Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)

"Love Ballad"
"Love Ballad"
Single by George Benson
from the album Livin' Inside Your Love
B-side	"You're Never Too Far From Me"
Released	February 1979
Genre	R&B
Label	Warner
Songwriter(s)	Skip Scarborough
George Benson singles chronology

"Love Ballad"
"Love Ballad"
Single by L.T.D.
from the album Love To The World
B-side	"Let the Music Keep Playing"
Released	September 1976
Genre	R&B
Length	4:35
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Skip Scarborough
Producer(s)	Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell
L.T.D. singles chronology

"Love Ballad" is a song by R&B/Funk band L.T.D.. Jeffrey Osborne is the lead singer.

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.^[1]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1976)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	20
US Billboard R&B	1
US Cash Box Top 100	22

George Benson version[]

George Benson released an up-tempo rendition of "Love Ballad" in 1979. It peaked at number three on the R&B charts and number eighteen on the Billboard Hot 100.^[3] It also reached number 12 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Benson's cover is the most successful version of the song.

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
UK (OCC)	29
US Billboard Hot 100^[2]	18
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[4]	12
US Billboard R&B	3
US Cash Box Top 100^[5]	14

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Rank
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[6]	126

Later versions[]

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.
Covered by Jeffrey Osborne and is on his 2001 Love Songs compilation album, as did with Osborne's then-drummer and frontman L.T.D.'s first Greatest Hits album in 1996.
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.
Patti Labelle covered the song on her 2005 album of covers, Classic Moments.
Kenny Lattimore and Chanté Moore covered the song on their 2006 album Uncovered.
The Temptations covered "Love Ballad" on their 2007 album Back to Front.
Drum and Bass producer Netsky sampled the song on his single "Love Has Gone" from his second album 2 released in 2012.
George Duke made a version of the song 1989 on his album Night After Night.

References[]

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 364.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 53.
^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 28.
^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 7, 1979^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
Song Review on the Allmusic website

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[1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 364.

[autogenerated1955-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 53.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 28.

[5] Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 7, 1979^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.

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show v t L.T.D.
Studio albums	Love, Togetherness & Devotion (1974) Gittin' Down (1975) Love to the World (1976) Something to Love (1977) Togetherness (1978) Devotion (1979) Shine On (1980)
Singles	"Love Ballad" (1976) "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" (1977) "Holding On (When Love Is Gone)" (1978)

show v t George Benson
Discography
Studio albums	The New Boss Guitar of George Benson It's Uptown The George Benson Cookbook Giblet Gravy Shape of Things to Come Goodies Tell It Like It Is The Other Side of Abbey Road Beyond the Blue Horizon White Rabbit Body Talk Bad Benson Good King Bad Benson & Farrell Breezin' In Flight Livin' Inside Your Love Give Me the Night In Your Eyes Pacific Fire I Got a Woman and Some Blues 20/20 While the City Sleeps... Collaboration Twice the Love Big Boss Band That's Right Standing Together Absolute Benson Irreplaceable Givin' It Up Songs and Stories Guitar Man Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole
Live albums	In Concert-Carnegie Hall Weekend in L.A.
Compilations	Space The George Benson Collection The Greatest Hits of All The Very Best of George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All The Essential George Benson
Singles	"This Masquerade" (1976) "Breezin'" (1976) "The Greatest Love of All" (1977) "On Broadway" (1978) "Love Ballad" (1979) "Give Me the Night" (1980) "Love X Love" (1980) "What's on Your Mind" (1980) "Never Give Up on a Good Thing" (1981) "Turn Your Love Around" (1981) "Inside Love (So Personal)" (1983) "Lady Love Me (One More Time)" (1983) "Feel Like Makin' Love" (1983) "In Your Eyes" (1983) "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (1985) "Shiver" (1986) "Teaser" (1986) "Let's Do It Again" (1988)