Dionne, Patti and Gladys - Sisters in the Name of Love - Somewhere

[@fontenayperi]

Patti's amazing. there's such creativity in her vocals

[@singingmanmd]

Put these women together and you get a legendary performance that whenever be imitated or duplicated!!! Damn!!!

[@jacaribrown656]

Gladys Knight- Soul Patti labelle- Power Dionne Warwick- Class

[@MusicmanDavid]

They sound so great together. I used to have that show on VHS wish I still had it.

[@susandrn]

I recorded it on my VCR. Loved it!! I 'loaned' it to one of the nurses I worked with and never got it back....

[@schnitzel1024]

It's really interesting watching Dionne speak and behave. You cvan clearly see that she is who Whitney patterned herself after. It's like watching Whitney talking.

[@jirt87]

They just gave me chills. You can feel the emotions in their voices, simply AMAZING!!!!!!

[@blakmajik7848]

Those heifas...sang that...it wasn't a competition Coco, just 3 friends up there singing having a good time giving their fans what they want....pure SANGING....

[@mlpmikemlp]

You are the only one that gets it ? No competition - although Patti later became known for it (starting here) and so she let it go.............

[@Sajidestar]

No one and nothing comes close to Pattis talent. hers is the most precious gift to music

[@manwomanboogie]

I remember when this first premiered on HBO in the 80's...My Parents were so excited, taped it on the VCR and watched it with the family and their friends...it brought them back to a time & seeing Gladys, Patti & Dionne perform together was a huge deal for them and their generation. This brings memories. Im thinking of Mom and Dad as i watch this. RIP Mommy and Daddy, i love You and I miss you so much...God how i miss you both. Benniidict thank you so much for this post. The quality is great!

[@stillwill2215]

I loved patti's performance; the song would not have been so excellent without her. also, gladys is as powerful singer as there ever was, patti just has a higher range than most, her phrasing is incomparable. Dionne brings just the right flavor to mellow patti and Gladys. they are awesome. man, I miss singers like that.

[@amaChristo]

theys some super bad girls!!!

[@Applauzable]

still gives me chills!! I love It!!!

[@jkjohns36]

Its 85 degrees inside but Patti gives me "chill bumps" when she sings. She to fall out of the Heavenly Choir!

[@spwill73]

WoW... they are all just great... don't think there is another voice like Patti's

[@jayrocker]

Please post the "name that tune section" I love how they interact. Please!!!!!

[@jkjohns36]

Its 85 degrees inside but Patti just gives me "chill bumps" when she sings. She had to fall out of the Heavenly Choir!

[@DinoBaraldi]

Simply wonderful

[@mussaqlover1]

They sang the shit outta this song! I always come back.

[@falangja17]

Well done Ms Patti, Dion & Gladys

[@MysticDiamond]

I can see how Whitney and Dionne are cousins in this clip. They favor alot in the cheeks and lips.

[@higgybaby1]

The very 1st Divas Live show. Sisters in the Name of Love. What a great super-group.

[@NeenaWynett]

Omg!!!! I remember this!!!! Love it: )

[@68NYC]

Now that was beautiful. Thanks.

[@cynthiag-c6494]

All I can say is WOW!!!

[@megamapagmahal]

lets back this legends on STAGE lets make a way to complete this legends again on legends

[@CherokeeNYC]

I remember having this on VHS, wore that tape thin.... Patti did Jump in too early @5:50 but she was just excited and realized right after. Thanks for posting.

[@karlsaschultz7508]

DIONNE IS A GREAT SINGER. SHE HAS AN APRECCIATE CAARISM. SHE IS OUT OF SERIE.

[@Blessed3175]

I used to enjoy this show.

[@aldoferrari5248]

TRE STELLE INSIEME CHE ILLUMINANO L'UNIVERSO MUSICALE

[@TENMAPROJECT]

Amazing

[@jrnaasheim9640]

i love it...

