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Denise LaSalle album, 2004

Denise LaSalle (b Denise Craig, 16 July 1939, Leflore County, Mississippi) is an American Urban, R&B/Soul singer, songwriter, and record producer.

Music Career

Raised in Belzoni, Mississippi, she sang in local churches before moving to Chicago in the early 1960s. She sat in with R&B musicians and wrote songs, influenced by country music as well as the blues, before winning a recording contract with Chess Records in 1967. Her first single, A Love Reputation was a modest regional hit.

After establishing an independent production company, Crajon, with her husband Bill Jones, her first major success came in 1971 when her song Trapped By A Thing Called Love, released on Westbound Records, made # 1 on the national R&B chart and #13 on the pop charts. Follow-ups "Now Run And Tell That" and "Man Sized Job" also made the R&B Top Ten, and she continued to have hits on Westbound and then on ABC Records through the mid-1970s. She also carried on as a record producer and live performer.

In 1980 she signed as a singer and songwriter with Malaco Records, for whom she released a string of critically acclaimed albums through the 1980s and 1990s, starting with Lady in the Street (1986) and Right Place, Right Time (1984). Both albums became major successes among soul blues, R&B, Soul fans and on Urban radio. She continues to work as a live performer, particularly at festivals, and more recently has issued more gospel-tinged material.

Discography

Singles

  • "A Love Reputation"
  • "Trapped By A Thing Called Love"
  • "Now Run And Tell That"
  • "Man Sized Job"
  • "Second Breath"
  • "I Get What I Want"
  • "Sit Down and Hurt A While"
  • "Before You Take It To The Street"
  • "One Live To Live"
  • "Love Addict"
  • "Feet Don't Fail Me"
  • "Working Overtime"
  • "You Ought'a Thank Me"
  • "A Miracle, You and Me"
  • "Talking 'Bout My Best Friend"
  • "Too Little In Common To Be Lovers"
  • "You'll Never Get Your Hooks in My Man"
  • "This Real Woman"
  • "Lick It Before You Stick It"
  • "A Sexaholic"
  • "I Just Wanna Make Love To You"
  • "In A Midnight Mood (In The Middle of The Day)"
  • "Right Place, Right Time"
  • "Lady In The Street"
  • "Love Me Right"
  • "This Bedroom's On Fire"
  • "God Is Absolutely Mad About You"
  • "There's No Separation"
  • "Still The Queen"
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