Synonymous with "disco diva," Loleatta Holloway was a gospel-trained powerhouse with a full-bodied vocal style -- and a knack for entertaining monologues -- who was also successful with her deeply impassioned ballads. The Chicago native's highest-placing solo single on the pop chart was, in fact, a ballad and the title song of her second album Cry to Me (1975). It was after that success that Holloway signed with Gold Mind, the Salsoul Records subsidiary run by producer Norman Harris, and was embraced by DJs and dancers with Loleatta (1977), featuring a club-tailored trio of "D...