Loleatta Holloway

Loleatta Holloway (born November 5, 1946 in Chicago , Illinois , † March 21, 2011 ) was an American disco , soul and house singer.

Career

Loleatta Holloway began singing in a gospel choir as a child . She recorded her first records in the 1960s. In the early 1970s she finally starred in the musical Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope . In those days she also met her future husband and manager Floyd Smith (1917-1982). Her first solo recordings were still heavily influenced by the soul of the time. In 1975 she had her first top 10 success in the American R&B charts with Cry to Me .

In 1976 she signed with the Gold Mind label (distributed by Salsoul ) and switched to the disco genre. With her "warm, throaty voice" (Taurus-Press-Verlag) she achieved a number of successes: Dreamin (1976), Hit and Run (1977), Run Away (1977, with the Salsoul Orchestra ), Catch Me on the Rebound (1978 ) or That's What You Said (1979). Also in 1979 Dan Hartman chose her as a guest singer for his disco classic Relight My Fire . He also took on the production of Holloway's last studio LP, Love Sensation (1980), the title track of which was also successful and was later sampled countlessly. The ballads Worn Out Broken Heart (1977) and Only You (1978, with Bunny Sigler), also registered in the charts, underscored her talent as a soul interpreter.

After the end of the disco wave, Holloway recorded several singles for independent labels, including several remixes of their old successes. Every now and then she landed in the dance charts. Her recordings have been sampled countlessly - a well-known example is Black Box's Ride on Time from 1989 (UK No. 1). In 1991 the worldwide hit Good Vibrations by Marky Mark & ​​the Funky Bunch (USA No. 1) followed, which however featured Holloway. Love Sensation served as a template for both recordings . In 1999 she released a cover version of the Prince song I Wanna Be Your Lover (1979) from his album Prince . In 2009, We're Getting Stronger from 1975 was sampled for Whitney Houston's comeback single Million Dollar Bill .

Holloway died of heart failure after a brief illness.

Private

Loleatta Holloway was the mother of four children and a grandmother of nine.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		US	R&B
1975	Cry to Me Aware Records	-	R&B47 (4 weeks) R&B	First published: June 1975 Producer: Floyd Smith
1978	Queen of the Night Gold Mind Records / Salsoul Records	US187 (2 weeks) US	R&B47 (2 weeks) R&B	First published: October 1978 Producers: Norman Harris, Bunny Sigler, Tom Moulton , Ron Tyson, Gordon Edwards

More studio albums

• 1973: Loleatta (Aware)
• 1976: Loleatta (Gold Mind / Salsoul)
• 1979: Loleatta Holloway (Gold Mind / Salsoul)
• 1980: Love Sensation (Gold Mind / Salsoul)

