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{{Short description|Female vocal trio}}
{{About|the female vocal trio}}
{{About|the female vocal trio}}
{{For|the Red Hot Chili Peppers album|Unlimited Love}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name = Love Unlimited
| name = Love Unlimited
| image =
| image = Love Unlimited.jpeg
| caption =
| caption = Love Unlimited, {{circa|1972}}
| background = group_or_band
| background = group_or_band
| origin = [[San Pedro, California]]<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/love-unlimited-mn0000249908/biography|title=Love Unlimited - Biography & History - AllMusic|website=AllMusic|accessdate=23 August 2018}}</ref>
| origin =
| genre = [[Soul music|Soul]], [[disco]]
| genre = [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[funk]]
| years_active = 1969–1981<ref name='"Split 81"'>{{cite magazine|title=Love Unlimited Split for Separate Careers |date=April 9, 1981 |volume=60 |issue=4 |page=61 |publisher=Johnson Publishing Company |issn=0021-5996|magazine=[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]}}</ref>
| years_active = 1969–1985
| label =
| label = [[Uni Records|UNI]], [[20th Century Fox Records|20th Century Fox]]
| past_members = Glodean James<br/>Linda James<br/>Diane Taylor
| past_members = [[Glodean White|Glodean James]]<br/>Linda James<br/>Diane Taylor
| current_members =
| current_members =
}}
}}


'''Love Unlimited''' was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for [[United States|American]] [[rhythm and blues|R&B]]/[[soul music|soul]] singer [[Barry White]] on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings. Formed in 1969, the group included Barry White’s future wife, [[Glodean White|Glodean James]], her sister, Linda James, and their cousin Diane Taylor. The group disbanded in 1985, with the death of Diane Taylor.
'''Love Unlimited''' was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for [[United States|American]] singer-songwriter [[Barry White]] on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings.


==Career==
Their first [[hit record|hit]] was "[[Walking in the Rain with the One I Love]]" in 1972. It peaked at #14 on the [[Billboard Hot 100]] and #6 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Best Selling Soul Singles Chart]]. It was also successful in the [[United Kingdom]], peaking at #14 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a [[music recording sales certification|gold disc]] by the [[R.I.A.A.]] in July 1972.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book
Formed in 1969, the group included Barry White's future wife, [[Glodean White|Glodean James]]; her sister, Linda James; and their cousin Diane Taylor.<ref name="Soul1">{{cite web |title=Love Unlimited Page |url=http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Love%20Unlimited.html |website=Soulwalking.co.uk |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>
| first= Joseph
| last= Murrells
| year= 1978
| title= The Book of Golden Discs
| edition= 2nd
| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd
| location= London
| page= 315
| isbn= 0-214-20512-6}}</ref> In 1975, they had their first and only #1 song, "[[I Belong to You (Love Unlimited Song)|I Belong To You]]", which spent a week at the top of the Best Selling Soul Singles Chart. It also peaked at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100. In 1973, when their album entitled "Under the Influence of Love Unlimited" peaked at #3 on Billboard's prestigious Pop Album Chart, Love Unlimited became the first female group to have an album "Hit" the Top Five in U.S. album sales since "Diana Ross and the Supremes Greatest Hits Vol. 3" did so in 1970. ==Discography==


Their first [[Hit record|hit]] was "[[Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love]]" in 1972. It peaked at number 14 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], number 7 on the ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100, and 6 on the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|Best Selling Soul Singles Chart]].<ref name="us"/> It was also successful in the [[United Kingdom]], peaking at number 14 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref name="uk"/> It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a [[List of music recording certifications|gold disc]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in July 1972.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/315 315]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/315}}</ref>
==Albums==

In 1973, when their album titled ''[[Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited]]'' peaked at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart,<ref name="us"/> Love Unlimited became the first female group to have an album reach the top five since ''[[Greatest Hits Vol. 3 (The Supremes album)|Greatest Hits Vol. 3]]'' from [[Diana Ross and the Supremes]] in 1970. The album featured the single "[[It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)]]" a song originally written by Barry White and [[Paul Politi]] for [[Felice Taylor]] in 1966. It would peak at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1975.<ref name="uk"/>

