![]() I wear it really proud.”Ī two-time Grammy winner, LaBelle has fronted such exalted soul outfits as Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles and later in the 1970s, Labelle. So he gave me a ring! Big, big ring, it’s so big and so manly. “I was standing there crying like a baby and when the song was over I gave the rings back and he said, ‘No, keep them.’ I said, ‘No, no, I can’t.’ He told me he learned so much from me that he wanted to give me those rings right then and said, ‘Then please keep just one.’ I couldn’t say no because it was from his heart. “I held both of his diamond rings because he took them off to play the piano,” LaBelle, a Philadelphian, recalls. Now what was that about a big fat diamond ring? LaBelle and John recorded “Your Song” one afternoon at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, during John’s “The Red Piano” engagements. But soul legend Patti LaBelle is one of those few people, and her newest CD, Classic Moments (Def Soul), features luxuriously produced covers – by Babyface and Darryl Simmons – of rock, pop and soul hits like The Pretender’s “Stand By You,” Rose Royce’s “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore,” Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” The Delfonics’ “Didn’t I Blow Your Mind,” and longtime friend/former pianist Elton John’s “Your Song.” Few people can call up Elton John, ask permission to sing one of his songs, have him offer to perform it as a duet…AND get a big fat diamond ring as thanks. ![]()
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