Patti Drew

Eherene Patricia "Patti" Drew (December 29, 1944 – June 16, 2025) was an American pop singer who achieved brief success in the late 1960s.

Life and career Drew was born in Charleston, South Carolina and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee and Evanston, Illinois. She sang in church with her sisters, Lorraine and Erma at Mount Carmel Baptist and Bethel African Methodist Episcopal. Drew's mother worked for Capitol Records executive Maurice Lathouwers, who heard Drew and her sisters sing in a church service and signed the group as the Drew-Vels. Two follow-up singles also in 1964 did well in Chicago, "It's My Time" and "I've Known." By 1965 the group had broken up.

Patti Drew signed as a solo artist to Quill Records in 1965 and soon after moved up to Capitol, issuing a new recording of "Tell Him," It was the first of three charting singles on Capitol. She is survived by her son Eric.

Discography Albums Tell Him (Capitol, 1967) Workin' On a Groovy Thing (Capitol, 1968) Wild Is Love (Capitol, 1969) I've Been Here All the Time (Capitol, 1969) The Best of Patti Drew: Workin’ on a Groovy Thing (Stateside, 2007) 1964 "Tell Him" (The Drew-Vels)

1967 "Tell Him"

1968 "Hard to Handle"

1969 "The Love That a Woman Should Give to a Man"

1969 "Hundreds of Guys"

1968 "Keep on Movin'"

1967 "My Lover's Prayer"