In 1975, they had their first and only number one hit, "[[I Belong to You (Love Unlimited song)|I Belong to You]]", which spent a week at the top of the Best Selling Soul Singles Chart. It also peaked at number 27 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.<ref name="us"/> The song was featured on their third album ''[[In Heat (Love Unlimited album)|In Heat]]'' which also included a vocal version of "[[Love's Theme]]".<ref name="AllMusic"/>

In 1977, they were moved to White's own record label Unlimited Gold, recording two further albums ''[[He's All I've Got]]'' and ''[[Love Is Back]]'' (1979).<ref name="AllMusic"/> The trio disbanded in 1981 after members sought separate careers.<ref name='"Split 81"'/> Diane Taylor died of cancer in 1985.<ref name="Soul1"/>

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="2"| Chart Positions<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com| url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?keyword=love+unlimited&x=8&y=9&exposeNavigation=true&applicationName=bbcom&matchType=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&rangePropertyName=FORMATTED_DATE&rangeFilterType=BTWN|title=Love Unlimited Chart History|publisher=billboard.com|accessdate=2009-01-13}}</ref>
! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
! rowspan="2"| U.S. Certifications<ref name="riaa">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS|title=Love Unlimited certifications|publisher=riaa.com|accessdate=2009-01-13}}</ref>
! rowspan="2"| Record label
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="35"| [[Billboard 200|US]]<br><ref name="us">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/love-unlimited-mn0000249908|title=US Charts > Love Unlimited|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|accessdate=2016-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151215131020/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/love-unlimited-mn0000249908/awards|archive-date=December 15, 2015}}</ref>
! width="60"| [[Billboard 200|U.S.]]
! width="60"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|U.S. R&B]]
! width="35"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US R&B]]<br><ref name="us"/>
! width="35"| [[Kent Music Report|AUS]]<br><ref name="kent">{{cite book|title=Australian Charts Book 1970—1992|author=David Kent|isbn=0-646-11917-6|year=1993|publisher=Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W.}}</ref>
|-
! width="35"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref name="can">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/list.aspx?OCRText=Love+Unlimited&|title=CAN Charts > Love Unlimited|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>
! width="35"| [[Dutch Album Top 100|NL]]<br><ref name="nl">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Love+Unlimited|title=NL Charts > Love Unlimited|publisher=[[Dutch Charts]]|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>
|-2
| 1972
| 1972
| align="left"| ''[[Love Unlimited (album)|From A Girl's Point of View We Give to You... Love Unlimited]]''
| align="left"| ''[[Love Unlimited (Love Unlimited album)|From a Girl's Point of View We Give to You... Love Unlimited]]''
| 151
| 151
| 19
| 19
| &mdash;
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|
| rowspan="1"| [[Uni Records|UNI]]
|-
|-
| 1973
| 1973
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| 3
| 3
| 3
| 3
| Gold
| 18
| 1
| —
| align="left"|
* [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]: Gold<ref name="riaa">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Love+Unlimited#search_section|title=US Certifications > Love Unlimited|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|accessdate=June 12, 2020}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[20th Century Fox Records|20th Century]]
|-
|-
| 1974
| 1974
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| 85
| 85
| 15
| 15
| &mdash;
| —
| 81
| —
| align="left"|
|-
|-
| 1977
| 1977
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| 192
| 192
| 51
| 51
| &mdash;
| —
| —
| —
| align="left"|
| rowspan="2"| Unlimited Gold
|-
|-
| 1979
| 1979
| align="left"| ''[[Love Is Back]]''
| align="left"| ''[[Love Is Back]]''
| &mdash;
| —
| 70
| 70
| &mdash;
| —
| —
|-
| 1997
| 12
| align="left"| ''The Best of Love Unlimited''
| align="left"|
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
| &mdash;
|-
| align="center" colspan="7"| <small>"&mdash;" denotes the album failed to chart, was not released, or was not certified</small>
|-
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
|}


