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Love Ballad (L.T.D. song)

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"Love Ballad"
Single by L.T.D.
from the album Love To The World
B-side"Let the Music Keep Playing"
ReleasedSeptember 1976 (1976-09)
Genre
Length4:35
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Skip Scarborough
Producer(s)Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell
L.T.D. singles chronology
"Love Ballad"
(1976)
"Love to the World"
(1976)

"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

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles[2] 38
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 20
US Billboard R&B 1
US Cash Box Top 100 22

George Benson version

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"Love Ballad"
Single by George Benson
from the album Livin' Inside Your Love
B-side"You're Never Too Far From Me"
ReleasedFebruary 1979 (1979-02)
GenreR&B
Length
  • 4:16 (single version)
  • 5:15 (album version)
LabelWarner
Songwriter(s)Skip Scarborough
George Benson singles chronology
"On Broadway"
(1978)
"Love Ballad"
(1979)
"Give Me the Night"
(1980)

George Benson released an up-tempo rendition of "Love Ballad" in 1979. It peaked at number three on the R&B charts and number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100.[4] 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
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[5] 25
Canada RPM Top Singles[6] 29
Canada RPM Dance/Urban[7] 22
UK (OCC)[8] 29
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 18
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[9] 12
US Billboard R&B 3
US Cash Box Top 100[10] 14

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Rank
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[11] 126

Later versions

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 364.
  2. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1976-12-18. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 53.
  5. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-05-12. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-05-12. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  7. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1979-05-19. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  8. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  9. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 28.
  10. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 7, 1979[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
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