Disco singer Loleatta Holloway dies

From Denise Quan, CNN

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Holloway scored disco hits, but started as a gospel singer
"Love Sensation" and "Hit and Run" were her biggest dance hits
Holloway was a Chicago native, born in the Windy City in 1947

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(CNN) -- Loleatta Holloway, who scored a string of R&B and dance hits, died of a heart attack this week, her manager said. She was 64.

Holloway suffered a fatal heart attack on Monday at Chicago's Advocate South Suburban Hospital, said her manager Ron Richardson of Hushtown Entertainment.

Best known for her disco hits "Love Sensation" and "Hit and Run," Holloway began her career as a gospel singer, and, as a teenager, replaced Shirley Caesar in the Caravans in 1967.

Richardson called her "a strong, feisty, but loving woman."

Her career got a boost in 1991 when Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch sampled "Love Sensation" in their chart-topping single "Good Vibrations."

Holloway was born in Chicago in 1947 and is survived by four children and nine grandchildren, Richardson said. Funeral arrangements are pending.

CNN's Ed Payne contributed to this report.