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'''Nona Bernis Hendryx''' (born October 9, 1944) is an American vocalist who recorded and played live with [[Talking Heads]] in the early 80's. Hendryx rose to prominence through her collaboration with the group [[Labelle]]. | '''Nona Bernis Hendryx''' (born October 9, 1944) is an American vocalist who recorded and played live with [[Talking Heads]] in the early 80's. Hendryx rose to prominence through her collaboration with the group [[Labelle]]. | ||
== | == Musical Career == | ||
=== Patti Labelle and the Bluebells, Labelle === | |||
Hendryx would begin to perform with Patti Labelle and the Bluebells in the 60's. By the 70's, the nauture of the group had changed, and the act rebranded itself as simply "Labelle" The group, like many other disco acts of the era, allowed Black women to "take center stage." Hendryx described the transition as "''Patti Labelle and the Bluebells were a girl group. Labelle was a girl band.''"<ref>Flanagan, Michael. ““Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution” - PBS Documentary Dances and Dishes.” ''Ebar.com'', The Bay Area Reporter, 23 July 2024, www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=bartab&sc=nightlife&id=334451&title=disco:_soundtrack_of_a_revolution_-_pbs_documentary_dances_and_dishes.</ref> | Hendryx would begin to perform with Patti Labelle and the Bluebells in the 60's. By the 70's, the nauture of the group had changed, and the act rebranded itself as simply "Labelle" The group, like many other disco acts of the era, allowed Black women to "take center stage." Hendryx described the transition as "''Patti Labelle and the Bluebells were a girl group. Labelle was a girl band.''"<ref>Flanagan, Michael. ““Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution” - PBS Documentary Dances and Dishes.” ''Ebar.com'', The Bay Area Reporter, 23 July 2024, www.ebar.com/story.php?ch=bartab&sc=nightlife&id=334451&title=disco:_soundtrack_of_a_revolution_-_pbs_documentary_dances_and_dishes.</ref> | ||
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=== 2021 production of ''Trouble In Mind'' === | === 2021 production of ''Trouble In Mind'' === | ||
''Trouble In Mind'' was an off-Broadway play written by Alice Childress that opened on November 3, 1955.<ref>Internet Off-Broadway Databas. “Trouble in Mind.” ''Www.iobdb.com'', www.iobdb.com/Production/6952. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref> Years later, following Childress' death, the play would be revived om 2021 for Broadway and directed by [[Charles Randolph-Wright]]. This revival would include original music written by Hendryx, who said that "''I wish Alice Childress was here. She was a spectacular human. [...] And now, Alice, it is where you wanted it to be and in the hands of Charles Randolph-Wright, who appreciated your work. He did not change a word and wanted to be true to your script. And I wrote music to support that truth." <ref>Brunner, Jeryl. “After 66 Years Alice Childress Gets a Voice on the Broadway Stage.” ''Forbes'', 21 Nov. 2021, www.forbes.com/sites/jerylbrunner/2021/11/21/after-66-years-alice-childress-gets-a-voice-on-the-broadway-stage/. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref>'' This 2021 production would be Hendryx's Broadway Debut.<ref>Program for ''Trouble in Mind'' at the American Airlines, New York. Playbill, 2021.</ref> | ''Trouble In Mind'' was an off-Broadway play written by Alice Childress that opened on November 3, 1955.<ref>Internet Off-Broadway Databas. “Trouble in Mind.” ''Www.iobdb.com'', www.iobdb.com/Production/6952. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref> Years later, following Childress' death, the play would be revived om 2021 for Broadway and directed by [[Charles Randolph-Wright]]. This revival would include original music written by Hendryx, who said that "''I wish Alice Childress was here. She was a spectacular human. [...] And now, Alice, it is where you wanted it to be and in the hands of Charles Randolph-Wright, who appreciated your work. He did not change a word and wanted to be true to your script. And I wrote music to support that truth." <ref>Brunner, Jeryl. “After 66 Years Alice Childress Gets a Voice on the Broadway Stage.” ''Forbes'', 21 Nov. 2021, www.forbes.com/sites/jerylbrunner/2021/11/21/after-66-years-alice-childress-gets-a-voice-on-the-broadway-stage/. Accessed 22 July 2024.</ref>'' This 2021 production would be Hendryx's Broadway Debut.<ref>Program for ''Trouble in Mind'' at the American Airlines, New York. Playbill, 2021.</ref> | ||
== Discography == | |||
''Main Article: [[Nona Hendryx Discography]]'' | |||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||