No Frills Love

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"No Frills Love"
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Single by Jennifer Holliday
from the album Say You Love Me
Released1985
Genre Disco
Songwriter(s) (Arthur Baker, Gary Henry, Tina B)

No Frills Love is a 1985 dance single by Broadway star and Tony Award winner, Jennifer Holliday. The single was first a hit when it became Holliday's fourth Hot 100 entry. "No Frills Love" peaked at number eighty-seven on the pop chart, and at number twenty-nine on the soul singles chart. [1] Early in 1986, the single made it to number one on the dance charts, for one week. [2] A decade later a new mix of No Frills Love hit the top spot on the dance charts, for one week.

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 258.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 122.