Legendary Bay Area vocalist who performed with James Brown dies at 89
Sugar Pie DeSanto, a legendary Bay Area R&B-soul-blues singer who performed with James Brown and Etta James, has died at the age of 89.
“Today Dec 20th 2024, Ms Sugar Pie DeSanto passed away in her sleep,” her brother Domingo Balinton posted on Facebook. “She was the first Filipino blues artist of her time, to brake barriers, to become a world wide female blues singer entertainer.”
No cause of death was given.
The Oakland-based Sugar Pie DeSanto — whose real name Umpeylia Balinton ...
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