[@DannetteSS]

Haters gonna hate. People always have to have something crappy to say. First of all, Patti MAKES this song. The folks saying she's being "selfish" and "not harmonizing" are missing the point that this piece was meticulously arranged to showcase her vocal ability, particularly. The program, "Sisters in the Name of Love," has a bunch of different songs, some solo pieces of the three, and others, with them as a trio. And each one highlights a different performer, providing a diverse array of music and showcasing ALL the talent. Unless you've watched the entire show, then you really don't know what you're talking about. You wouldn't be critiquing the fact that this one piece showcases Ms. LaBelle, because you would see that the producers and musicians are professionals who are fully capable of engineering each piece to intentionally highlight a different singer. Now, having said all that, there is a song in the show in which Ms. Patti clearly steps on Ms. Knight's line, for which the latter makes her displeasure very obvious. It's a really sour (perhaps bitter) moment that mars an otherwise very heartwarming and strong concert. Can't remember which piece it is, but if you watch the concert, the moment is unmistakable. Anyway, I hope they made up for it after the fact.

[@gene1536]

+D Sharpley Girl - Patty makes ALL the songs! She can sing her ass off - period the end. Those that can't tell that - are messed up!

[@FABIALIDADE]

MARAVILHOSAS!!!!!!

[@MzCandyCane1]

I love these woman ,but Patti is my heart

[@edyhollins3174]

Good lord... I remember when this first aired and if im not mistaken I still have the recording on VHS..

[@DannetteSS]

I do, too! Have watched it many, many times over the years. LOL.

[@singingrick]

I was so young when this came out but i remembered it and have been trying to hunt it down, thank you so much for posting and please more!!!!!!

[@akatheempress]

Awesome!

[@rosanasiqueira6010]

ADOOOOORO!

[@venussimeton8954]

Thank you LORD

[@Mirage049]

I done passed out on this damn floor!!! AAAAAAAH! DIVAAAAAS!!!

[@johnsight1553]

The SISTER'S IN THE NAME OF LOVE/uno special was my favorite. Can't seem to find it anywhere.....

[@TheRebeccaMills1]

Patti LaBelle = The original Lady Gaga. That HAIR! lol

[@CliftonEarlHill]

Patti got it!!!

[@javiallenx]

Gladys was holding that bottom down gone head

[@Blessed3175]

Love my legends.

[@gene1536]

Patty is extremely powerful - and if you can't hold your own on the stage with her - then don't get up there - DIONNE you hear me?

[@oldsoul_anth243]

Oh, I guess you haven't seen Dionne hitting her money notes. In her prime she can simply glide to Patti's range with so much ease.

[@oklolo]

@Bennediict do you have the medley they during this show...if so, can yo upost it?

[@mrstorm211]

i like all 3 but i have to say this and many may get mad; up your game if you want to sing with Patti; she has a strong instrument and to ask her to contain it is just not right; she performs her craft the best she can, always giving 1000%; why would you want anything less from her; by the way she won entertainer of the year this year for her controlled but strong performance. bloop. enough said

[@cherysenixon]

How in hell Dionne smoke and can sing. But i sure see her niece whitney houston older in her if she lived.

[@cnr200220062011]

people always complain about over-singing way more than under-singing. "selfish" singer. don't ask a singer with a powerful voice and a lot of passion to sing with you if you can't handle it. and so the hell what if she's proud of her voice and not scared to share all that she can do... i'm sick of this idea that you HAVE to be humble so that you don't make people feel bad about their inadequacies.

[@rayjones5684]

who said that you have to be humble to because you hold back. That's just makes no sense in music. It's like the piano player playing when the flute player part comes up, or the tuba player playing when the piano player should be playing as loud as you can. That's just makes no sense even with voices and singer!

[@cnr200220062011]

ray jones this would make sense if the complaint was someone was singing during someone else's solo.

