Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx
Top Songs
| 1 | Heart of a Woman | ||
| 2 | Transformation | ||
| 3 | Keep Funkin for the World | ||
| 4 | I Sweat (Going Through the Motions) | ||
| 5 | Why Should I Cry? [5:02 Version] |
Albums
Feb 2018 • 5 songs
Feb 2018 • 5 songs
Aug 2016 • 1 song
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Popular On
- Memphis' R&B and Old School
About
Biography
One-third of the pop/soul act Labelle (their big hit was "Lady Marmalade"), Nona Hendryx, made the hippest solo records of any member of that group (the others being Patti LaBelle and Sarah Dash). After Labelle called it quits in 1976, Hendryx released her debut record Nona Hendryx, which was an amazingly strong amalgam of soul and hard rock. It also went almost completely ignored by critics, soul fans, and even Labelle fans, so Hendryx took her strong, clear, booming voice and did lots of session work in the late '70s and early '80s. It was here that she fell in with a hip cr...