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Sugar Pie DeSanto (born Peylia Marsema Balinton in Brooklyn, NYC, on 16 October 1935; died 20 December 2024) was an American R&B singer and dancer remembered for being popular during the 1950s and 1960s. She was a 2024 inductee to the Blues Hall of Fame. She was born to an African-American mom and a Filipino dad. She spent most of her early life in San Francisco, California, where she moved with her family at a young age. In 1955, DeSanto did some touring with The Johnny Otis Revue after bei
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