Live! One Night Only Explained

Live! One Night Only
Type:live
Artist:Patti LaBelle
Cover:Live! One Night Only.jpg
Border:yes
Released:September 22, 1998
Recorded:June 2–3, 1998
Venue:Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center, New York City
Length:1:33:33
Label:MCA
Producer:Arif Mardin, Armstead Edwards
Prev Title:Flame
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:When a Woman Loves
Next Year:2000

Live! One Night Only is a live album by Patti LaBelle, released in September 1998 through the record label MCA.[1] The album earned LaBelle the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance. The album was recorded in New York at the Hammerstein Ballroom on June 2, 1998.[2] [3]

Track listing

Disc 1
  1. "I Believe" (Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman) – 3:55
  2. "When You Talk About Love" (Harris, Lewis, Ann Nesby, James "Big Jim" Wright) – 4:59
  3. "Flame" (Ira Antelis, Brenda Russell) – 4:28
  4. "He Doesn't Love You" (Sandy Knox, Billy Stritch) – 3:01
  5. "New Attitude" (Jon Gilutin, Bunny Hull, Sharon Robinson) – 2:23
  6. "If You Asked Me To" (Diane Warren) – 3:13
  7. "If Only You Knew" (Cynthia Biggs, Gamble, Dexter Wansel) – 7:13
  8. "You Are My Friend" (Armstead Edwards, James Budd Ellison, Patti LaBelle) – 5:21
  9. "Lord's Side" (Timothy Wright) – 6:12
Disc 2
  1. "The Bells" (Anna Gordy Gaye, Marvin Gaye, Iris Gordy, Elgie Stover) – 3:17
  2. "Is It Still Good to You" (Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson) – 4:41 - duet with Gerald Levert
  3. "Don't Make Me Over" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:13
  4. "If You Love Me" (Marguerite Monnot, Geoffrey Parsons) – 6:35
  5. "On My Own" (Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager) – 5:14
  6. "Sparkle" (Curtis Mayfield) – 1:05
  7. "Got to Be Real" (Cheryl Lynn, David Paich, David Foster) – 3:24 - duet with Mariah Carey
  8. "Lady Marmalade" (Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan) – 5:08
  9. "Patti Talk" – 3:09
  10. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 4:04
  11. "Hold On (Change Is Comin')"[4] (Clarke, Reid, Seacer, Steele, Troutman, Roger Troutman) – 4:55 - collaboration with Gerald Levert and Eddie Levert
  12. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) – 5:12
  13. "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly) – 2:51

Personnel

Chart performance

Live! One Night Only reached peak positions of number 182 on the Billboard 200 and number 51 on the Top R&B Albums chart.[5]

Legacy

The duet cover of "Got to Be Real" was used as the title and theme song of the parody digital series Got 2B Real, which featured LaBelle and Carey as lead characters.

Accolades

|-| style="width:35px; text-align:center;"|1999|| Live! One Night Only || Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance[6] || |-

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Live! One Night Only. Allmusic. July 8, 2011. October 17, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221017134438/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live%21-one-night-only-mw0000043977. live.
  2. Book: Warner, Jay . On this Day in Black Music History . 2006 . Hal Leonard Corporation . 978-0-634-09926-7 . 155 . 2022-10-17 . 2022-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221017134437/https://books.google.com/books?id=eyfeVZ6jf1oC&newbks=0 . live .
  3. Book: Samuels, Anita M. . Patti Labelle's Broadway Show To Be Taped . 1998-06-06 . . 22 . 2022-10-17 . 2022-10-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221017134437/https://books.google.com/books?id=bw4EAAAAMBAJ . live .
  4. Originally recorded by Sounds of Blackness on their 1997 album Time for Healing.
  5. Web site: Live! One Night Only: Charts & Awards. Allmusic. July 8, 2011. October 17, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221017134510/https://www.allmusic.com/album/live%21-one-night-only-mw0000043977. live.
  6. Web site: 10 Nominations Put Lauryn Hill Atop Grammy Heap. 10. Greg. Kot. Greg Kot . October 8, 2023 . May 14, 2011 . . Tribune Company.

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