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Topic History of: RIP Loleatta Holloway Max. showing the last 5 posts - (Last post first)
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Michael
JK2006 wrote: But I have to say, whilst they should have got permission and I'm sure it would have been granted, those producers made a global smash out of something that wasn't.
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Chris Retro
A more recently heavily "sampled" Loleatta Holloway track
JK2006
But I have to say, whilst they should have got permission and I'm sure it would have been granted, those producers made a global smash out of something that wasn't.
Michael
One of the most famous cases of unauthorised sampling, which also robbed her of her face.
This period was marked by - let's face it - a lot of pasty House producers trying to give their music more soul by hiring black session singers or, in this case, not even hiring her. She did win the subsequent lawsuit, however.