Bio
ELOISE LAWS
Eloise Laverne Laws was born in Houston, Texas, as the
fourth of eight children of Miola Luverta Donahue and Hubert
Laws, Sr.
Born into a family of musicians, her siblings
include flutist Hubert, saxophonist Ronnie, and vocalist
Debra. Eloise studied music at Texas Southern University
and in1965 she won a national talent contest from CBS
Television Networks and received a Fellowship that took her
from Houston to New York where she studied music, dance
and acting. While with CBS Television she performed on
various network television shows and was offered a CBS
recording contract from Clive Davis.
In the 1970’s she was discovered by Harry Belefonte and
was invited to tour with him for over a year. While working
the Playboy circuit she was discovered by management for
the The 5th Dimension where she was then hired to replace
Marilyn McCoo. She began recording her first album for
Holland-Dozier-Holland's Music Merchant and later Invictus
labels. Her first album, Ain't It Good Feeling Good”, was
released on Invictus in 1977. Unfortunately, both labels
folded. Laws released the LP Eloise (ABC) later the same
year and Eloise Laws (Liberty) in 1980, both of which
featured the songwriting and producing talents of Linda
Creed.
Eloise has been credited as one of the backing singers on
her brother Ronnie's 1980 LP Every Generation. After All
inTime, for Capitol, followed two years later, Laws was
featured on albums from such artists as Harvey Mason, Lee
Oskar, Aquarian Dream, Ahmad Jamal as well as several
releases by her siblings. She did not record another solo
album until the late 1990s. Meanwhile, she pursued a
career on stage, starring in the Tony-nominated Broadway
musical, It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, which she also co-
wrote. During her Broadway hiatus she recorded her third
album entitled “Secrets” produced by Andre Fischer and
released on her own label.