Spotify Release Info
Track: Open Your Heart
Artist: Sugar Pie DeSanto
Album: In The Basement: The Chess Recordings
Artist Bio
Name: Sugar Pie DeSanto
Spotify Genres: northern soul
Followers: 29,207
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Biography
American R&B singer, songwriter, and dancer, born October 16, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York - died December 20, 2024. Sister of [a=Domingo Balinton]. Born to an African-American mother and a Filipino father, Sugar Pie grew up in San Francisco, California. Among her childhood friends was a girl named [a=Jamesetta Hawkins], who would later become famous as [a=Etta James]. In the 1950s and 1960s, she toured with both [a=Johnny Otis] and [a=James Brown], collaborated with [a=Etta James], married [a=Alvin Parham], (a.k.a. [a=Pee Wee Kingsley]), and changed her name to [a=Peylia Parham]. After their divorce from Parham, she moved to Chicago, where she kept on recording successfully and writing songs for other artists, often along with [a=Shena DeMell]. She was given a Bay Area Music Award in 1999 for Best Female Blues Singer. In September 2008, she was given a Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. She received a lifetime achievement award from the Goldie Awards in November 2009.
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5.Go Go PowerIn The Basement: The Chess Recordings
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10.It's Done And ForgottenIn The Basement: The Chess Recordings
Discogs Release Info
Release: Sugar Pie DeSanto - Ask Me / Open Your Heart
Year: 1962
Genres: Funk / Soul
Styles: Rhythm & Blues, Soul