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Sugar Pie DeSanto (* 16. Oktober 1935 in Brooklyn, New York City als Umpeylia Marsema Balinton) ist eine US-amerikanische R&B-Sängerin, Tänzerin, Entertainerin und Komponistin, die in den 1950ern und 1960ern ihre größten Erfolge hatte. Biografie. Die Tochter einer Afroamerikanerin und ...
1 de dic. de 2020 · Born Peylia Marsema Balinton, Sugar Pie DeSanto launched her career in Oakland. Credit: Pete Rosos. Oakland-based rhythm and blues singer Sugar Pie DeSanto has been selected to receive the prestigious Arhoolie Award for 2020. The award honors extraordinary individuals and organizations who preserve, practice, and support traditional art forms.
Sugar Pie DeSanto has been called a great R&B singer. Her CDs, "Sugar Is Salty" (1993), "Classic Sugar Pie" (1997), and "A Slice of Pie" (1999), are on the Jasman Records label. Yet, Ms. DeSanto, born in Brooklyn, is far more than a great blues singer—, she's also a first-class soul singer, a commanding jazz stylist, an uproarious comedienne, a show-stopping dancer, and an expert tunesmith.
12 de sept. de 2023 · Sugar Pie DeSanto, 87, poses for a portrait outside her home in Oakland, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Juliana Yamada/KQED) James Moore, DeSanto’s longtime manager, says he’s heard stories of how exacting she could be from other musicians, including the late Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire. “Some guy hit a wrong note,” Moore ...
9 de sept. de 2008 · Baby what you want me to do - Sugar Pie Desanto. England 1964.
Sugar Pie DeSanto packed astonishing power and plenty of personality into a tiny frame. Her spunk and vigor impressed bandleader and producer Johnny Otis enough to sign her to her first recording session in 1955 after witnessing her performance at a San Francisco talent show.
Born to an African-American mother and a Filipino father on October 16, 1935, in Brooklyn, New York, Sugar Pie DeSanto is a veteran blues and R&B singer and songwriter. Sister of Domingo Balinton, Sugar Pie grew up in San Francisco, California. Among her childhood friends was a girl named Jamesetta Hawkins, who would later become famous as Etta ...
