In December 2016, Billboard named her the 95th most successful dance artist of all time. The lead single on Loleatta Holloway’s 1978 album Queen of the Night, Catch Me on the Rebound, featured a Norman Harris production, a 12-inch mix by Walter Gibbons and lyrics that displayed emotional strength in the face of adversity. Loleatta Holloway (lo-LEE-t Novem March 21, 2011) was an American singer, mainly known for disco songs such as 'Hit and Run' and 'Love Sensation'. Curtis Mayfield also contributes the magnificent "Just Be True" track and Jo Armstead (Ray Charles, Syl Johnson, Tina Turner) wrote the beautiful "Casanova" song. How Loleatta Holloway Became Disco’s Most Sampled Artist. Track 22: Originally unissued 1973 Aware recording. Track 21: Originally unissued 1973 Aware recording. Sam Dees (Gladys Knight, Bo Diddley, Aretha Franklin) wrote five of the tracks on the album and his arrangements provide the perfect backdrop for Loleatta’s emotive, dramatic and powerful vocals. Loleatta Holloway's first two albums (with bonus tracks), which made her name for many soul fans. Cry To Me was produced by Floyd Smith and it features tracks penned by some of the most talented songwriters of the time. Her second album ( Cry to Me from 1975), is a total classic both the album (and the title track) peaked in the R&B and Billboard Hot Soul Singles charts. Loleatta Holloway (Novem March 21, 2011) was an American singer, mainly known for disco songs such as 'Hit and Run' and 'Love Sensation', both of which have been sampled extensively.She began gospel singing with her mother in the Holloway Community Singers and she has also recorded with Albertina Walker in The Caravans gospel group. From then on (and until this day) Holloway’s songs (which became DJ favorites) were heavily remixed and sampled on a multitude of tracks from renowned acts such as Whitney Houston, Bobby Byrd, Raekwon, Flo Rida, Pitbull, Ice Cube, and many others. Later, in the mid '70s she signed with top Philadelphia arranger and producer Norman Harris’ Gold Mind/Salsoul Records, where she recorded many more top charting hit singles and launched her career as a disco act. Shortly after Holloway signed with the Atlanta-based soul music label Aware where she recorded two albums: Loleatta (1973) and Cry to Me (1975). According to the Associated Press, Halloway died of heart failure at a suburban Chicago. Holloway first began her career singing gospel music, then in the early '70s, she met her future producer, manager (and husband) Floyd Smith which kick-started her impressive recording career. 64-year-old singer Loleatta Holloway has died after slipping into a coma late Monday evening (Mar.
Billboard magazine ranked her as one of most successful dance artists of all-time. Loleatta Holloway (born in Chicago, 1946) was an American R&B-Disco singer known for her massive hit songs like “Hit and Run,” “Love Sensation,” and “Relight My Fire,” all of which have been sampled extensively worldwide.