Denise LaSalle

Denise LaSalle (2009)

Denise LaSalle (born on July 16, 1939 as Ora Denise Allen near Sidon , Mississippi ; died on January 8, 2018 in Nashville ) was an American blues , soul and rhythm and blues singer and music producer . In 2011 she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame of the Blues Foundation .

life and work

She was born in Leflore County , Mississippi , in 1939, the youngest of eight children of Nathaniel and Nancy Allen. From the age of seven she grew up in Belzoni . She sang as a Baptist in the church choir, and when she was about 15 she wrote stories that she was able to sell to Tan and True Confessions magazine . As an adolescent, she moved to Chicago and began writing songs; at the same time she sang in a gospel choir called The Sacred Five. She gave herself the stage name LaSalle because it sounded French.

In 1967 LaSalle released their first recording, A Love Reputation, on the Billy Emerson label . In the following years she had success as a singer, songwriter and producer as well as label and nightclub owner. In 1969 she founded the label Crajon Enterprises with Bill Jones, whom she married in the same year and from whom they separated again in 1974, and wrote Get Your Lie Straight, a hit for Bill Coday , which was released on her label. In 1971/72 she had her first own bigger hit with the song Trapped by a Thing Called Love and with Now Run and Tell That and Man Sized Job two more top 10 titles followed on the R&B charts. At the same time she devoted herself increasingly to country music , and her 1976 song Married But Not to Each Other was successfully covered by country singer Barbara Mandrell .

In 1977, LaSalle married James Wolfe, Jr., with whom she has two children. From 1984 she recorded several albums and singles for Malaco Records in Jackson , with which she was very successful. Nine of the albums recorded by Malaco reached the national charts and the single My Toot Toot 1985 was able to place itself internationally. In 1986 she founded the National Association for the Preservation of the Blues to bring more attention to the soul / blues style. At the same time she wrote songs for other musicians and the Someone Else Is Steppin 'In written for ZZ Hill was a great success for them. For Ann Peebles and Little Milton , she wrote the song Packed Up and Took My Man with Mack Rice , which was later sampled by rapper Ghostface Killah for his hit Walk Around . In 1997 LaSalle left the Malaco label and recorded a gospel album on her own label Angel In the Midst, followed by other albums. In 2008 she returned to Malaco Records. Denise LaSalle died in Nashville on January 8, 2018, at the age of 78.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	R&B
1972	Trapped By A Thing Called Love	US120 (9 weeks) US	R&B38 (6 weeks) R&B	First published: February 1972
1973	On the loose	-	R&B46 (2 weeks) R&B
1977	The bitch is bad	-	R&B47 (14 weeks) R&B
1978	Under The Influence	-	R&B58 (2 weeks) R&B
1979	Unwrapped	-	R&B46 (8 weeks) R&B
1983	A Lady In The Street	-	R&B23 (31 weeks) R&B
1984	Right place, right time	-	R&B38 (25 weeks) R&B
1985	Love talkin '	-	R&B67 (9 weeks) R&B
1986	Rain and Fire	-	R&B48 (14 weeks) R&B
1989	Hittin 'Where It Hurts	-	R&B61 (14 weeks) R&B
1990	Still trapped	-	R&B27 (33 weeks) R&B
1992	Love Me Right	-	R&B73 (20 weeks) R&B
1997	Smokin 'In Bed	-	R&B69 (10 weeks) R&B

More albums

• 1967: A Love Reputation
• 1972: Doin 'it right
• 1975: Here I Am Again
• 1976: Second Breath
• 1978: Shot of Love
• 1980: I'm So Hot
• 1981: Guaranteed
• 1985: My Toot Toot
• 1987: It's Lying Time Again
• 1989: Holdin 'Hands with the Blues
• 1994: I'm Here Again ... Plus
• 1995: Still Bad
• 1997: Smokin 'In Bed
• 1999: God's Got My Back
• 2000: This Real Woman
• 2001: I Get What I Want - The Best Of
• 2001: There's No Separation
• 2002: Still the Queen
• 2003: My Toot Toot: Definitive Anthology
• 2004: Wanted
• 2007: Pay Before You Pump
• 2010: 24 Hour Woman

