Name	Gut Records
Founded	1991
Country	United Kingdom
Location	Maida Vale, London, United Kingdom
Url	http://www.gutrecords.com

The Gut Group was an independent record label, based in Maida Vale in London, in the United Kingdom.

Formally introduced in 1991, Gut Records was founded by Guy Holmes, who had been Head of Promotions at Island Records. Under his expertise, the fledgling company quickly became one of the UK's leading independent record labels with multi-million selling albums and singles from artists like Tom Jones, Right Said Fred, Aswad, Jimmy Sommerville as well as, more recently, Uniting Nations and The Crazy Frog. The label released a diverse range of music from pop through to indie/rock and dance. The first single released, Right Said Fred's song, "I'm Too Sexy", become a massive worldwide hit, reaching Number One in twenty-eight countries, including the United States, where it spent three weeks at Number One. The band was hailed as “The world's latest and greatest pop phenomenon,” by Melody Maker magazine, and “The best pop group for years,” by The Face magazine. The single went on to sell seven million copies, and their debut album Up, became a worldwide phenomena, hitting Number One in the UK, it reached the Top Five in over twenty countries—selling in excess of four million copies worldwide. The group also earned the prestigious Ivor Novello Award for “Most Played Song” in 1992 and 1993.

The trio of labels continued to successfully release albums and singles worldwide, achieving millions of sales for artists including Sparks, Hello Young Lovers and Tears for Fears in the European Union. During August 2008, the company was sold to Phoenix Music.

Founder and Chairman of Gut Records, Guy Holmes was chosen as CEO of Two Seas Records, a newly born record label founded by the Prince of Bahrain, which was to release Michael Jackson's comeback album, a stage show and his autobiography.

Labels under the Gut Group

Contact Recordings

Gusto Records

Gut Vision

Tug Records

Former labels under the Gut Group

Bubblin' (for Aswad releases)

Hug Records (for Stan - Suntan only)

See also

List of record labels

External links

Official site

Gut Vision

Category:British independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 1991 Category:Pop record labels

Name	Loleatta Holloway
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Loleatta Holloway
Born	November 05, 1946
Origin	Chicago, Illinois United States
Genre	Soul, Disco, Dance
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1967–present
Label	Aware, Gold Mind, Salsoul Records
Associated acts	Albertina WalkerDan HartmanThe CaravansInner LifeSalsoul OrchestraJoe BataanBlack Box Dorothy Norwood
Url	Official Myspace Site

Loleatta Holloway (born November 5, 1946, Chicago, Illinois) is an American singer, mainly known for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation", both of which have been sampled extensively.

Biography

Early career

She began gospel singing with her mother in the Holloway Community Singers and has recorded with Albertina Walker in The Caravans gospel group. Holloway was also a cast member of the Chicago troupe of Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope. Around this time, she met her future producer, manager, and husband Floyd Smith, and recorded "Rainbow '71" in 1971, a Curtis Mayfield song Gene Chandler had recorded in 1963. It was initially released on the tiny Apache label, but shortly thereafter got picked up for national distribution by Galaxy Records.

1970s

In the early 70s, Holloway signed a recording contract with the Atlanta-based soul music label Aware, part of the General Recording Corporation (GRC), owned by Michael Thevis. Holloway recorded two albums for the label, both of them produced by Floyd Smith, Loleatta (1973) and Cry to Me (1975). Holloway later married Smith. Her first single from the second album, the ballad, "Cry To Me" rose to #10 Billboard R&B; and #68 on the Hot 100, but before the label could really establish Holloway, it went out of business.

Top Philadelphia arranger and producer, Norman Harris quickly signed Holloway in 1976 for his new label, Gold Mind, a subsidiary of New York's SalSoul Records. The first release from the album, "Loleatta" was another Sam Dees ballad, "Worn Out Broken Heart" which reached #25 R&B;, but the b-side, "Dreaming" climbed to #72 on the pop chart and launched her as a disco act. She contributed vocals to "Re-Light My Fire" for Dan Hartman, who then wrote and produced the title track of her fourth and final album for Gold Mind in 1980, "Love Sensation". She placed eighteen songs on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, including four #1s. However, it was a ballad that proved to be another big R&B; hit for her. "Only You" was written and produced by Bunny Sigler who also sang with Holloway on the track, and it reached #11 in 1978.

