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Sugar Pie DeSanto

Real Name:
Umpeylia Marsema Balinton
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Born: October 16, 1935, Brooklyn, New York.

Popular rhythm and blues songstress of the 1950's and 1960's who toured with both Johnny Otis and James Brown, and collaborated with Etta James during a successful recording career.
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Discography

Releases:
I Don't Wanna Fuss (7")   Checker 1964
Slip-In Mules (No High Heel Sneakers) / Mr. & Mrs. (7")   Checker 1964
Soulful Dress / Use What You Got (7", Single)   Checker 1964
Git Back / Strange Feeling (7", Single)   Jasman Records 1974
Hello, San Francisco (LP, Album)   Jasman Records 1984
Down In The Basement - The Chess Years (CD, Comp, RM)   Chess 1997
Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles 1961-1966 (CD, Comp, RM)   Kent Records, Ace Records (UK) 2009
Appears On:
American Folk Blues Festival 1964 (Album) (3 versions) Slip In Mules Fontana ... 1964
Doctor Soul (LP, Comp, Mono) Strange Feeling Sue Records 1966
Make Me Yours / We Have Happiness (7") We Have Happiness Trojan Records 1968
The Dells Greatest Hits (LP) The Change We Go Thru ... Cadet Records 1969
You're My Man / Find Another Him (7", Single) You're My Man, Find An... Chess 1971
The Best Of Chess Rhythm & Blues Volume Two (CD, Comp) Soulful Dress Chess, MCA Records 1988
Chess Soul - A Decade Of Chicago's Finest (2xCD, Comp, RM) Soulful Dress, Lonely ... Chess, Universal Records 1997
Midnight Confessions: Classic Rocksteady And Reggae (CD, Comp) Leave It In The Hands ... Westside 2000
Mojo Club Dancefloor Jazz Volume 11 - Right Now (2xLP, Comp) The Woo-Pee Universal Jazz (Germany) 2002
The Birth Of Trojan - Duke Reid Rocksteady 1967 (CD) Leave It In The Hands ... Trojan Records 2002
Chess Classics (CD) I Surrender Mojo Magazine 2005
Chess Northern Soul (CD, Comp, RM) Leave It In The Hands ... Chess 2005
Soul Sisters (CD, Comp, RM) I Surrender Chess 2005
The Very Best Of Etta James - The Chess Singles (3xCD, Comp + Box) Do I Make Myself Clear... Spectrum Music (2), Spectrum Music (2), Spectrum Music (2), Spectrum Music (2) 2005
The Very Best Of Fontella Bass (CD, Comp, RM) Leave It In The Hands ... Chess 2006
Watts Happening (Album) (2 versions) (Interlude: 'A Teaspoo... Ubiquity Records 2007
Judge Sympathy - The Birth Of Trojan (11x7", Single + Box, Comp) Leave It In The Hands ... Trojan Records 2008
Tracks Appear On:
American Folk Blues Festival 1964 (Album) (3 versions) Slip In Mules Fontana ... 1964
Blues Festival (7", EP, Mono) Soulful Dress Pye International, Pye International 1964
Doctor Soul (LP, Comp, Mono) Strange Feeling Sue Records 1966
Checkmate (Cass) Soulful Dress New Musical Express 1984
Sampler Chess Masters (Vinyl, Comp, Smplr) Soulful Dress Chess 1984
The Best Of Chess Rhythm & Blues Volume Two (CD, Comp) Soulful Dress Chess, MCA Records 1988
Soul Cities (LP, Comp) The One Who Really Lov... Kent Records 1989
And This Time It's For Real (2xCD, Comp) Soulful Dress Debutante 1996
Chess Legendary Masters Series (CD, RM, Promo) Do I Make Myself Clear MCA Records 1997
Chess Soul - A Decade Of Chicago's Finest (2xCD, Comp, RM) Soulful Dress, Do I Ma... Chess, Universal Records 1997
James Brown's Funky Divas (Comp) (2 versions) A Little Taste Of Soul PolyGram 1998
Living The Blues - 18 Classic Blues Tracks (CD, Comp) Use What You Got Time Life Music 1998
Mojo Club Dancefloor Jazz Volume 11 - Right Now (Comp) (2 versions) The Woo-Pee Universal Jazz (Germany) 2002
American Blues (CD, Comp, Promo) Hello, San Francisco (... Putumayo World Music 2003
Bay Area Funk (Comp) (2 versions) Git Back Luv N' Haight 2003
Looking Good - Mod Club Classics (2xLP, Comp) Do The Whoo Pee BGP Records 2003
SOUL Vol. 1 Dancefloor Classics (CD) Do The Whoopie Amigo 2004
Bay Area Funk (7") Git Back Luv N' Haight 2005
Soul Divas Vol.1 (2xCD, Comp) Git Back Wagram 2005
Soul Sisters (CD, Comp, RM) I Don't Wanna Fuss Chess 2005
Bay Area Funk 2 (Comp) (2 versions) Straighten It Out With... Luv N' Haight 2006
Out Of Sight...More Sounds From The In Crowd (2xCD, Dig) Soulful Dress Universal Music (UK) 2006
DJ-Kicks (Comp) (3 versions) In The Basement, Part One Studio !K7 2007
Hip To The Jive 2 (CD, Comp) Going Back Where I Belong Sonic Scenery 2008
This Is Dj's Choice Vol.2 (LP, Comp) Soulful Dress Unique 2009
Black Music Vol. 4 (CD) Do I Make Myself Clear? Movieplay (3)  
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YouTube Videos

Sugar Pie DeSanto - Hello San Francisco