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)						Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B
1971	Trapped By A Thing Called Love Trapped by a Thing Called Love	-	-	-	-	US13 gold (14 weeks)US	R&B1 (16 weeks) R&B	First published: August 1971
1972	Now Run And Tell That Trapped by a Thing Called Love	-	-	-	-	US46 (11 weeks) US	R&B3 (23 weeks) R&B	First published: January 1972
	Man Sized Job On the Loose	-	-	-	-	US55 (9 weeks) US	R&B4 (13 weeks) R&B	First published: September 1972
1973	What It Takes To Get A Good Woman (That's What It's Gonna Take To Keep Her) On The Loose	-	-	-	-	-	R&B31 (7 weeks) R&B	B-side: Make a Good Thing Better
	Your Man And Your Best Friend On The Loose	-	-	-	-	-	R&B92 (3 weeks) R&B	B-side: What Am I Doing Wrong
1974	Don't Nobody Live Here (By The Name Of Fool) Here I Am Again ... Plus	-	-	-	-	-	R&B67 (7 weeks) R&B	B-side: Good Goody Getter
	Get Up Off My Mind Here I Am Again ... Plus	-	-	-	-	-	R&B96 (4 weeks) R&B	B-side: Best Thing I Ever Had
1975	My Brand On You Here I Am Again	-	-	-	-	-	R&B55 (9 weeks) R&B	B-side: Any Time Is the Right Time
1976	Married, But Not To Each Other Here I Am Again	-	-	-	-	-	R&B16 (17 weeks) R&B	B-side: Who's the Fool
1977	Freedom To Express Yourself Second Breath	-	-	-	-	-	R&B100 (1 week) R&B	B-side: Second Breath
	Love Me Right The Bitch Is Bad!	-	-	-	-	US80 (10 weeks) US	R&B10 (21 weeks) R&B	First published: December 1977
1978	One Night To Live	-	-	-	-	-	R&B87 (5 weeks) R&B	B-side: Before You Take It to the Streets
	Working overtime	-	-	-	-	-	R&B70 (6 weeks) R&B	B-side: No Matter What They Say
1979	PARTY (Where It Is) Under The Influence	-	-	-	-	-	R&B90 (2 weeks) R&B	B-side: Under The Influence
1980	I'm So Hot I'm So Hot	-	-	-	-	-	R&B82 (5 weeks) R&B	B-side: Versions
1985	My Toot Toot My Toot Toot	DE11 (13 weeks) DE	AT3 (14 weeks) AT	CH6 (9 weeks) CH	UK6 (14 weeks) UK	-	R&B79 (5 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1985

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More singles

• 1967: Love Reputation / One Little Thing
• 1970: Trying to Forget / We've Got Love
• 1971: Keep It Coming
• 1972: The Deeper I Go, The Better It Gets
• 1972: I'm Over You
• 1972: Heartbreaker of the Year / Hung Up Strung Out
• 1972: Too Late to Check Your Trap / Heartbreaker of the Year
• 1972: Right Track / Too Late to Check Your Trap
• 1975: Here I Am Again / Hung Up Strung Out
• 1975: Count Down / A Promise Is a Promise (And Fly Me to the Moon)
• 1976: Hellfire Loving / Versions
• 1977: Fool Me Good
• 1979: Think About It / Versions
• 1980: Try My Love / May The Funk B With You
• 1981: I'm Trippin 'On You / I'll Get Some Help (& Satisfaction) ##
• 1983: Down Home Blues / X-Rated Versions
• 1983: Lady in the Street / I Was Not the Best Woman
• 1983: Lay Me Down / I Was Telling Him About You
• 1983: Come to Bed / Keeps Me Running Back
• 1983: Come to Bed / I Was Not the Best Woman
• 1984: Right Place Right Time / Come to Bed
• 1984: Right Place Right Time / Bump And Grind
• 1984: Treat Your Man Like A Baby / Come To Bed
• 1984: He's Not Available / Right Place Right Time
• 1985: Give Me Yo 'Most Strongest Whiskey
• 1985: Santa Claus Got The Blues / Love Is a Five Letter Word
• 1986: Let the Four Winds Blow / Sometimes / Right Time, Right Place
• 1986: What's Going on in My House / Learnin 'How to Cheat on You
• 1989: Bring It on Home to Me / Write This One Off
• 1989: I Forgot To Remember / Caught In Your Own Mess
• 1989: Don't Cry No More / Eee Tee
• 1990: Drop That Zero / Trapped 1990
• 1992: Don't Pick It Up / Don't Jump My Pony
• 1992: When We're Making Love / Don't Pick It Up
• 1992: Don't Jump My Pony / Juke Box Strip
• 1992: Fool Me Good / Love Me Right
• 1995: Right Side of the Wrong Bed
• 1995: Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
• 2001: There's No Separation
• 2002: 24 hours

Web links

• Biography at allmusic.com
• Biography on the Mississippi Blues Trail
• Sarah Parkin: Biography at musicianguide.com

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1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Sarah Parkin: biography at musicianguide.com; Retrieved April 1, 2014.
2. ↑ ^{a b c} biography on the Mississippi Blues Trail; Retrieved April 1, 2014.
3. ↑ Brandon Shields: 'Queen of the Blues' Denise LaSalle dies . The Jackson Sun , January 9, 2018, accessed January 10, 2018.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
5. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US