Sarah Dash of the powerhouse R&B trio Labelle died on September 20th at age 76, just three days after her last performance. As a founding member of Labelle, Dash appeared on their ubiquitous 1975 dance floor classic 'Lady Marmalade', adding sensuality to the trio’s sound - heard especially in Dash’s parts on the deep cut '(Can I Speak to You Before You Go to) Hollywood'. Dash’s last performance was September 18, when she joined LaBelle onstage in Atlantic City for an impromptu reunion. “She was healthy and fine and sang her face off” - her bandmate Patti LaBelle says - “The crowd went crazy. She had the best send-off. If that’s the way you’re going to leave, she left like a queen”, Rolling Stone reports.

Legendary soul singers Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle are the next guests on Instagram live series Verzuz Battle, which will livestream Sunday, September 13. "The Godmother of Soul" and "the Empress of Soul" will show out at an official venue, The Fillmore in Philadelphia. Billboard wonders that "maybe the two superwomen will take on their Grammy-nominated 'Superwoman' collaboration", or maybe they'll pull from their "highly successful solo stints".