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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> | ||