"Love Ballad" | ||||
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Single by L.T.D. | ||||
from the album Love To The World | ||||
B-side | "Let the Music Keep Playing" | |||
Released | September 1976 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:35 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Skip Scarborough | |||
Producer(s) | Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell | |||
L.T.D. singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Top Singles [2] | 38 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 20 |
US Billboard R&B | 1 |
US Cash Box Top 100 | 22 |
"Love Ballad" | ||||
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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 | |||
Length |
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Label | Warner | |||
Songwriter(s) | Skip Scarborough | |||
George Benson singles chronology | ||||
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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 |
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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 |
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US ( Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [11] | 126 |
"Love Ballad" | ||||
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Single by L.T.D. | ||||
from the album Love To The World | ||||
B-side | "Let the Music Keep Playing" | |||
Released | September 1976 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 4:35 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Songwriter(s) | Skip Scarborough | |||
Producer(s) | Larry Mizell & Fonce Mizell | |||
L.T.D. singles chronology | ||||
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"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]
Chart (1976) | Peak position |
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Canada RPM Top Singles [2] | 38 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] | 20 |
US Billboard R&B | 1 |
US Cash Box Top 100 | 22 |
"Love Ballad" | ||||
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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 | |||
Length |
| |||
Label | Warner | |||
Songwriter(s) | Skip Scarborough | |||
George Benson singles chronology | ||||
|
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 |
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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 |
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US ( Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) [11] | 126 |