[@rayjones5684]

Or singing someone elses parts that whats people are saying. You are splitting hairs. I see and hear people do it in church choirs all the time. This not that heavy but I totally get what many are saying here...

[@cnr200220062011]

ray jones not splitting hairs. merely addressing what was actually stated. the complaints i was referring to were that she was singing too loudly or boastfully and therefore being "selfish", not that she was singing during someone else's solo.

[@rayjones5684]

Again that's the same thing Rush in. Not looking for a fight but if we have different parts in a song and we are singing in harmony then yes if I am singing too loudly and singing not only my high parts (Patti would be the soprano of the three ladies, Dionne would sing the mid- and Gladys the low altos) but in the middle of the other two ladies parts yes I can see the complaints. I recall several people said the same thing when this aired. LOve Patti clearly the other two ladies love Patti but you don't have to sing as loud as you can in order to be heard. Patti is a very skilled singer she knows how to create harmony when singing...not sure if she always wants too...

[@ajmanila]

who is the original singer for this kind of arrangement? anyone pls...

[@koopcan]

Barbara Striesand

[@megamapagmahal]

@Bennediict is this on dvd??

[@traboe]

Boy those cigarettes really did a number on dionne's voice smh

[@gene1536]

+traboe Dionne in my opinion has always sounded like shit!

[@traboe]

Segdirb I've seen some videos on here where she sounded phenominal...in my opinion

[@savanorlanddo1]

Will be Hebe, Lolita and Nair Belo, from American TV. Here they were from Brazil.

[@rjcooljr]

Dionne really lost her voice from those cigarettes - and still smoking. She had the best voice amongst the three of them....

[@Bigdrip840]

That's a lie, patti has the best voice then Gladys then Dionne

[@patgorden5002]

+Drew Mura exactly that's a big LIE! I had to laugh on that lol

[@gene1536]

+pat gorden Yes! The best voice is without question PATTY LABELLE baby!

[@rjcooljr]

Yes, at that time Patti's voice was better but not all time. If you do your homework and listen to a younger and before the cigarettes, Dionne's was not just better but much better singer and tone with very high and full notes. Do the homework before speaking.

[@patgorden5002]

With or without the cigarette keep staying in lala land lol

[@darcellandre]

I know Patti Kills it!!!!

[@cnr200220062011]

and when she WAS holding back, they still didn't sound like a group.

[@mrstorm211]

well if you read patti's book she said that dionne pulled her to the side and asked her to tone it down when they were harmonizing. she replied that she just was caught up in the moment. gladys comment in her book that she agreed with dionne that when patti sang her solo part she could do what she wanted but when harmonizing she needed to tone it down. my argument is this; they have known one another for years and when gladys put this together and asked patti to be a part of it she should have know who she was getting; you can't ask a performer to perform with you and give restrictions. maybe this is why Aretha backed out as well as roberta flack

[@optimistic719]

@redgpgtp, OMG!!! ROTFL!!! I HOLLERED!!!!

[@MrEricboy2]

If you would like a copy of this video it's on ebay patti labelle sisters in the name of love

[@zevilgehannivani256]

damn move dionne and put chaka instead and I love to see both patti and chaka go crazy on stage with glady's then we have real great voices on stage.

[@frsh6272]

@CreaturaDura a year later this still doesn't make sense.

[@singingmanmd]

I love Patti too but come on with the Dionne and Gladys can't this and that with Patti, please it's called blending in a group and that is exactly what Dionne and Gladys is doing. They are all distinctive and certainly been holding their own without Patti or anybody else please!!! Kill the comparison accept for the fact they all have they own distinct and powerful voices to me.

