Patti is an album released by singer Patti LaBelle

Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holte-Edwards , better known under the stage name, Patti LaBelle, is a Grammy Award winning American singer, author and actress who has spent over 50 years in the music industry...

, her third and final release from the Philadelphia International Records

Philadelphia International Records

Philadelphia International Records is a record label founded by writer-producers, Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff in 1971. It was famous for showcasing the sub-genre of Philadelphia soul music and released a string of worldwide hits during the decade.-History:...

 label. The album was the final contractual release from PIR, giving her free rein to sign a new lengthier contract with MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

, the label she had signed to in 1984 to record the songs for the Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American comedy-action film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy, Lisa Eilbacher, John Ashton, Judge Reinhold, and Ronny Cox...

soundtrack. The album failed to top the success of I'm in Love Again, bottoming out of both the pop and R&B charts. It was notable for LaBelle's rendition of "Look to the Rainbow", and a live version of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes' "If You Don't Know Me By Now", which she had recorded in 1984 (a 1982 live version would later be included on LaBelle's Live in Washington album). This was also the last PIR album to be distributed under the original deal with CBS Records

Sony Music Entertainment

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 before the label switched distribution to Manhattan Records

Manhattan Records

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Track listing

1. "Love Symphony" (Linda Womack
   Linda Womack
   Linda Womack , also known as Zeriiya Zekkariyas, is an American singer and songwriter.Womack is the daughter of Sam Cooke, and with her husband Cecil Womack has had a successful recording career under the name Womack & Womack. Their first album Love Wars proved a critical hit on the Elektra label. ...
   
   ) (3:36)
2. "Living Double" (Bunny Sigler
   Bunny Sigler
   Walter "Bunny" Sigler is a pop and R&B songwriter and record producer who has done extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and who was instrumental in creating the "Philly Sound" in the early 1970s. He is nicknamed "Mr...
   
   ) (4:20)
3. "Where I Wanna Be" (Kenny Gamble) (4:16)
4. "Shy" (Bunny Sigler) (4:26)
5. "Look to the Rainbow" (Lane, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) (4:31)
6. "I Can't Forget You" (J.H. Smith, Wells) (4:34)
7. "What Can I Do For You" (Simmons, Roebuck) (4:14)
8. "If You Don't Know Me by Now
   If You Don't Know Me By Now
   "If You Don't Know Me by Now" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and recorded by the jersey soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which became their first hit after being released as a single in 1972 topping the R&B chart and peaking at number three on the Pop chart.The...
   
   " (live) (Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff) (8:09)