 ай бұрын

Patti’s Voice is soooo versatile! much respect!

@tyjuniel7103 10 ай бұрын

No that would be Natalie the versatile one. Patti sings the same style on every song. She great at what she does but versatile she is not.

@byrontt123 10 ай бұрын

She really is Loved her in Fela

@KoldFiyure 9 ай бұрын

@@tyjuniel7103 Said by someone that obviously doesnt know her body of work. NEXT!

@tmoore7049 4 ай бұрын

Top Legends , Natalie Cole, Sheila E, and Patti LaBelle ❤❤❤❤

@dondavenport7092 5 ай бұрын

This is why I love both of these singers and Shelia E. Everybody doing their own things and leaving us with a grand masterpiece to enjoy forever. Thank You for the post and all that you’re doing. My Ladies simply wore this performance out. My soul is jumping ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏽

@MrBarrywes 10 ай бұрын

I just love both the ladies. Natalie ain't scared. She I'm gonna sing no matter who on this stage besides they are friends 😊

@BigMeach1 10 ай бұрын

And Mama Patti ADORES THAT!!!! She always encourage the churren to "SHINE SUGAR SHINE and do yo thang"....cuz she knows she's gonna DO HER!! WHEN FOLKS ARE NOT INTIMIDATED BY HER, SHE TAKES FLIGHT AND THE AUDIENCE IS EVER GRATEFUL FOR SUCH A SHOW!!!!

@MrBarrywes 10 ай бұрын

@@BigMeach1 so 👍 true.

@KevinETaylor 10 ай бұрын

@@BigMeach1 YEEEEEEEEEES THAT'S IT! Natalie and Patti have FUN and CARRYING ON!

@joseph9531 8 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@oliviaduke6939 10 ай бұрын

I am so glad they posted this! I was there that night at the Universal Amphitheater in 1992. It was one of the best shows I have ever seen; a true labor of love by some of the best talents in the world performing that night. They performed the music of West Side Story to raise money to help fight Aids. They had the best A Team musicians backing: Elton John, Lyle Lovett, Barbra Striesand, Johnny Mathis, Eddie Van Halen, Kenny Loggins, Winona Judd, Steve Vai and many more. They later were able to go back in the studio with many of the same performers to make a studio recording. To this day it is one of my favorite CD's.

@dwaynewardell8024 9 ай бұрын

November 18, 1992

@yellowlight2563 10 ай бұрын

OMG! I remember listening to their cover a couple years ago up till now wondering if they ever did a live version. Happy to know it exists

@ChampLeads 10 ай бұрын

Sheila!!! Sheila E!! Beast.

@shannondavis7394 9 ай бұрын

They were in their element SERIOUSLY!!!!!!! Any nobody singing like this today.

@TorreanoStanley 7 ай бұрын

I love how Shelia was like I can't hear the crowd. Greatness always recognize greatness.

@singerboy10000 10 ай бұрын

Looord Patti & Natalie sang the hell out of this song. I would’ve been as happy as Sheila E was if I were there to hear the power of those voices live.

@i_am_legend7827 7 ай бұрын

Patti was giving me Celia Cruz with that accent and fire energy! I adore her soooooo much! 🔥♥️ Just a few more seconds and they would have made that place erupt! Patti and Shiela came to seek and destroy matched energy!! Lord this was sooooo good! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@ThomasSenna 10 ай бұрын

7:13 SANGGG!!

@4thenightlife523 9 ай бұрын

ATE. DEVOURED & DEMOLISHED 💯 My heffas. They were NOT to be toyed with. P.s. we miss you like crazy Natalie ❤

@kwameholmes5291 10 ай бұрын

This is so unhinged and I live

@MrUniq 10 ай бұрын

Look at Sheila E..LOLOL..wow..she went nuts at the end! Amazing performance by these queens!

@C.j_mo 6 ай бұрын

They did that!!!!!

@kelvinray1369 10 ай бұрын

This was nice, the queens was doing there own thing singing wise but together. Patti we know is always amazing, Nat got that i can hang with anybody voice and style of singing.❤

@k.derbigny6314 10 ай бұрын

Why u playing like this!!!! I’m bout to throw my phone!!! That was an entire concert and I’m here for it!!! Lol!!! Thank u so much for posting such a gem!!❤❤❤

@IAMMOVIN4WARD 10 ай бұрын

Very creative and exciting! Much love Natalie and Patti! Shoutout to Sheila E.

@aldoferrari5248 10 ай бұрын

Che bello 😍non pensavo avessero un esibizione dal vivo di questo brano e bellissimo Grazie.

