Patrice Holloway Pick

Continuing the picks of the last few days, this is Patrice Holloway. Yes, she's the sister of Brenda Holloway and, yes, she was one of the voices of the original band Josie and the Pussycats. See the Josie pick from a few days ago. So there are a few Josie tracks and several Patrice solo tracks. The last five tracks are Patrice singing background with a bunch of other artists. Patrice never got as much traction as her sister, but she's still got a few tracks that got played in Northern Soul clubs.

Patrice Holloway Pick

01 Josie And The Pussycats - Josie and the Pussycats (Long single version)

02 Josie And The Pussycats - La, La, La (If I Had You)

03 Josie And The Pussycats - Stop, Look and Listen

04 Brenda Holloway - You've Made Me So Very Happy (written with Patrice Holloway)

05 Josie And The Pussycats - You've Come A Long Way Baby

06 Patrice Holloway - Stevie

07 Patrice Holloway - Those DJ Shows

08 Patrice Holloway - Do The Del Viking (Pt. 1)

09 Patrice Holloway - For The Love Of Mike

10 Patrice Holloway - (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

11 Patrice Holloway - Black Mother Goose

12 Patrice Holloway - Love and Desire

13 Patrice Holloway - The Touch Of Venus

14 Patrice Holloway - Stolen Hours

15 Patrice Holloway - Ecstasy

16 Josie And The Pussycats - Every Beat Of My Heart

17 Josie And The Pussycats - Road Runner

18 Patrice Holloway - Evidence

19 Kim Weston - When Something Is Wrong With My Baby

20 Diana Ross And The Supremes - Someday We'll Be Together

21 Joe Cocker - With A Little Help From My Friends

22 Buffy Sainte-Marie - He's An Indian Cowboy In The Rodeo

23 Thelma Houston - Jumpin' Jack Flash

Josie And The Pussycats Family

This is a pretty interesting pick for me. First, I actually watched the cartoon. I even have some of the comic books. And when the live action movie came out I had a daughter the right age, so we watched it and enjoyed the soundtrack. I knew that the remake featured Kay Hanley from Letters To Cleo. And I knew that the original Josie band included Cheryl Ladd (Pre-Angels when she was Cherie Moor), who sang as Melody. She was my favorite angel and not just because she played tennis with my cousin. I found out later that Brenda Holloway's sister, Patrice Holloway was in the band as was Kathy Dougher (who was in a not so great band later). Patrice was signed to Motown and had a couple of Northern Soul "hits" and also co-wrote at least one great song with her sister, but mostly did backup vocals on a few albums. There are three versions of the theme song here. And one barely affiliated song by the Archies who ended up with a bigger hit, but was actually started because of Josie in the cartoons and comics.

Josie And The Pussycats Family 

01 The Archies - Sugar, Sugar

02 Josie And The Pussycats - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

03 Kay Hanley - Follow Me (Theme of Team Rose)

04 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - Josie And The Pussycats (Movie version)

05 Josie And The Pussycats - La, La, La (If I Had You)

06 Josie And The Pussycats (Kay Hanley) - 3 Small Words

07 Kay Hanley - Fall

08 Letters To Cleo - I Want You To Want Me

09 Josie And The Pussycats - You've Come A Long Way Baby

10 Chris Christian With Cheryl Ladd - I Want You, I Need You

11 Patrice Holloway - Stevie

12 Letters To Cleo - Here And Now

13 Patrice Holloway - Do The Del Viking (Pt. 1)

14 Patrice Holloway - For The Love Of Mike

15 Patrice Holloway - (He Is) The Boy Of My Dreams

16 Cheryl Ladd - Where Is Someone To Love Me

17 Letters To Cleo - Dangerous Type

18 Letters To Cleo - Come On

19 Cheryl Ladd - Dance Forever

20 Patrice Holloway - Love and Desire

21 Cheryl Ladd - Take A Chance

22 Letters To Cleo - Cruel To Be Kind

23 Cheryl Ladd - Think It Over

24 Josie And The Pussycats - Every Beat Of My Heart

25 Juliana Hatfield & Tanya Donnelly - Josie And The Pussycats Theme

26 Josie And The Pussycats - Road Runner

27 The Mission Folk (Kathy Dougher) - Old Coat