1980s to the present

In the early 1980s, she had another dance hit with "Crash Goes Love" (#5 on the U.S. Dance chart, #86 on the US R&B; Chart) before her vocals from "Love Sensation" were used in the UK #1 hit, "Ride On Time" by Black Box. Holloway, however, was uncredited for her vocals, and both Holloway and her attorneys successfully sued Black Box, leading to an undisclosed court settlement in Holloway's favor. In 1992 she also had a hit with dance band Cappella. There she appeared billed as Cappella featuring Lolleatta Holloway, on the single "Take Me Away" (UK #25). Holloway's fortunes dramatically improved, however, when she had her first US #1 hit when Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch featured her vocals in the chart topping "Good Vibrations" (1991). Holloway also performed with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch to promote the single, and she received full vocal credit and a share of the royalties.

More recent dance chart entries include "What Goes Around Comes Around" (GTS featuring Loleatta Holloway) in 2000, and "Relight My Fire" (credited to Martin featuring Loleatta Holloway), which hit #5 in 2003. While not a single, "Like a Prayer", a Madonna cover, was a track on the Madonna tribute album, Virgin Voices.

Her latest hit "Love Sensation '06" peaked at #22 in the Dutch Top 40, and reached #37 on the UK Singles Chart as well as #49 in Australia.

Today, Holloway resides in Chicago, and occasionally tours. Most recently she performed with Take That singing "Relight My Fire", for the band's 2009 "Take That Present: The Circus Live" tour.

Whitney Houston sampled Holloway's 1976 track, "We're Getting Stronger", for her hit single, "Million Dollar Bill", in 2009.

Albums

Loleatta (Aware 1973)

Cry To Me (Aware 1975)

Loleatta (Gold Mind 1976)

Queen Of The Night (Gold Mind 1978)

Loleatta Holloway (Gold Mind 1979)

Love Sensation (Gold Mind 1980)

Greatest Hits (Sony, 1996)

Loleatta Holloway: The Anthology (SalSoul, 2005)

Songs

"Cry To Me" (#10 R&B;, #68, US Billboard Hot 100)

"Worn Out Broken Heart" (#25 R&B;)

"Only You" with Bunny Sigler (#87 US, Billboard Hot 100, #11 US R&B;)

"Dreamin'" (US #72), (US Dance #3)(1977)

"Love Sensation" (#1 US Dance, #5 UK) (1980)

"Vertigo / Relight My Fire" (with Dan Hartman)

"Hit and Run" (#3 US Dance), (#56 US R&B;)(1977)

"Catch Me on the Rebound" (#16 US Dance)

"Crash Goes Love" (#5 US Dance), (#86 US R&B;)(1984)

"Runaway" by The Salsoul Orchestra

"All About The Paper"

"The Greatest Performance of My Life"

"Catch Me On The Rebound"

"Seconds"

"I May Not Be There When You Want Me (But I'm Right On Time)

"Shout It To To The Top", Fire Island feat Lolleata Holoway

Black Box - "Ride On Time" (#1 UK; contains vocal samples from "Love Sensation" - Holloway's vocals are also the only vocals on the track; also Britain's best selling single of 1989)

Gotta Be #1 (#2, US Dance)

Marky Mark (aka Mark Wahlberg) & The Funky Bunch - "Good Vibrations" (#1 US, #14 UK; prominently features Holloway's vocals/sampling from "Love Sensation." This was Holloway's only US #1 on the Billboard Hot 100)(1991)

"Dreamin'" (remix) (#1, US Dance)(2000)

"What Goes Around Comes Around" GTS featuring Loleatta Holloway

"Don't Leave Me This Way - 2007" (2007 Deep Influence Mix)

"A Better World" by AgeHa feat "Loleatta Holloway" & "Jocelyn Brown

"I-N-S-I-D-E" by CJ TOBA feat "Loleatta Holloway" (2009 DJ Remix of "Dreamin" who reached success in DJ/ Club Charts)

See also

List of number-one hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)

List of number-one dance hits (United States)

List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart

References

External links

Love Sensation 06 remix video

Official Myspace Site

Loleatta Holloway interview on Disco-Disco.com

Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:African American musicians Category:American female singers Category:American dance musicians Category:American house musicians