Labelle head against the wall until it began to bleed severely. She was removed from the theater in restraints. Feeling the group had reached the end of its rope, Patti LaBelle advised the group to disband as long as their friendship remained intact. Nona Hendryx and Sarah Dash agreed and formally announced their split at the end of 1976 after fourteen years together. Following her departure from the Blue Belles, Cindy Birdsong enjoyed success as member of the Supremes, singing background on hits such as "Stoned Love". Birdsong prominently left the group in 1975, only sporadically recording music as a solo
Keith Birdsong worked as a journalist before becoming a professional illustrator. His chosen medium is acrylic paint and colored pencil. He has done illustration work for "Star Wars", books of the cyberpunk role-playing game "Shadowrun", and children's books such as "The Halloween Hex: Hi-Tech Howard". In addition to book covers, Birdsong's work has appeared in films, on collectors' plates for the Hamilton Collection and the Bradford Exchange, and on U.S. postage stamps, including an issuance honoring American Indian dance and six "Celebrate The Century" stamps that commemorated the 1960s. Birdsong has a daughter named Candice. Keith Birdsong Keith Birdsong (born in Muskogee,