''Love Sensation'' is the sixth and final studio album recorded by

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singer

Loleatta Holloway Loleatta Holloway (, ; November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011) was an American singer known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation". In December 2016, ''Billboard'' named her the 95th most successful dance artist of all time. Acco ...

, released in 1980 on the

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label.

History

The album features the

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, which peaked at #1 on the

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chart. The second single release, a cover of

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's "

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", failed to chart. The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2013 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Personnel

*Keith Benson, Brian Brake, Roger Hawkins,

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the '' Modern ...

– drums *Jimmy Williams, Dan Hartman, Anthony Willis, Gordon Edwards – bass * Norman Harris,

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, Phil Houghton,

Bobby Womack Robert Dwayne Womack (; March 4, 1944 – June 27, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. Starting in the early 1950s as the lead singer of his family musical group the Valentinos and as Sam Cooke's backing gui ...

Eric Gale Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. ''Early life and career'' Born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, Gale grew up in a diverse household. His paternal grandfather was from Yorksh ...

– guitars *Cotton Kent, Eugene Curry, Dan Hartman,

Patrick Moten Patrick Lawrence Moten (March 17, 1957 – November 22, 1999) was an American musician, songwriter, producer, and arranger. He primarily performed on piano and organ. Moten was best known as the musical director for Bobby Womack and Gerald A ...

Richard Tee Richard Edward Tee (born Richard Edward Ten Ryk; November 24, 1943 – July 21, 1993) was an American pianist, studio musician, singer and arranger, who had several hundred studio credits and played on such notable hits as "In Your Eyes", " Sl ...

– keyboards *Dan Hartman – percussion *Larry Washington, David Cruse,

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– congas *

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– timbales *

Barbara Ingram Barbara Jane Ingram (February 9, 1947 – October 20, 1994) was an American R&B singer and songwriter who was active throughout the early 1970s until the mid-late 1980s, enjoying modest success as a backup singer for almost two decades. ...

, Evette Benton, Carla Benson, Dan Hartman, Blanche Napoleon, Bobby Womack, The Waters, Patrick Moten, Madeline Strickland – background vocals *Don Renaldo and His Strings and Horns, Patrick Moten and His Strings and Horns – strings *Muscle Shoals Horns – horns

Charts

;Singles

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1980 albums Loleatta Holloway albums Albums produced by Dan Hartman Albums produced by Norman Harris Albums produced by Bobby Womack Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Gold Mind Records albums