Patti LaBelle ringtones for Verizon, Nextel, Cingular, Sprint and other cell phones
By 1973, LaBelle had gone glam, taking the stage in wildly theatrical, futuristic costumes; a year later they became the first African-American act ever to appear at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. However, after two more albums LaBelle disbanded, and Patti mounted a solo career, issuing her eponymous debut in 1977.