''Loleatta'' is the third

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recorded by

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singer Loleatta Holloway, released in 1977 on the

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label. Another Holloway album titled '' Loleatta'' was released in 1973.

History

The album features the singles "Worn Out Broke Heat", which peaked at #25 on the Hot Soul Singles chart, and " Dreamin'", which peaked at #72 on the

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. "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

Personnel

;Sigma Sound Studios * Earl Young – drums * Ron Baker – bass * Norman Harris,

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, Roland Chambers – guitars *

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, Cotton Kent, T.G. Conway – keyboards *Larry Washington, – congas *

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– 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

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1977 albums Loleatta Holloway albums Albums produced by Norman Harris Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Gold Mind Records albums