==Singles==
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|-
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! rowspan="2"| Title
! colspan="5"| Peak chart positions
! colspan="4"| Chart Positions<ref name="billboard"/><ref name="chartstats">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com| url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=2446|title=Love Unlimited UK Chart History|publisher=chartstats.com|accessdate=2009-01-13}}</ref>
! rowspan="2"| [[Music recording sales certification|Certifications]]
! rowspan="2"| Album
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="60"| [[Billboard Hot 100|U.S.<br>Hot 100]]
! width="35"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="us"/>
! width="60"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|U.S.<br>R&B]]
! width="35"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref name="us"/>
! width="60"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]
! width="35"| [[RPM (magazine)|CAN]]<br><ref name="can"/>
! width="35"| [[Dutch Single Top 100|NL]]<br><ref name="nl"/>
! width="35"| [[UK Singles Chart|UK]]<br><ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14612/love-unlimited/|title=UK Charts > Love Unlimited|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|accessdate=2016-02-19}}</ref>
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1972
| rowspan="3"| 1972
| align="left"| "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love"
| align="left"| "[[Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love]]"
| 14
| 14
| 6
| 6
| 40
| 12
| 14
| 14
|
* RIAA: Gold<ref name="riaa"/>
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''From a Girl's Point of View We Give to You... Love Unlimited''
|-
| align="left"| "Is It Really True Boy - Is It Really Me"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| align="left"| "Are You Sure"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1973
| align="left"| "Fragile - Handle with Care"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1973
| align="left"| "Oh Love, Well We Finally Made It"
| align="left"| "Oh Love, Well We Finally Made It"
| &mdash;
| —
| 70
| 70
| &mdash;
| —
| —
| —
|
| align="left" rowspan="4"| ''Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited''
|-
| align="left"| "Yes, We Finally Made It"
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
|-
| align="left"| "It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)"
| align="left"| "[[It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)]]"
| 83
| 83
| 35
| 35
| —
| —
| 11
| 11
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1974
| rowspan="3"| 1974
| align="left"|"Under the Influence of Love"
| align="left"|"[[Under the Influence of Love]]"
| 76
| 76
| 70
| 70
| &mdash;
| 78
| —
| —
|
|-
|-
| align="left"| "People of Tomorrow Are the Children of Today"
| rowspan="1"| 1974
| —
| align="left"| "[[I Belong to You (Love Unlimited Song)|I Belong To You]]"
| —
| —
| —
| —
|
| align="left" rowspan="1"| ''Together Brothers''
|-
| align="left"| "[[I Belong to You (Love Unlimited song)|I Belong to You]]"
| 27
| 27
| 1
| 1
| &mdash;
| 37
| —
| —
|
| align="left" rowspan="2"| ''In Heat''
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1975
| 1975
| align="left"| "Share a Little Love in Your Heart"
| align="left"| "Share a Little Love in Your Heart"
| &mdash;
| —
| 21
| 21
| &mdash;
| —
| —
| —
|
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1977
| 1977
| align="left"| "I Did It for Love"
| align="left"| "I Did It for Love"
| &mdash;
| —
| 66
| 66
| &mdash;
| —
| —
| —
|
| align="left" rowspan="1"| ''He's All I've Got''
|-
|-
| rowspan="1"| 1979
| 1979
| align="left"| "High Steppin', Hip Dressin' Fella (You Got It Together)"
| align="left"| "High Steppin', Hip Dressin' Fella (You Got It Together)"
| &mdash;
| —
| 45
| 45
| &mdash;
| —
| —
| —
|
| align="left" rowspan="3"| ''Love Is Back''
|-
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1980
| rowspan="2"| 1980
| align="left"| "[[I'm So Glad That I'm a Woman]]"
| —
| 96
| —
| 2
| —
|
|-
| align="left"| "If You Want Me, Say It"
| align="left"| "If You Want Me, Say It"
| &mdash;
| —
| 71
| 71
| &mdash;
| —
| —
|-
| —
| align="left"| "I'm So Glad That I'm a Woman"
|
| &mdash;
| 96
| &mdash;
|-
| align="center" colspan="7"| <small>"&mdash;" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released</small>
|-
|-
| colspan="15" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
|}
|}


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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 17 March 2024

This article is about the female vocal trio. For other uses, see Love Unlimited (disambiguation).
For the Red Hot Chili Peppers album, see Unlimited Love.

