Denise LaSalle
Ora Denise Allen (born July 16, 1939), known by the stage name Denise LaSalle, is an American blues and R&B/soul singer, songwriter, and record producer who, since the death of Koko Taylor, has been recognized as the "Queen of the Blues".
Career
Born near Sidon, Mississippi and raised in Belzoni, she sang in church choirs 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.
She established an independent production company, Crajon, with her then husband Bill Jones. Her song "Trapped By A Thing Called Love" (1971) was released on Detroit-based Westbound Records. This reached #1 on the national R&B chart and #13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song ranked at #85 on the 1971 year-end chart. The RIAA gold disc award was made on November 30, 1971 for a million sales.
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ALBUMS
- At Her Best released: 2012
- A Little Bit Naughty released: 2008
- Love Talkin' released: 2004
- Trapped released: 1997
- Smokin' in Bed released: 1997
- Right Place, Right Time released: 1995
- A Lady in the Street released: 1995
- On the Loose / Trapped by a Thing Called Love released: 1992
- Still Trapped released: 1990
- Hittin' Where It Hurts released: 1989
- My Toot Toot released: 1985
- Unwrapped released: 1979
- Second Breath released: 1976
- Trapped by a Thing Called Love released: 1972
- Wanted released:
On the Loose / Trapped by a Thing Called Love
Released 1992- A Man Size Job
- What It Takes to Get a Good Woman
- Harper Valley PTA
- What Am I Doing Wrong
- Breaking Up Somebody's Home
- There Ain't Enough Hate Around (To Make Me Turn Around)
- Your Man and Your Best Friend
- Lean on Me
- Making a Good Thing Better
- I'm Over You
- I'm Satisfied
- Trapped by a Thing Called Love
- Now Run and Tell That
- Heartbreaker of the Year
- Goody Goody Getter
- Catch Me If You Can
- Hung Up Strung Out
- De Me Right
- The Deeper I Go
- You'll Lose a Good Thing
- Keep It Coming
- It's Too Late
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Love Talkin'
by: Denise LaSalleLike a candle burnin' bright, love is flowing in your
eyes
A flame to light our way that burns brighter every day
Now I have you
Nobody loves me like you do
Like a leaf upon the wind I could find no place to land
I dreamed the hours away, wondered every day
Do dreams come true?
Nobody loves me like you do
CHORUS
What if I never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow
You touched my heart in places
That I never even knew
Nobody loves me like you do
I was words without a tune
I was a song still unsung
A poem with no rhyme
Dancer out of time
But now there's you
Nobody loves me like you do
CHORUS
What if I never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow
You touched my heart in places
That I never even knew
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me like you do-oo-oo-oo-oo
Nobody loves me like you do