The lovely Patti Dahlstrom was Born and raised in Houston, Texas and Went to LA in 1967 to become a pro songwriter...Wrote songs on weekends, pushed them to publishers and A&R departments during her lunch breaks; after a few turndowns from utter fools ...basically told she had no talent and to go back to Texas. GRRRR.... Signed to Motown's Jobete Music as a staff songwriter along with Severin Browne (Jackson's brother). She and Severin became co-writers for the length of her recording career. In spring 1971 was signed as an artist by legendary A&R man Russ Regan to Uni/MCA at the same time as Elton John, Olivia Newton-John, Neil Diamond, and Barry White's Love Unlimited.....first album - Patti Dahlstrom was produced by Curt Boettcher collaborator Toxey French Songs covered from this exceptional album include Thelma Houston recording "What If," "I'm Letting Go," and "And I Never Did." Because of Russ' phenomenal success that year, he was offered his own label by 20th Century Fox and took Barry White and Patti with him. On her first album for the new label she cut what is perhaps her best known song internationally, Emotion, co-written by Stephen Still's then wife, French chanteuse Veronique Sanson....covered by Shirley Bassey, Helen Reddy and Kiki Dee, it's a sublime and unforgettable song.... A series of great albums followed, replete ith some of the top musicians of their time, with songs being covered by a huge parade of top international singers....