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Jan 12, 1999 · Transformation: The Best of Nona Hendryx by Nona Hendryx released in 1999. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
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- Labelle, “Live on Soul!”
- Labelle, “Are You Lonely”
- Labelle with Cher, “What Can I Do For You”
- Labelle, “Messin’ with My Mind”
- Labelle, “
- Labelle, “Live on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert”
- Nona Hendryx Featuring Carlos Santana, “Winning”
- Nona Hendryx, “Bustin’ Out”
- Nona Hendryx, “Transformation”
- Nona Hendryx, “Keep It Confidential”
“If there’s anybody that has a heart condition, call your doctor and tell them to be ready for an emergency because we’d like to present to you three of the baddest sisters in the world.” DJ Gerry Bledsoe wasn’t exaggerating when he introduced Labelle during their October ’72 appearance on Soul!, Ellis Haizlip’s legendary music program broadcast on...
Labelle recorded Pressure Cookin’ (1973) for RCA before relocating to Epic Records the following year. Recorded in New Orleans, Nightbirds (1974) marked the first of two albums Allen Toussaint produced for the trio. “It was absolutely wonderful,” he recalled in a 2014 interview. “The whole thing was a delight. They just walked into the studio, and ...
Nightbirds ushered in a series of firsts for Labelle and the industry at large. In October 1974, Labelle was the first black act to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House. Nine months later, they became the first black female group to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone. In between, they scored their first number one hit on the pop and R&B charts...
Labelle reunited with Allen Toussaint for their second Epic set, Phoenix (1975). The trio’s voices were in full flight on the songs Hendryx wrote for the album, from the sublime title track to the celestial-themed “Black Holes in the Sky”. At the time of its release, Phoenix was eclipsed by Nightbirds‘ watershed success and has often been overlooke...
There are seven words that are intimately familiar to any dedicated Labelle fan: “Have you got a minute my friend?” That question is the gateway to a treasure in the trio’s catalog, “(Can I Speak to You Before You Go to) Hollywood”. Written by Nona Hendryx for Pressure Cookin’, the song spotlights each vocalist singing extended verses as they couns...
Labelle performed nearly all of Chameleon (1976), their last album for Epic Records, during their appearance on Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert in October 1976. Produced by David Rubinson, Chameleon underscored the group’s ease with funk, hard rock, ballads, and Latin-based rhythms alike, as well as songs like “Going Down Makes Me Shiver” that transcen...
Nona Hendryx and Patti LaBelle both released their self-titled solo debuts on Epic in 1977. While LaBelle re-teamed with Rubinson, Hendryx collaborated with Michael Sherman (Alice Cooper) and ventured further into rock. Rolling Stone praised Nona Hendryx (1977), calling it a “bold first installment in Nona Hendryx’s new career … Hendryx is at her b...
Throughout the late ’70s and early ’80s, Hendryx released a series of singles for Arista UK and recorded Holland-Dozier-Holland’s “Love Is Like an Itching in My Heart” (1981) with Busta Jones and Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads). She also teamed with the Cage on a cover of T-Connection’s “Do What You Wanna Do” (1982) mixed by John Luongo. However, he...
After performing and recording with everyone from Cameo to Talking Heads, Hendryx formed her own bands, Zero Cool and Propaganda, and received some of her best reviews since Labelle’s heyday. In fact, New York Times critic Stephen Holden called Propaganda’s appearance at the Ritz “one of the most exhilarating rock shows that this writer has seen in...
Rolling Stone applauded Hendryx’s first new album in six years with a stellar review. “Atour de force … the finest pop-funk album since Prince’s Dirty Mind,” the magazine stated in its four-star assessment of Nona (12 May 1983). Even The Washington Post added a list of superlatives, describing the singer’s sound as “an adventurous mix of rock, funk...
Jun 10, 2024 · The soundtrack for this V.R. journey was Hendryx’s 1983 electro jam “Transformation” — “Change your mind/Change your skin,” the lyrics go — because, she said, “I’ve constantly evolved and...
EMI. Righteous Babe. Nona Bernis Hendryx[4] (born October 9, 1944) is an American vocalist, record producer, songwriter, musician, and author. Hendryx is known for her work as a solo artist as well as for being one-third of the trio Labelle, who had a hit with "Lady Marmalade". [5] In 1977, Hendryx released her self-titled debut solo album, a ...
May 1, 2020 · As guest Artistic Director for 'The Cosmic Synthesis of Sun Ra and Afrofuturism' at Harlem Stage, funk rock icon Nona Hendryx brings audiences to other dimensions.
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Longtime Curve music writer Dave Steinfeld reconnects with Nona Hendryx and recaps her brilliant queer career from Labelle’s “Lady Marmalade” to LGBTQ activism and Afrofuturism.
