Loleatta (1977 album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Loleatta

| type = Studio

| artist = Loleatta Holloway

| cover = Loleatta 1977 album.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1977

| recorded = *Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Paragon, Chicago, Illinois

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B, disco

| length =

| label = Gold Mind

| producer = Norman Harris, Ron Kersey, Floyd Smith

| prev_title = Cry to Me

| prev_year = 1975

| next_title = Queen of the Night

| next_year = 1978

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 =Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=mw0000611474 | label=Loleatta review |first=Ed |last=Hogan |accessdate=2015-11-21}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: H|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=H&bk=70|accessdate=February 26, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

}}

Loleatta is the third studio album recorded by American singer Loleatta Holloway, released in 1977 on the Gold Mind label. Another Holloway album titled Loleatta was released in 1973.

History

The album features the singles "Worn Out Broke Heart", which peaked at #25 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and "Dreamin'", which peaked at #72 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Hit and Run" also charted at #56 on the Hot Soul Singles chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| title1 = Hit and Run

| writer1 = Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson

| length1 = 5:52

| title2 = Is It Just a Man's Way?

| writer2 = Floyd Smith

| length2 = 3:38

| title3 = We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together)

| writer3 = Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson

| length3 = 4:34

| title4 = Dreamin'

| writer4 = Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson

| length4 = 6:17

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| title5 = Ripped Off

| writer5 = Allan Felder, Norman Harris, Ron Tyson

| length5 = 4:49

| title6 = Worn Out Broken Heart

| writer6 = Sam Dees, Sandra Drayton

| length6 = 5:23

| title7 = That's How Heartaches Are Made

| writer7 = Ben Raleigh, Bob Halley

| length7 = 3:00

| title8 = What Now

| writer8 = Curtis Mayfield

| length8 = 6:11

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = 2013 remastered reissue bonus tracks

| title9 = Run Away

| note9 = with the Salsoul Orchestra

| length9 = 4:45

| title10 = Dreamin'

| note10 = 12" Disco Version

| length10 = 8:54

| title11 = Hit and Run

| note11 = 12" Disco Version

| length11 = 11:05

| title12 = We're Getting Stronger (The Longer We Stay Together)

| note12 = 12" Disco Version

| length12 = 7:20

| title13 = Worn Out Broken Heart

| note13 = Single Version

| length13 = 3:49

| title14 = Dreamin'

| note14 = Single Version

| length14 = 3:09

}}

Personnel

;Sigma Sound Studios

Earl Young – drums
Ron Baker – bass
Norman Harris, Bobby Eli, T.J. Tindall, Roland Chambers – guitars
Ron Kersey, Cotton Kent, T.G. Conway – keyboards
Larry Washington, – congas
Vincent Montana Jr. – vibes
Barbara Ingram, Evette Benton, Carla Benson – background vocals
Jack Faith – flute
Robert Hartzell, Rocco Bene – trumpets
Roger De Lillo, Fred Joiner, Richard Genovese, Robert Moore – trombones
Joe De Angelis, Milton Phibbs, Jeffery Kirschen – French horns
Don Renaldo, Rudolph Malizia, Richard Jones, Gov Hutchinson, Charles Apollonia, Americus Mungiole, Diane Barnett, Christine Reeves – violins
Davis Barnett, Anthony Sinagoga – violas
Romeo Di Stefano – cello

;Paragon Studios

Quentin Joseph – drums
Bernard Reed – bass
Bobby Eli, John Bishop – guitars
Tennyson Stephens – keyboards
Emanuel Willis, Henry Gibson – congas
Lionel Bordelon, Eddie Shedosky – trumpets
Gene Chausow, Bill Klinghoffer – French horns
Morris Ellis, Tillman Buggs – trombones
James Mack – flute
Ruth Goodman, Jerry Sabrensky, Joe Golan, Everett Mirsky, Sol Bobrov, Elliott Golub, Fred Spector – violins
Lee R. Lane, Roger Moulton, Harold Kupper – violas

Charts

;Singles

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
rowspan="2"\| Year ! rowspan="2"\| Single ! colspan="3"\| Peak chart positions
style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="40"\| US {{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/loleatta-holloway\|title=US Charts > Loleatta Holloway\|magazine=Billboard\|accessdate=29 January 2018}} ! width="40"\| US R&B ! width="40"\| US Dan
rowspan="1"\|1976 \| align="left"\| "Worn Out Broken Heart" \| — \| 25 \| —
rowspan="3"\|1977 \| align="left"\| "Dreamin'" \| 72 \| — \| rowspan="3"\| 3
align="left"\| "Hit and Run" \| — \| 56
align="left"\| "Ripped Off" \| — \| —

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="3"| Peak chart positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="40"| US
{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/loleatta-holloway|title=US Charts > Loleatta Holloway|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=29 January 2018}}

! width="40"| US
R&B

! width="40"| US
Dan

rowspan="1"|1976

| align="left"| "Worn Out Broken Heart"

| —

| 25

| —

rowspan="3"|1977

| align="left"| "Dreamin'"

| 72

| —

| rowspan="3"| 3