i'm talking about the one and only, miss patty labelle.ve any future in the music industry for more than 60 years. among our top hits, if you only knew, and lady marmalade. the godmother of seoul and two-time grammy winner is also a boss in her own right. she founded and is running her own comfort food brand called patty's good life, according to forbes, her company's products generated nearly $200 million last year. miss patty la belle is far from done. i spoke with anti patty just a few days after her holiday homecoming show at the met in philadelphia. his first performance in her hometown since 2018. we talked about her being named to the forbes know your value over 50 list and we chatted about her infamous holiday performances resurfaces every year. if you don't know which one i mean, here is a little reminder. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> where are my background singers? and that's the wrong parts on the qcard, i don't know the song! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> our conversation began with me asking her what it's like to still be doing what she loves for more than six decad

so many talented artists over the years: natalie cole, barbra streisand, my twin birthday girl, patti labellest, living in our best moments with humanity. sometimes, we don't. give it up for our art department, y'all. everything looks amazing in here. [cheers and applause] magical! it looks stunning. in partnership with our friends at balsam hill who created this. [cheers and applause] over 100 garlands. prelit. give it up. [cheers and applause] the greatest inventions. remember when you had to do it by hand? two 5-foot wreaths -- this spruce which is a replica of the giant tree and rockefeller center. it's beautiful. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] i had the honor of hosting the rockefeller center christmas tree lighting last week. i knew i would have a good time because i love christmas more than the average bear, but but i bawled when they turned around and lit it, turned around like "oh, my god." it was stunningly beautiful. it was a magical evening. we also wanted to capture some behind the scenes that nobody has seen. we captured some content from the show. here you go. ♪ ♪ ♪

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within five minutes of the conversation, she found out i have written a novel and had edited patti labelle's memoir. suddenly the conversation shifted. she was 80 years old of the time she said have always wanted to write a book. i decided this was going to be the most important thing i could do. we met in june, 2002 and we worked together for the remainder of that year. in january of 2003, she died. i knew this was going to be an important project but i didn't realize that we met for a very important reason, that we were allowed to work together the last six answer for life to make sure her story went beyond her. in that process, she introduced me to reverend parker and reverend parker and i have been together over more than 20 years. we have gone out to speak publicly about the story and when it came time for him to write the book, he and his spouse invited me to work with them on this book. host: let's hear from osiris in chicago. caller: good morning. mr. benson, he said something that kind of got my attention. he said there can be no bystanders or something to that effect. that speaks t

within five minutes of the conversation, she found out i have written a novel and had edited patti labelle'semoir. suddenly the conversation shifted. she was 80 years old of the time she said have always wanted to write a book. i decided this was going to be the most important thing i could do. we met in june, 2002 and we worked together for the remainder of that year. in january of 2003, she died. i knew this was going to be an important project but i didn't realize that we met for a very important reason, that we were allowed to work together the last six answer for life to make sure her story went beyond her. in that process, she introduced me to reverend parker and reverend parker and i have been together over more than 20 years. we have gone out to speak publicly about the story and when it came time for him to write the book, he and his spouse invited me to work with them on this book. host: let's hear from osiris in chicago. caller: good morning. mr. benson, he said something that kind of got my attention. he said there can be no bystanders or something to that effect. that speaks to

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