Sugar Pie Desanto
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Biography
[Edit]Born Umpeylia Marcema Balinton, this artist was given her stage name as well as her recording debut by rhythm and blues ubermensch Johnny Otis. He dubbed her "Little Miss Sugar Pie" in 1955, and not because she had a sweet tooth or liked to bake. "While we were in the studio he named me Sugar Pie," DeSanto recalled in an interview, "Because I was so little. I wore a size three shoe and I weighed about 85 pounds. I was very tiny." She's a half-pint in size, true, but in talent or voice assuredly not. Although typecast as a blues singer, she also takes care of business on the soul end of things and is a convincing jazz vocal stylist as well. That would be enough to gain most singers a reasonable slice of glory, but DeSanto also happens to be a hilarious comedienne, a show-stopping dancer, and a superb and highly original songwriter whose compositions have been cut by Fontella Bass, Billy Stewart, Little Milton, Bobby McClure, Minnie Riperton, Jesse James, the Dells, and the Whispers.
Otis discovered her performing at the Ellis Theater, the venue which she feels was sort of a birthing ground for her musical style. Otis dropped by one of the venue's regular talent shows only to observe DeSanto walking off with first prize. He promptly offered her a contract to come to Los Angeles to cut her first record ever. From the late '50s onward she performed regularly at rhythm & blues havens such as the Apollo in New York, the Regal in Chicago, and the Howard in Washington, D.C. At the Apollo she made quite an impression on the so-called "Godfather of Soul," James Brown, leading to her becoming his opening act for two years.
In 1964, DeSanto was the only female performer on a touring American Folk Blues Festival bill with a lineup that would make a blues fan soak the concert program with drool, including Willie Dixon, Sleepy John Estes, Clifton James, Sunnyland Slim, Hubert Sumlin, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Sonny Boy Williamson II, also known as Rice Miller. She has written some 100 songs and prefers to perform her own material. On a series of four excellent compact discs on the Jasman label, only two songs are not written by her. Classic Sugar Pie, released in 1997, was the first full-length live recording by this artist whose on-stage workout has always totally bypassed her record releases in terms of creativity and intensity. This recording reveals that advancing age isn't stopping her from continuing to expand her talent base: she branches out into country & western.
Title: The Feelin's Too Strong / Be Happy - Single
Artist: Sugar Pie Desanto
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: A Little Bit Of Soul: 1957-1962
Artist: Sugar Pie Desanto
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Collections
Title: Northern Soul Dynamite
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Chess Chartbusters, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: James Brown's Original Funky Divas
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Lost Soul & R&B
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Teen Angels - Rare Vintage Masters
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Rhythm & Blues 25 Hits & Deep Cuts (WW ex Eu)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Chess Chartbusters, Vol. 1
Title: Women Blues Singers (1928-1969)
Genre: Blues
Title: Chess Pieces
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Chess Pieces Volume 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 20
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R & B Hits of 1960, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Girl Singers - The Greatest Hits of 1960, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest R&B Hits of 1960, Vol. 8
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop
Title: Rock-a-Billy Weekend Collection
Genre: Rock
Title: Bay Area Funk II
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Brunswick Lost Soul, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Classic Soul West Coast Roots
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: R n B Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: RnB Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 8
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 9
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 12
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 5
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 8
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 4
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 2
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 14
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 1
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 10
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 3
Genre: Blues
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 17
Genre: Blues
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 6
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: R n B Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 10
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 7
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: RnB Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 11
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 9
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 13
Genre: Blues
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 12
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 4
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: RnB Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 14
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 13
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Rnb Collective: The Flip Side, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Talking 'Bout the Blues, Vol. 16
Genre: Blues
Title: Rhythm & Soul CD 5
Genre: Soul
Title: 101 Soul Classics CD 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Divas
Title: Chess Divas
Genre: Jazz
Title: Chess Soul Sisters
Title: James Brown'S Original Funky Divas The 60'S (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Forever Mod (CD2)
Title: Girls Archiv Vol. 10
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Meeting, Vol. 2 (50 Original Recordings)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Meeting, Vol. 1 (50 Original Recordings)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Electric Blues 2005 Part 3 - 1960-1969 (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Chess Story 1947-1975 (CD08)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Chess Story 1947-1975 (CD10)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Chess Story 1947-1975 (CD11)
Genre: Blues
Title: Singing From My Soul Soul Chronology 5 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock
Title: Best Of Brunswick For Sisters
Genre: Soul
Title: The R&B Singles Collection Volume 03
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Down In The Basement Soul Fro (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Down In The Basement Soul From New York 2 (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Bay Area Funk
Featuring albums
Title: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection: Her Best
Artist: Etta James
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues
Title: DJ-Kicks
Artist: Hot Chip
Genre: Ambient, Electronica, House, Techno, Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
