Love Affair concert from 105.7 The Oasis..at Orleans Arena

Celebrated rhythm and blues, soul and funk acts from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s will perform some of their best-loved hits at 105.7 The Oasis Valentine’s Love Affair at the Orleans Arena on Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m.

Performing at this year’s event are The Manhattans, Heatwave, GQ, The Moments, Billy Paul, Gene Chandler, Barbara Mason, El Chicano and Ray, Goodman & Brown.

The Manhattans are perhaps best-known for their most popular love songs, including “Shining Star” and their No.1 hit from 1976, “Kiss and Say Good-Bye.”

Funk/disco band Heatwave had three hit songs in the ‘70s: “Boogie Nights,” “Always and Forever” and “The Groove Line.”

In 1979, GQ charted two Top 10 R&B and Top 20 pop hits, including the No. 1 R&B single, “Disco Nights (Rock-Freak).”

The Moments released more than 30 singles from the late ‘60s to the early ‘80s and are best-known for the hit songs “Love on a Two Way Street,” “Sexy Mama” and “Look at Me (I’m in Love).”

In 1973, Billy Paul won the Grammy® Award for “Best Male R&B Vocal Performance” for his hit song, “Me and Mrs. Jones.”

Gene “The Duke” Chandler’s is widely recognized for his hit single, “Duke of Earl,” which was inducted into the Grammy® Hall of Fame in 2002.

Singer-songwriter Barbara Mason’s 1965 hit “Yes, I’m Ready” reached the top ten on the R&B and pop charts and was followed up with two other hits, “Sad, Sad Girl” and “Oh How It Hurts.”

El Chicano’s first hit, “Viva Tirado,” was a jazzy-soul rendition of Gerald William’s original song about a bullfighter and was followed up with another hit, “Tell Her She’s Lovely.”

Formed in the mid-1960s, Ray, Goodman & Brown is best-known for the 1980 hit, “Special Lady,” which reached No. 1 on the R&B chart early that year.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available starting at $25 and can be purchased by calling the Orleans Arena Box Office at 702.284.7777 or by visiting www.orleansarena.com.

About the Orleans Arena

The Orleans Arena, a Boyd Gaming facility located just off the Las Vegas Strip, is host to more than 150 events each year, including top concerts such as Van Halen, Black Eyed Peas, Akon, Rihanna, Brooks & Dunn, and Panic at the Disco; family favorites Disney on Ice, Harlem Globetrotters, and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus; and a variety of sporting events, including the Las Vegas Wranglers professional ECHL hockey team, NCAA basketball tournaments, the West Coast Conference Tournament, plus three major motorsports events each year. For information on booking events call 702.365.7469 or visit www.orleansarena.com. For further information, follow Orleans Arena on Facebook (www.facebook.com/orleansarena) and on Twitter (@orleansarena).