@DollPjTay 9 ай бұрын

What I find interesting is that individuals are always quick to say Patti isn't a versatile singer. Yet I can guarantee those same individuals have not listened to any of the following at whole. Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles Labelle Patti LaBelle Her career spans 60 years!!! If she did not have versatility she wouldn't have made it this long in the industry. People should stop being lazy and do your homework before speaking (it won't be done). Her longevity speaks for itself. BRAVA Patti LaBelle!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

@tyjuniel7103 9 ай бұрын

I listen to het jazz record and it was horrible. She is not versatile. She sing every song in the same way. You never hear singing a strong straight and pretty. Its always her belting at the top of her voice. For some I

@DollPjTay 9 ай бұрын

@@tyjuniel7103 So have you listened to her Bluebellle or LaBelle albums or not? You're speaking of her solo career and an album from later in her career. Instead of trying to be right or have an opinion that's not true. Do valid research. Because you're trying to make a point that isn't holding true.

@victorlatimer1009 9 ай бұрын

@tyjuniel7103 You're lying. The jazz album is amazing. She sings with restraint and belts only when the arrangements call for it. Bye-bye hater.

@patgorden5002 7 ай бұрын

@@tyjuniel7103THAT'S A BIG LIE! NICE TRY THOUGH

@nesq4104 5 ай бұрын

I say same. Patti has sang and actually been fully immersed in more genres than most singers other than maybe Aretha. Not just sang but whole different music styles consistently through albums.

@tobor58 9 ай бұрын

That was Fire 🔥❤‍🔥🔥 That was Holy Ghost Fire Good!

@LERONMORTON-fz8em 10 ай бұрын

I never seen this concert before 🧐 Thank You for Posting this video 🤗🤗 Natalie Cole is my favorite female Singer of all time 🤗❤ I do have the Album 😻🤗🤗👍👍 SIng the song Ladies 🤗

@s.alexander4629 10 ай бұрын

Money well spent my friend. I live for rare footage of Patti Labelle, and download every video I find.

@tyjuniel7103 10 ай бұрын

I love this so much❤ its so amazing that patti stays singing up in that register. Natalie only goes up there when it's needed. I love that you don't have to sing up in that register to try to impress she goes up there when it's necessary. Aretha Franklin was like that she she would go up there on those nose when she need it but she can stay up that whole song

@TortoiseJames 3 ай бұрын

What's nuts is that I hadn't read the descrip and just from the musical intro I KNEW it was "America". America is my favorite song from West Side Story!!!

@LERONMORTON-fz8em 10 ай бұрын

NATALIE COLE AND PATTI LABELLE AND SHEILA E. ALL ON ONE STAGE 👍👍🤗🤗 ... LEGEND S 🤗🤗😍

@johnlyndsay 10 ай бұрын

Wow 🤩 Fantastic RIP NATALIE COLE … they sang that.

@teegee7801 10 ай бұрын

thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@BlackMusicArchive 10 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@jvarious8665 10 ай бұрын

Omg! Thank you for posting this. Incredible. Name any singers in today’s music world that can do this. There are none. Legendary.

@patgorden5002 10 ай бұрын

I really really enjoyed this thank-you these two women are my idol and still is my idol

@Emanuel9991000 10 ай бұрын

Powerful vocals, awesome.

@zahmusankofa5456 10 ай бұрын

No adequate words to express how AMAZING this is!!!

@teegee7801 10 ай бұрын

@ 6:00 ! Come on Natalie. G#

@WW-tg5pu 10 ай бұрын

I'm writing this from somewhere way outside the universe having been blown away by the ferocity of this performance by Patti and Natalie. Damn that was magnificent!

@tonyacanady1 10 ай бұрын

This is historic and incredible!!!!💖💖💖💖🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@chandiggy 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@earlrodgers8124 10 ай бұрын

I miss Natalie cole RIH patti is also a Queen Amen!

@Super619218 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@rodwillis4080 10 ай бұрын

Wow! I never knew they performed this live. I did West Side Story in college off of this soundtrack. ❤

@kalomenikawai2406 10 ай бұрын

RIP 🌺 Natalie

@donaldstreeter5740 10 ай бұрын

Wonderful ❤❤

@LERONMORTON-fz8em 10 ай бұрын

NATALIE COLE LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND SOUNDS GREAT 👍👍😅❤❤LUV YOU QUEEN NATALIE 😘😘

@kalomenikawai2406 10 ай бұрын

Sheila is on fire 🔥 🎶🎶💜💜👍🏼

@mizm01 10 ай бұрын

If those in the audience were sitting down during this performance and weren't up grooving & dancing, something is wrong with them! 'Cause this was AMAZING!!

@shortyt9060 10 ай бұрын

Awesome… Powerhouses 🙌🏽🙌🏽

@simplymj9032 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Epic, historical.

@seand67 10 ай бұрын

Awesome. I have the soundtrack CD

@LERONMORTON-fz8em 10 ай бұрын

R.I.P. LEGENDARY SINGER NATALIE COLE 🙏🙏 MISS YOU QUEEN 😥😥❤️

@jessejames1956 10 ай бұрын

Natalie just killing it low key. You don’t have to be the loudest person in the room all the time to get your point across.

@patgorden5002 10 ай бұрын

You don't have to be the lowest person in the room either that works both ways! 👀

@jessejames1956 10 ай бұрын

@@patgorden5002 Blend and compliment is the name of the game. Or get a hot mess.

