Patti LaBelle

 Patti LaBelle is a prolific businesswoman, actor and singer with a net worth of $ 60 million. Patti LaBelle was first famous for her group, Patti LaBelle & the Blue Belles. She then achieved enormous popularity as a solo performer, and as an actor in television and film shows.Patricia Louise Holte was born on May 24, 1944, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She has four siblings, and is the daughter of Henry and Bertha Holte. Her father was a railroad worker and a professional performer in a club, while her mother was a domestic assistant. Her parents divorced when she was 12 years old. old.LaBelle started singing at ten as she joined the choir of the church at Beulah Baptist Church; she performed her first solo with the choir just two years after that. She was the winner of the talent contest at John Bartram High School at the age of 16 years old. Following her win, in 1960 she formed an ensemble of singers with her classmates named the Ordettes. The group became a popular local draw, and they landed an audition with Harold Robinson, a local record label owner. Robinson signed the group and asked them to record under the Blue Belles name. Eventually,