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Loleatta Holloway 1946 - now

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...it's such a good vibration, it's such a sweeeeet sensation ...

artwork by Richard Bernstein

  • 1976 Norman Harris signs Loleatta for his Gold Mind label, most of the album covers are painted by Richard Bernstein, who also did Grace Jones' work on Island and First Choice covers on Gold Mind.

    artwork by Richard Bernstein

  • Nicky Siano says: Loleatta's first performance as a club artist was at The Gallery, shortly after her first album came out on Salsoul [Gold Mind?]
  • 1979 Loleatta sings on Dan Hartman's "Relight My Fire"
  • 1980 Dan Hartman records 'Love Sensation' for Loleatta
  • 1982, Loleatta teams up with The Salsoul Orchestra again on "Seconds" produced by Patrick Adams
  • 1982-1983 Shep Pettibone revives the sounds of people like Loleatta Holloway, Rochelle Fleming and Jocely Brown to great success on the Salsoul label;
  • 1946 Born in Chicago, raised on the West Side
  • Loleatta sings in her mothers' choir
  • 1963 At 17, Loleatta is invited to join The Caravans
  • sings in a couple of Broadway musicals
  • 1971 Loleatta meets Floyd Smith, turns to secular music
  • 1971 - 1975 The sides she cuts for Aware, stand alongside the very finest soul music ever made
  • 1984 Salsoul goes belly-up
  • 1984 Smith passes away
  • 1985 Loleatta gives a one off performance at Better Days. It was recorded by Bruce Forest. Check here for the full story.
  • 1985 -1995
  • 1995 Loleatta tours Japan and Europe
  • 1996 Loleatta has a quadruple by-pass operation and is forced to spend much of the rest of 1996 recuperating.
  • 1998 Loleatta and British dance act Fire Island release 'Shout To The Top' (penned by Paul Weller and originally recorded by the Style Council) on the JBO label, with a mix by Frankie Knuckles.

    Selected 12" Discography

    • Gold Mind records
      • 12G-4000? Loleatta Holloway Worn Out Broken Heart (1976)
      • 12G-4001? Loleatta Holloway 'Dreaming' (1976)
      • 12G-4006/12G-4001? Loleatta Holloway 'Hit And Run' (1977)
          Walter Gibbons at the mixing desk!
          Loleatta on this song (laughing): "I didn't wanna sing this song, i hated this song, i cried i actually cried ... there was no music ... it took two days ... longest song i ever played in my life ..." (Armando interview)
      • GG -4012? Loleatta Holloway & Bunny Sigler 'Only You' (1978)
      • GG -4015 Loleatta Holloway 'I May Not Be There When You Want Me' (1978)
      • GG-402/GG -4016?Loleatta Holloway 'Catch Me On the Rebound' (1978)
      • GG 503 Loleatta Holloway The Greatest Peformance Of My Life (1979)
      • GG 505 Loleatta Holloway 'Love Sensation' (1980)
          Loleatta on this song: "We recorded this at Dan Hartman's house. I sang it 20 times. Every time he said: "OK lets do it again". Two days it took." Get down to the real nitty gritty! is the classic sample
    • Salsoul records
      • 12D-2045 Loleatta Holloway & Salsoul Orchestra 'Runaway' (1977)
      • SG 376 Salsoul Orchestra f. Loleatta Holloway 'Seconds' (Special Club Version) (1982)
      • SG 415 Loleatta Holloway 'Love Sensation' (Remix) (1983) mixed by Shep P
    • Streetwise records
      • 2230 Loleatta Holloway 'Crash Goes Love' (1984)
    • Active records
      • Loleatta Holloway 'Strong Enough' (1992)
    • Vicious Music
      • JV003 Loleatta Holloway 'Stand Up' (a capella version of Loleatta's 'Dreamin'')
    • Loleatta Holloway 'So Sweet' (1986) DJ international records
      1. Loleatta Holloway - Love Sensation [Amazon US]
      2. Loleatta Holloway - Queen of the Night, the Ultimate Club Collection [Amazon US]
      3. Loleatta Holloway - Best of the Aware Years 1971 -1975 [Amazon US] [note that Amazon lists this cd under Loretta Holloway, 2002,15 Jan, 00:15]

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