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Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)

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Released
  
September, 1976

Genre
  
R&B

Label
  
A&M

Format
  
7" single

Length
  
4:35

B-side
  
"Let the Music Keep Playing"

"Love Ballad" is a hit song for R&B/Funk band L.T.D.. Released from their album Love to the World, it spent two weeks at number one on the R&B singles chart in November 1976, and peaked at number twenty on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Cover versions

  • George Benson released an up-tempo cover version in 1979. It peaked at number three on the R&B charts and number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100.
  • Tanya Blount did a well-received cover of the song on her debut album in 1993.
  • K-Ci & JoJo covered this song on their 1997 album Love Always.
  • The Temptations covered the song on their 2007 album Back to Front.
  • Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore covered this song on their 2006 album Uncovered. As did Patti Labelle on her 2005 album of covers, Classic Moments.
  • J Dilla sampled this song for De La Soul in 2004 on their LP The Grind Date.
  • R&B singer Ciara sampled the song on her 2004 debut album Goodies.
  • Drum and Bass producer Netsky sampled the song on his single "Love Has Gone" from his second album 2 released in 2012.
  • Covered by Jeffrey Osborne and is on his 2001 LOVE SONGS compilation album.

    • References

    Love Ballad (L.T.D. song) Wikipedia
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