Lady Marmalade

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Written by: Bob Crewe, Kenny Nolan
Produced by: Allen Toussaint
Released: Jan. '75 on Epic
Charts: 18 weeks
Top spot: No. 1

This disco hit about a Big Easy streetwalker is still in rotation nearly thirty years after it hit Number One. The group was from Philadelphia, but the nasty groove was classic New Orleans, with producer Toussaint and his house band, legendary R&B stalwarts the Meters, funking up the beat. Thanks to the three ladies of LaBelle, every disco fan now knows at least one line of French: "Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?"

Appears on: Nightbirds (Epic)

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