Sarah Dash to be honored by Keith Richards, Patti LaBelle at NJ Hall of Fame – Asbury Park Press
The late Sarah Dash of Trenton, among her many accolades, worked with Keith Richards and backed the Rolling Stones.
Now, Richards and Dash’s groupmates Patti LaBelle and Nona Hendryx will pay tribute to her at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 16, during the virtual New Jersey Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Channel 9 (WWOR), and the Hall of Fame’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Re-airings include 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, on PBS New Jersey.
The year’s inductees also include founding father Alexander Hamilton, writer Gay Talese, ’60s pop star Lesley Gore, singer-songwriter Mary Chapin Carpenter and guitarist George Benson.
President George W. Bush, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy, Chelsea Handler, Quincy Jones, Robin Roberts, Judith Light, Al Leiter and “many more surprise guests” will induct the Class of ’21 on Oct. 16.
Danny DeVito is the host.
Inductees “must be or have been a New Jersey resident or have worked in New Jersey for a minimum of five years,” according to the Hall. Punk rock icons Patti Smith, Pitman, and Lenny Kaye, North Brunswick, were originally announced as Class of ’21 inductees, but they’re not on the list.
Dash was a member of the Bluebelles, which included LaBelle and Hendryx, in the ’60s. Their hits included “I Sold My Heart to the Junkman.” The core of the group became Labelle, whose “Lady Marmalade” was a No. 1 smash in 1974.
Dash and Richards began collaborating in the late ’80s, and she was a member of his side band, X-Pensive Winos. She also contributed vocals for the Rolling Stones album “Steel Wheels.”
When Dash passed away on Sept. 20, Richards stated, “There are no words .. I love you, Sarah!” on his social media, sharing a video of them singing “Time Is on My Side.”
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“Sarah Dash was an awesomely talented, beautiful and loving soul who blessed my life and the lives of so many others in more ways than I can say,” said LaBelle on social media when Dash passed. “I am heartbroken as I know all of her loved ones and fans are.”
The New Jersey Hall of Fame is scheduled to move to the American Dream retail and amusement center at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, officials said.
NJ Hall of Fame Class of 2021
Arts and letters
Dorothea Lange, Hoboken, documentary photographer
Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Englewood, author and aviator
John Forbes Nash Jr., Princeton, mathematician
Gay Talese, Ocean City, writer and journalist
Enterprise
Madeline McWhinney Dale, Middletown, first female officer/vice-president of the Federal Reserve Bank
Madam Louise Scott, Newark, founder of Scott School of Beauty Culture & chain of beauty salons
Paul Volcker, Teaneck, 12th Chair of the Federal Reserve
Sara Spencer Washington, Atlantic City, founder of Apex News and Hair Company
Performing Arts
George Benson, Englewood, jazz guitarist, singer and songwriter
Sarah Dash, Trenton, award-winning vocalist who co-founded the Bluebells and Labelle
Lesley Gore, Tenafly, singer, songwriter, actress and activist
Buddy Hackett, Fort Lee, actor and comedian
Mary Chapin Carpenter, Princeton, country music singer
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Public Service
Margaret Bancroft, Haddonfield, founder of Bancroft, nonprofit serving individuals with disabilities
Alexander Hamilton, Elizabeth, Founding Father and first Secretary of the Treasury
David Mixner, Elmer, political activist and author
William Paterson, South Branch, signer of the U.S. Constitution, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and second governor of New Jersey
Gustave F. Perna, Rockaway, U.S. Army four-star general/COO of the federal COVID-19 response
Antonin Scalia, Trenton, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1986 until his death in 2016
Sports
Val Ackerman, Pennington, first president of the Women’s National Basketball Association
Monte Irvin, Orange, left and right fielder in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who played with the Newark Eagles, New York Giants and Chicago Cubs
Ron Jaworski, Voorhees, former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback and National Football League analyst
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; cjordan@app.com.