RIP Loleatta Holloway

[alexd]

Her vocals made disco and later, house, beautiful. RIP.

 

[le bricoleur]

rest in peace my disco diva.

 

[rawd]

Rip.

 

[derek]

she will be missed. rip.

 

[Bernnie Federko]

original over and out

thanks for the memories

 

[oeretS]

not to mention being a great original, the Love Sensation vocal had to be one of the best samples ever.

Mark Wahlberg owes his career to this woman

 

[kyfe]

RIP so many tracks with her vocal prowess,

 

[erika]

Great set of pipes!

 

[oeretS]

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[The Truth]

Mark Wahlberg owes his career to this woman

So do Black Box
[YOUTUBE]4lOb799cTxM[/YOUTUBE]

 

[NemIsis]

Rip

 

[faunty]

In honour of the most sampled woman in house music i'd like to start a tab. Please contribute.

 

[faunty]

 

[oeretS]

neat, that crazy siren effect in the Kill Bill flicks is from that Cloud 9 tune

 

[*SiLver*RoBoT*]

So sad, she was a staple in every disco and houser's club night!

*over*and*out*

*SiLver*RoBoT*

 

[T_Dot_House]

Oh man, I'm so sad about this. RIP.. I loved her vocals!
Chocolate Sensations is one of my all time fav tracks...

 

[ScottBentley]

Gilles Peterson Tribute To Loleatta Holloway 23 March 2011

A short tribute to the late great Loleatta Holloway who sadly passed away this week aged 64. The tribute features three of her greatest tracks as well as warm words from Louie Vega and Norman Jay MBE, paying their respects to the disco legend.

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