Compilations

• 1994: Cry to Me: Golden Classics of the 70’s
• 1994: The Queens' Anthems
• 1996: The Hotlanta Soul of Loleatta Holloway
• 1996: Greatest Hits
• 1997: Runaway: The Best Of Loleatta Holloway (released May 31)
• 2001: Queen of the Night: The Ultimate Club Collection
• 2005: The Anthology (2 CDs)
• 2014: Dreamin ': The Loleatta Holloway Anthology 1976–1982 (2 CDs, released July 7th)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)							Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US	R&B	Dance
1973	Mother of Shame Loleatta (1973)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B63 (4 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1973 Authors: Cleveland Yelder, Sam Dees
	Our Love Loleatta (1973)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B43 (8 weeks) R&B	-	First published: July 1973 B-side of Mother of Shame Authors: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy
1975	Cry to Me Cry to Me	-	-	-	-	US68 (6 weeks) US	R&B10 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First published: January 1975 Authors: David Camon, Sam Dees
	I Know Where You're Coming From Cry to Me	-	-	-	-	-	R&B69 (5 weeks) R&B	-	First published: June 1975 Author: Sam Dees
1976	Worn Out Broken Heart Loleatta (1976)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B25 (13 weeks) R&B	-	First published: October 1976 Authors: Sam Dees, Sandra Drayton
1977	Dreamin ' Loleatta (1976)	-	-	-	-	US72 (9 weeks) US	-	Dance3 (19 weeks) Dance	First published: November 1976 Authors: Allan Felder, Ron Tyson, Norman Harris
	Ripped Off Loleatta (1976)	-	-	-	-	-	-[Dance: ↑]		First published: November 1976 Authors: Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson
	Hit and Run Loleatta (1976)	-	-	-	-	-	R&B56 (7 weeks) R&B	Dance11 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: April 1977 Authors: Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson
	Run Away Magic Journey	-	-	-	-	-	R&B84 (6 weeks) R&B	-	First published: November 1977 The Salsoul Orchestra feat. Loleatta Holloway Authors: Janice Gugliuzza, Ronnie James, Vincent Montana, Jr.
1978	Queen of the Night Queen of the Night	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance9 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1978
	Only You Queen of the Night	-	-	-	-	US87 (5 weeks) US	R&B11 (15 weeks) R&B	-	First publication: August 1978 with Bunny Sigler Author: Bunny Sigler
	Catch Me on the Rebound Queen of the Night	-	-	-	-	-	R&B92 (4 weeks) R&B	-	First published: December 1978 Authors: Norman Harris, Ron Tyson
1979	That's What You Said Loleatta Holloway	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance30 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: September 1979 Authors: Bunny Sigler, Rick Wigginton
1980	Love Sensation Love Sensation	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance1 (21 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1980 Author: Dan Hartman
1982	Seconds Heat It Up	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance22 (11 weeks) Dance	First release: September 1982 The Salsoul Orchestra feat. Loleatta Holloway Mix: Shep Pettibone Authors: Ron Kersey, Sam Dees
1983	Love Sensation (new version)	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance45 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: November 1983
1984	Crash Goes Love	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance5 (13 weeks) Dance	First published: June 1984 Authors: Arthur Baker , Gavin Christopher
1991	Good Vibrations Music for the People	DE3 (19 weeks) DE	AT15 (12 weeks) AT	CH1 (15 weeks) CH	UK14 (7 weeks) UK	US1 (19 weeks) US	R&B64 (10 weeks) R&B	Dance10 (11 weeks) Dance	First release: July 1991 Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch feat. Loleatta Holloway Authors: Amir Shakir, Donnie Wahlberg , Mark Wahlberg with quotes from Holloway's hit Love Sensation , 1980
1992	Take Me Away U Got 2 Know	-	-	-	UK25 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First release: October 1991 Cappella feat. Loleatta Holloway Authors: Gianfranco Bortolotti, Lorenzo Carpella, Max Persona
	Strong Enough	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance35 (7 weeks) Dance	First published: July 1992 Authors: Alan Friedman, L. Heineman, Loleatta Holloway, François Kevorkian , Yvonne Turner
1993	Love Sensation '93 The Queens' Anthems	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance32 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: May 1993
1994	Stand up! The Queens' Anthems	-	-	-	UK68 (1 week) UK	-	-	-	First published: March 1994 Author: Jack Cayre
	The Queen's Anthem The Queens' Anthems	-	-	-	UK77 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: August 1994 Author: Jack Cayre
1995	Keep the Fire Burnin ' Keep the Fire Burnin'	-	-	-	UK49 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: March 1995 Dan Hartman starring Loleatta Holloway Author: Dan Hartman
1998	Shout to the top	-	-	-	UK23 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance1 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: March 1998 with Fire Island; Author: Paul Weller Original: The Style Council , 1984
1999	(You Got Me) Burning Up	-	-	-	UK14 (5 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance	First release: January 1999 Cevin Fisher feat. Loleatta Holloway Authors: Cevin Fisher, Dan Hartman with Saples from Holloway's hit Love Sensation , 1980
2000	Share My Joy Re-Birth 2	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance5 (13 weeks) Dance	First publication: March 2000 GTS feat. Loleatta Holloway Authors: Elis Miah, GTS
	Chocolate Sensation Rides on Time	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance9 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: May 2000 Authors: DJ Shorty, Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell, Lenny Fontana / Dan Hartman, Mirko Limoni, Valerio Semplici
	Dreamin '(Remix)	-	-	-	UK59 (2 weeks) UK	-	-	Dance1 (13 weeks) Dance	First release: October 2000 Remix: Ricky Birickyno, Spellband
2001	What Goes Around Comes Around 01	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance3 (12 weeks) Dance	First publication: March 2001 GTS feat. Loleatta Holloway Authors: GTS, Loleatta Holloway, Yvonne Turner
2003	Relight My Fire	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance5 (12 weeks) Dance	First release: April 2003 Martin feat. Loleatta Holloway Author and Original: Dan Hartman, 1979
	A better world	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance3 (16 weeks) Dance	First release: August 2003 AgeHa feat. Jocelyn Brown and Loleatta Holloway Authors: Josh Milan, Kevin Hedge, Satoshi Hidaka
2005	Stand Up (Remix)	-	-	-	-	-	-	Dance44 (7 weeks) Dance	First published: October 2004 Remixes: Audiowhores, Hott 22, Live Element
2006	Love Sensation '06	-	-	-	UK37 (3 weeks) UK	-	-	-	First published: May 2006 Remixes: Hi Tack , Doc Phatt , Dead Stereo, Lee Dagger, Marc JB

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More singles

• 1971: For Sentimental Reasons (release February 15th)
• 1971: Bring It on Up (release: June)
• 1974: Help Me My Lord
• 1975: Casanova
• 1976: We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together)
• 1977: Run Away ( Salsoul Orchestra feat.Loleatta Holloway; release: November)

swell

1. ^ Article on Billboard Online Whitney Houston's "I Look to You": First Listen
2. ^ Obituary of the New Musical Express, March 22, 2011 : Loleatta Holloway dies aged 64
3. ↑ Article, Daily Mail, March 22, 2011 Soul icon Loleatta Holloway dies from heart failure at age 64
4. ↑ Article, BBC, March 22, 2011 Disco singer Loleatta Holloway dies at 64
5. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: Singles UK1 UK2 UK3 US1 US2
6. ^ The Billboard Albums by Joel Whitburn , 6th Edition, Record Research 2006, ISBN 0-89820-166-7 .
7. ^ Joel Whitburn : Top R&B Albums 1965–1998, ISBN 0-89820-134-9 .
8. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot R&B Songs 1942–2010: 6th Edition, ISBN 978-0898201864 .
9. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7 .

Web links

• Loleatta Holloway on Allmusic (English)
• Loleatta Holloway at Discogs (English)
• Biography at Taurus Press