[@singingmanmd]

And also when you group sing you should blend. Sure when you are singing solo or with a group you can be yourself and if you do not blend (sharp, flat, too loud, too soft etc), its ok for you counterparts to tell you or to make suggestions. That is why it is called "group" and the practice to makes it as perfect and enjoyable as possible. What you think, for instance when all those singers got together for "We are the World" they could just go in the studio and be themselves without any instructions on how to sing together and blend and the song should play out (think)? It didn't become a huge success without cooperation vocally or professionally. Y0u can not just have notes flying all over the place. Notes should land in the right places and at the right time. It is called professional singing with some soul, smh.

[@nirbija]

'Somewhere' some devis are missing

[@noreexic]

what's with the strange table chat at the start?

[@2dasimmons]

A beautiful segue into the stellar performance. It was good seeing reserved Ms. Warwick chit-chatting with her girlfriends:) Sweet.

[@DannetteSS]

This is one part of an entire concert they performed and recorded as "Sisters in the Name of Love". There are several of those little vignettes of them joking between the various performances. The whole show is awesome.

[@kyramonae1845]

Is it me or does Dionne sound just like Whitney Houston?

[@stillwill2215]

it's just you. lol.

[@singingmanmd]

No I am with you. You are right. Whitney does have a similar sound to Dionne.

[@danielburshaka6768]

They are blood-related.......

[@redgpgtp]

LMFAO, at 5:56 , if you listen closely, Patti sings..."Hold my hand, and you know Miss Bitch I will take you there"...lol. I wonder was she referring to Dionne?

[@xianteen]

is it just me or does Dionne look likes Rhianna??? just saying i

[@Nikray]

At this time Gladys was still smoking as well.

[@DaliaChild]

I don't like to see big singers smoking. They didn't know about that back then, but it's shocking to me.

[@MrStyle23]

Thought there would be great harmonies but Patti ruin it for me. I mean she was singing/screaming at the top of her lungs. She could have toned it down and harmonized with the ladies more. She was actually in a group so she knows how to harmonize.

[@jaye501]

dionne sings like a 1950's white woman... patti and gladys sing with emotion... white america likes the way dionne sings because they can relate to it... it's them... doesn't mean it's the best...

[@patgorden5002]

you are right on POINT exactly

[@dorothyromeo6195]

jaye501 the

[@glenallen9993]

I would never sing with Patti. She doesn't know how to sing with others. Every song she goes overboard. And though she may be the most powerful, Both Dionne and Gladys have better tones.

[@TheRealDrayBreezy]

+Glen Allen You realize she started off and gained her success in a girl group?

[@glenallen9993]

Yes. And you do realize that she was the lead vocalist of that girl group

[@TheRealDrayBreezy]

Point being there are tons of videos of her blending with two other women

[@glenallen9993]

Point being that she is hogging the mike and overshadowing them. Dionne had to tell her to tone it down. If you read Gladys and Dionne's biography you would know this

[@TheRealDrayBreezy]

"I'm not going to dim my light because it shines in your eyes"

[@noreexic]

Labelle is a selfish singer here, very dissapointing

[@artgroupie]

She doesn't mean too. She just started feeling the song she even admitted that. Patti is not that type of singer, that voice of her's wasn't built for no group work.

[@noreexic]

Melissa C Any voice can be built for group work, she is just a very egotistical performer, always has been

[@artgroupie]

CoCoMoroney I know, she's done it plenty of times, but I'm saying (me, myself & I) her voice wasn't built for group work. When she feels it she lets you have it, so don't be mad when she does. She shouldn't have to hold back. You could tell she felt uncomfortable while singing it.

[@noreexic]

Melissa C It's not that her voice wasnt built for group work she's a soprano, many sopranos have sung in groups, she personally just can't help but over sing and belt

[@2dasimmons]

CoCoMoroney It's interesting the different perspectives individuals have. I thoroughly enjoyed their version of this song and really felt they complemented each other DIVINELY. Patti LaBelle is known to be a powerful singer. HalleluYah! Anyone not able to appreciate and accept this would not sing with her or have her collaborate with them they way Dionne Warwick and Gladys Knight have for years. Heaven on Earth performance.