Love Unlimited
Love Unlimited, c. 1972
Love Unlimited, c. 1972
Background information
OriginSan Pedro, California[1]
GenresR&B, soul, funk
Years active1969–1981[2]
LabelsUNI, 20th Century Fox
Past membersGlodean James
Linda James
Diane Taylor

Love Unlimited was a female vocal trio that provided backing vocals for American singer-songwriter Barry White on his albums and concert tours. They also found success with their own recordings.

Career

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Formed in 1969, the group included Barry White's future wife, Glodean James; her sister, Linda James; and their cousin Diane Taylor.[3]

Their first hit was "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" in 1972. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 7 on the Cash Box Top 100, and 6 on the Best Selling Soul Singles Chart.[4] It was also successful in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 14 on the UK Singles Chart.[5] It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in July 1972.[6]

In 1973, when their album titled Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart,[4] Love Unlimited became the first female group to have an album reach the top five since Greatest Hits Vol. 3 from Diana Ross and the Supremes in 1970. The album featured the single "It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)" a song originally written by Barry White and Paul Politi for Felice Taylor in 1966. It would peak at number 11 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1975.[5]

In 1975, they had their first and only number one hit, "I Belong to You", which spent a week at the top of the Best Selling Soul Singles Chart. It also peaked at number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] The song was featured on their third album In Heat which also included a vocal version of "Love's Theme".[1]

In 1977, they were moved to White's own record label Unlimited Gold, recording two further albums He's All I've Got and Love Is Back (1979).[1] The trio disbanded in 1981 after members sought separate careers.[2] Diane Taylor died of cancer in 1985.[3]

Discography

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Albums

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Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Record label
US
[4] 		US R&B
[4] 		AUS
[7] 		CAN
[8] 		NL
[9]
1972 From a Girl's Point of View We Give to You... Love Unlimited 151 19 — — — UNI
1973 Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited 3 3 18 1 — 20th Century
1974 In Heat 85 15 — 81 —
1977 He's All I've Got 192 51 — — — Unlimited Gold
1979 Love Is Back — 70 — — 12
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

[edit]
Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[4] 		US
R&B
[4] 		CAN
[8] 		NL
[9] 		UK
[5]
1972 "Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love" 14 6 40 12 14 From a Girl's Point of View We Give to You... Love Unlimited
"Is It Really True Boy - Is It Really Me" — — — — —
"Are You Sure" — — — — —
1973 "Fragile - Handle with Care" — — — — —
"Oh Love, Well We Finally Made It" — 70 — — — Under the Influence of... Love Unlimited
"Yes, We Finally Made It" — — — — —
"It May Be Winter Outside (But in My Heart It's Spring)" 83 35 — — 11
1974 "Under the Influence of Love" 76 70 78 — —
"People of Tomorrow Are the Children of Today" — — — — — Together Brothers
"I Belong to You" 27 1 37 — — In Heat
1975 "Share a Little Love in Your Heart" — 21 — — —
1977 "I Did It for Love" — 66 — — — He's All I've Got
1979 "High Steppin', Hip Dressin' Fella (You Got It Together)" — 45 — — — Love Is Back
1980 "I'm So Glad That I'm a Woman" — 96 — 2 —
"If You Want Me, Say It" — 71 — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Love Unlimited - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Love Unlimited Split for Separate Careers". Jet. Vol. 60, no. 4. Johnson Publishing Company. April 9, 1981. p. 61. ISSN 0021-5996.
  3. ^ a b "Love Unlimited Page". Soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved February 4, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "US Charts > Love Unlimited". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 15, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "UK Charts > Love Unlimited". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  6. ^ Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 315. ISBN 0-214-20512-6.
  7. ^ David Kent (1993). Australian Charts Book 1970—1992. Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ a b "CAN Charts > Love Unlimited". RPM. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  9. ^ a b "NL Charts > Love Unlimited". Dutch Charts. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "US Certifications > Love Unlimited". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
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