Denise LaSalle
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Denise LaSalle performing at the 2009 Monterey Blues Festival.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ora Denise Allen |
| Also known as | Denise Craig, Denise Jones |
| Born |
July 16, 1939 Leflore County, Mississippi, United States |
| Origin | Belzoni, Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | Blues, R&B, soul, disco |
| Years active | 1967–present |
| Website | www |
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".
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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