Stanley Holloway

  Legendary dance music diva Loleatta Holloway has passed at the age of 64. Holloway’s death was confirmed Monday by her manager Ron Richardson to Spinning Soul . Top Philadelphia arranger and producer Norman Harris quickly signed her in 1976 for his new label, Gold Mind. The first release from the album Loleatta was another Sam Dees ballad, Worn-Out Broken Heart, which reached No. 25 R&B, but the B-side, Dreaming, climbed to No. 72 on the pop chart and launched her as a disco act...Read Full Story

In the disco music galaxy filled with superstars like Donna Summer , Diana Ross and Evelyn "Champagne" King , it wasn't easy for female singers who weren't part of that musical royalty to make their mark. But Loleatta Holloway did. Her booming vocals featured on the infectious 1980's hit " Love Sensation " kept the dance floors packed and showed off a voice trained in a gospel church from an early age. Unfortunately, Holloway, 64, died this week after falling in to a coma. Share...Read Full Story

*Soul singer Loleatta Holloway, whose voice powered the hook on Marky Mark’s “Good Vibrations,” died on Monday (March 21) following a brief illness due to heart failure, according to her manager, Ron Richardson. She was 64. Holloway began singing in a gospel group in her native Chicago, Illinois in the 1960s before signing a recording deal in the early 1970s, which jump-started her career in the spotlight. She went on to marry producer Floyd Smith and enjoy a number of hits including...Read Full Story

Wilson Holloway 22, , a University of Tulsa football player and former  high-school teammate of NBA player for the Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin , died from Hodgkin’s lymphoma Wednesday, ESPN reports. Holloway has been battling the disease since 2008. Blake Griffin was coming off a solid win, heading into his first All-Star Weekend, but all he could do was sob.  After Wednesday night’s Clippers win over the Timberwolves in Minneapolis, Griffin had his head in his hands in the...Read Full Story

Wilson Holloway’s Death From Hodgkins Causes Clippers’ Blake Griffin to Break Down Former Tulsa football player Wilson Holloway died Wednesday at age 22, losing his 2-year long battle with Hodgkins lymphoma.  The news of Holloways death comes as a tremendous loss to those who knew him, ranging from his coaches at Tulsa to Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin.  Griffin and Holloway were high school teammates at Oklahoma Christian High School, and the pair had a strong connection to...Read Full Story