@patgorden5002 10 ай бұрын

@@jessejames1956 REMEMBER.. "THAT'S YOUR OPINION" you will be alright..

@jessejames1956 10 ай бұрын

@@patgorden5002 Since you responded I guess you aren't.

@patgorden5002 10 ай бұрын

@@jessejames1956 you are correct about yourself, since you responded, you definitely aren't! THAT PART!

@jeffwilkins3919 10 ай бұрын

Can you do a patti explained please love your videos

@iamlyrics9118 10 ай бұрын

Natalie's voice became a lil pitchy at times after her drug use. Early 70s she was a beast but she would battle anyone. I still think the best duo between two powerful voices is Natalie and Whitney "I Say A Little Prayer For You" They weren't trying to blow each other ears off or who can be the loudest. They really complimented each other on that duet not a Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya fight 😂

@JimRockfordFiles 10 ай бұрын

🔥 yes indeed. You know they turned down Patti’s mic, ain’t no way Natalie’s lyric has more volume than Ms. LaBelle’s dramatic soprano. Thanks, for sharing.

@glenrushing5361 10 ай бұрын

Nobody turns down Patti's mic...Don't underestimate Natalie

@JimRockfordFiles 10 ай бұрын

@@glenrushing5361 I said what I said. They have been on the stage many times together, this is how we know.

@glenrushing5361 10 ай бұрын

@JimRockfordFiles yes...and I have seen them on the stage live. Patti's voice is so powerful, she doesn't even need a mic

@KevinETaylor 10 ай бұрын

Be be dry clear that Natalie Cole can hang and sang with the best of them!

@KevinETaylor 10 ай бұрын

And Patti is throwing down!!! She doesn’t have to compete when she’s with someone hangs with her. She and Natalie always had fun together.

@victorwright8271 10 ай бұрын

They had a "Ball"

@teegee7801 10 ай бұрын

You should try to do an intetview with Patti!

@BlackMusicArchive 10 ай бұрын

I would love to. I am unsure of how to get in contact with her people to inquire.

@islandlife89 10 ай бұрын

Try reaching out to her son Zuri

@patgorden5002 10 ай бұрын

@@BlackMusicArchiveher management

@jmc305jc 10 ай бұрын

4:57-5:07 i fell out in the spirit 😅

@bishopsworld 3 ай бұрын

✨💖💖💖✨🤜🏼💥🤛🏼✨💯‼️✨

@trinity8383 Ай бұрын

@7:48 Patti needed 3 swings at Natalie's one note and Natalie was still singing. ... Natalie puts the mike down like- girl this is what I do

@byrontt123 10 ай бұрын

lol that was great

@claylewis553 10 ай бұрын

Cut it out Patti ❤️❤️

@boy-in-stereo 10 ай бұрын

Is it just me or am I detecting a bit of tension between the ladies? Natalie kind of shrugged off Patti's hug at 7:59 it looks like, and then started singing again, with Patti eventually deciding to (gracefully) exit stage left as if to tell Natalie "girl, you can have it!" but not before Natalie tried to chase her down 🤣Either way, those ladies were SANGIN', very cool to see!

@BlackMusicArchive 10 ай бұрын

No tension. Natalie laughs and smiles at Patti, and the hand gesture at 7:59 is something black women often do to each other that means, "you go girl!"

@KevinETaylor 10 ай бұрын

@@BlackMusicArchive THANK YOU! Natalie's gesture to Patti is because Patti is destroying that stage and Natalie LIVED for it, just like Patti has a fit when Natalie is hollering like YOU BETTA SANG! They are having a BLAST! No tension at all. They were sisters till the very end.

@lrs327 10 ай бұрын

Ok they turned it!!!

@Steve-mp7by 10 ай бұрын

Sheila KILLED that sh-!

@timsimmons5190 10 ай бұрын

Pam and Gina reenact this on Martin 😂

@trinity8383 2 ай бұрын

Don't play with Natalie!

@nycp1969 10 ай бұрын

I love Sheila E's talent. She is the greatest female drummer ever. Patti is magnificent, but I think she's at her best just being Patti. I don't think she acquits herself well to other styles of music like Broadway, and this is not a very convincing performance for her. Natalie, however, is very good here.

@victorlatimer1009 9 ай бұрын

I don't think you passed English literature. You don't think she acquits herself to different musical styles??? Maybe you don't think she acclimates herself to other music genre's well enough for you. She's sung just about every genre of music and done a great job doing so. You're entitled to your opinion. Some of us disagree with you.

@nycp1969 9 ай бұрын

@@victorlatimer1009 Having an opinion you don't agree with doesn't mean I used the word wrong. Not to school you, but since you tried to do so to me, check out a dictionary or maybe just read and write more. Acquit means act at an appropriate level or demonstrate a certain proficiency. I don't think Patti's vocal style is very convincing in styles outside of R&B. On the other hand, I think she's one of the best at R&B. It's just my opinion. Maybe someone doesn't think Sheila E. is a good drummer. What does it matter? Why criticize someone engaging in totally civil discourse? And by the way, not only did I pass English literature, I have a degree in French literature.