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Loleatta Holloway

ロリータ・ハラウェイ　/　ろりーた・はらうぇい

American singer

November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011　・　Chicago, Illinois, United States

Illinois
singer

My Take

Loleatta Holloway is one of the great unsung engines of dance music, and that quietly frustrates me. The voice on Love Sensation and Hit and Run is pure gospel-trained power, yet most people who have danced to it never knew her name, because her vocals got sampled into other people's hits, most famously Black Box's Ride on Time in 1989. The Independent calling her the most sampled female singer in popular music says it all: her sound is everywhere even when the credit was not. Billboard ranking her 95th among dance artists feels low to me given how much of the genre she invisibly powers.

Overview

Loleatta Holloway (, lo-LEE-tə; November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011) was an American singer known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation". Billboard ranked her the 95th most successful dance artist of all time. According to The Independent, she is the most sampled female singer in popular music; her vocals appear in house and dance tracks including the 1989 Black Box single "Ride on Time".

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Loleatta Holloway
Name (Japanese): ロリータ・ハラウェイ
Reading: ろりーた・はらうぇい
Born: November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Scorpio / Dog
Origin: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer

2. Background

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3. Relationships

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4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4

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