14 Facts About Denise LaSalle

Denise LaSalle's family worked as sharecroppers, and she had to pick cotton and take up other paid labor to support her family.

Denise LaSalle was raised in Belzoni from age seven and sang in church choirs for local gospel groups around Leflore County.

Denise LaSalle established an independent production company, Crajon, with her then husband Bill Jones.

Denise LaSalle's song "Trapped By a Thing Called Love" was released on Detroit-based Westbound Records.

Denise LaSalle continued to have hits and made three albums on the Westbound label.

ABC was taken over by MCA, and Denise LaSalle made three albums for MCA.

Denise LaSalle's co-penned song "Married, But Not to Each Other" was included on the 1979 compilation album The Best of Barbara Mandrell.

Denise LaSalle was then persuaded to record herself; this resulted in the album Lady in the Street in 1983.

Denise LaSalle continued to record for Malaco for 15 years, and released a string of critically acclaimed albums, starting with Lady in the Street and Right Place, Right Time.

Denise LaSalle appeared at the 1984 and 1993 versions of the Long Beach Blues Festival.

In 2002, Denise LaSalle was again recording for a new label, this time for Ecko Records, a small Memphis-based soul-blues label, the first album was Still the Queen.

Denise LaSalle was a disc jockey, ran several radio stations, became a preacher, and died in 2022.

In 2009, Denise LaSalle was honored with a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail in Belzoni.

On June 6,2015, Denise LaSalle was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame.