Salsoul Orchestra

Also performed live, including Miami in December 1976:

'☀MIAMI-On Monday & Tuesday, December 27-28, the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla., turned their Grand Ballroom, which has a capacity of 500 people, into a Salsoul Disco where thousands of young people danced frenetically to the sounds of the superb orchestra. It became the "Disco Dance of the Year" by its own merits and success. The entire 38 piece Salsoul Orchestra, conducted by Vincent Montana, Jr. and featuring such artists in their own right as Norman (The Harris Machine) Harris, Earl Young, Bobby Eli, Ron Kersey, Larry Washington, Cotton Kent, John Bonnie, Dob Rinaldo, Evan Solot, Roger Dilillo, T. J. Tindale, Ron James and Michael Foreman, performed the greatest show of their history. The event was promoted for the most part by all radio stations in the area, turning it into the biggest success in Miami in the last 10 years. The Salsoul Singers were also at their best. Among the audience you could find the sophisticates, young pop fans and Latins dancing under the influence of the talented musicians that were at the same time moved by the reception granted their music. Prizes were extended for the "flashiest dress" and "best dancers," turning the whole event in a fantastic tournament in which everybody was trying to prove their best qualifications and talents. There was a great commotion every time Ips by the popular orchestra were given away to the public. Special guest star Lolleata Holloway and her back-up chorus really made it big. Lolita sang most of her hits and new numbers such as "Worn Out Broken heart," "Hit and Run" and "Ripped Off." She is really good! Sound equipment and lights were good, forcing everybody to get into the spinning wheel of happiness and contagious rhythms. It was very easy to identify Latins among the audience (for a Latin) although the young Latin people are fluently speaking English without any accent at all. I could say that over 50 percent of the fans were Latins which proves that disco is the thing that is also moving Latin teens. It came to a point at which nobody really seemed to care about the language others were talking because the general message was music.' (Record World, 15th January 1977)