'Eloise Laws'
Tony Dellar is raving about Eloise Laws and in particular her extremely soulful cut, You've Got Me Loving You Again.
He kindly sent the album sleeve and a music file. Click the picture to play the track and read Tony's hymn of praise to this soulstress.
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| Released 1977
on Invictus and produced by Brian Holland,
this album is available through Amazon and Ebay |
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Eloise Laws is well known in Northern Soul circles for her evergreen track Love Factory which has quite rightly been acclaimed a northern soul classic. Her songbook, whilst not huge does contain some gems. You've Got Me Loving You Again, is just fabulous, and I reckon it's just ripe for rejuvenation on today's rare soul scene. |
| I have an eternal weakness for soulful female vocals and this top notch beauty is up there with the best of them. With the song writing genius of Holland, Dozier and Holland, together with the superb arrangement by the one and only Gene Page, this record was a regular on my play list back in the seventies. We were playing it as a new release at The Howard Mallett in 1977. |
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'an absolute gem' The track open’s with a real zesty infectious orchestral burst and Eloise coming in right on cue to deliver the goods in her own uniquely classic soulful style. Just take in some of the soul embracing lyric’s – “Ah you, you got me loving you again, got me high on you again, got me feeling you again, hung up, strung out, torn up crazy ‘bout you baby” this little lady brings it home in true meaningful soulful fashion, an absolute gem of what dancing to real soul records is all about. |
| Born in Houston, Texas in 1949 Eloise Laws comes from a musical family. Her brothers, Hubert playing the flute, and Ronnie the saxaphone. Her sister Debra was also a singer. Strangely, despite her work with Holland Dozier and Holland, she remains the least famous of the family, and has never had a hit record. She had a short spell singing with The 5th Dimension. That didn't work out, and she quit the group after just three weeks, and the day after appearing on the Johnny Carson show. She went on to record duettes with Harry Belafonte and is quoted to have said "Star?, I don't wanna be a star - a star falls" |
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In concluding my tribute chapter regarding one of the true soul Diva’s, I leave you with these words from her producer Mr. Brian Holland (taken from the sleeve of the album from which the track was taken) "Eloise Law’s is one of the most spiritual of person’s I know. Her karma abounds with a joy that touches everyone she meets and brings forth good feelings. A collage of humanity is baptized in the fire of her spirit. It is the same fire, raw spirit that she bought to the recording sessions. The results are what you hear on the performances. She is destined to be a major force in the music universe ……….l’m feeling good right now to have been at the helm of this production." BRIAN HOLLAND |
Tony Dellar is a long time soul fan and popular DJ on the northern soul circuit. Checkout his profile page