Loleatta Holloway: more than a voice

The late dance diva not only embodied clubland's utopian ideals but amplified them, bequeathing a peerless musical legacyLoleatta Holloway, who has died aged 64, leaves behind a legacy as the finest diva in dance music history. The sheer power of the notes her lungs expelled turned mere singing into an emotional tempest, huffing and puffing until she blew the house down.Her most famous track is Love Sensation, whose vocal line and jazz-inflected pianos were sheared off and airlifted into Black B...

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