Denise LaSalle

Biography & Overview

Ora D. Allen (July 16, 1934 – January 8, 2018), known by the stage name Denise LaSalle, was an American blues, R&B and soul singer, songwriter, and record producer who, after the death of Koko Taylor, was acknowledged as the "Queen of the Blues". Her husband was rapper Super Wolf. LaSalle's best-known songs were "Trapped by a Thing Called Love", "My Toot-Toot", "I'm So Hot" and "Down Home Blues".