Dash enjoyed much success and television and public appearances with "Sinner Man." At this time, she was asked to compose and sing "For The Love of You" (the theme song for the 1980s PBS show Watch Your Mouth) and "Bringing It All Home." She also guest-starred on an episode of Watch Your Mouth, playing a fictional character, a super diva with an attitude, "Tessie Bright". She also performed vocals on several ballads, notably "You," and "We're Lovers After All," and "I Can't Believe Someone Like You Could Really Love Me," (with a full gospel choir backing) she also had another minor disco hit with "(Come and Take) This Candy from Your Baby". In 1978, Dash released her self-titled debut album, which included the top-ten disco hit, "Sinner Man". Following the release of 1976's Chameleon and a 1977 tour, the group agreed to split after the trio failed to come to terms with material (the group were working on an album titled Shaman when they split) and had finally "rocked and rolled themselves out". Dash also wrote several songs.ĭespite the group's cult raves for their early material, their critical success did not translate to commercial acclaim until the releases of 1974's Nightbirds (which featured the group's biggest smash single of their careers, " Lady Marmalade") and 1975's Phoenix. Dash's strong vocals in the group provided for balance and stability when LaBelle and Hendryx occasionally went off on vocal tangents or were pulling audience members up onto the stage to dance. They also toured with British rock group The Who, leading up to the 1973 release of Pressure Cookin' This featured more songwriting from Hendryx and a more unified group effort in which Dash sang co-lead, including the ballad, "Can I Speak to You Before You Go to Hollywood?", where Dash sings most of the song. After a tour of England where they changed managers, hiring Vicki Wickham, in 1971, the group ditched their bouffant wigs and dresses for Afros and jeans, releasing transitional records such as Labelle (which included the Hendryx-penned sexual "Morning Much Better") and Moon Shadow (which featured the group's gospel-fueled renditions of the Pete Townshend penned " Won't Get Fooled Again", and Cat Stevens' " Moon Shadow").ĭuring this period, the group gained notice from the mainstream after opening for singer-songwriter Laura Nyro and recording an album, Gonna Take a Miracle, together. Much like The Supremes' Mary Wilson, Dash was often the "middle" of two of the group's extremes, Nona Hendryx and Patti LaBelle, who often had differed in the group's change of direction before LaBelle eventually agreed to "go along with it". In 1967, Birdsong left the group to join The Supremes and four years later, The Bluebelles changed their name to Labelle and began recording material that set them apart from other girl groups including songs of political, social and sexual matters, transforming them into a "hard-rocking, sexually and politically outspoken group". Labelle L-R: Nona Hendryx, Patti LaBelle, Sarah Dash, 1975 Among the Bluebelles hits were the doo-wop classic, " I Sold My Heart to the Junkman" and doo-wop-esque R&B ballads " You'll Never Walk Alone" and " Danny Boy", the top forty classic, " Down the Aisle", the soul standard "All or Nothing" and their now-legendary rendition of " Over the Rainbow", which LaBelle later transformed into a tour-de-force in her 1981 solo cover. The group changed their name again to Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles after Holte was advised to adopt the stage name of Patti LaBelle. In 1961, Tucker was replaced by Philadelphia-born Cindy Birdsong and the quartet became The Bluebelles in 1962. In 1961, following the break-up of a rival girl group, Hendryx and Dash joined Holte and Tucker in "The Ordettes". When she moved to Philadelphia in the mid-1960s she got reacquainted with fellow adopted Philadelphian Nona Hendryx and Philadelphia natives Patricia "Patsy" Holte (AKA Patti LaBelle) and Sundray Tucker. Although she initially sang gospel music, Dash turned to secular music as a pre-teen when she formed a vocal duo, the Capris. Her father was a pastor at the Trenton Church of Christ, while her mother was a nurse. The seventh of 13 children, Dash was born in Trenton, New Jersey. Dash was later a member of Labelle, and worked as a singer, session musician, and sideman for The Rolling Stones, and Keith Richards. She first appeared on the music scene as a member of Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles. Sarah Dash (Aug– September 20, 2021) was an American singer.
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