- Eloise Laws
Eloise Laws is a singer and a member of the prominent Laws family of musicians from
Houston, Texas .Biography
Lavern Eloise Laws was born
November 6 ,1943 onHouston, Texas as the fourth of eight children of Miola Luverta Donahue and Hubert Laws, Sr.cite web
url=http://www.ancestry.com
title= Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]
publisher= The Generations Network
location=United States
accessdate=2008-07-20] Born into a family of musicians, her siblings include flutist Hubert, saxophonist Ronnie, and vocalist Debra.In the 1970s, she began recording for
Holland-Dozier-Holland 's Music Merchant and later Invictus labels. label. Her first album, "Ain't It Good Feeling Good" was released on Invictus in 1977. Unfortunately, the labels folded and Laws released the LP "Elosie" (ABC) later the same year and "Eloise Laws" (Liberty) in 1980, both of which featured the songwriting and producing talents ofLinda Creed .After "All in Time," for Capitol, followed two years later, Laws was featured on albums from such artists as
Harvey Mason ,Lee Oskar ,Aquarian Dream ,Ahmad Jamal , as well as several releases by her siblings. She would not record another solo album until the late 1990s. Meanwhile, she pursued a career on stage, starring in the Tony-nominated musical, "It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues," which she also co-wrote.References
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