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Freda Charcilia Payne (born September 19, 1942) is an American Soul/R&B singer and actress best known for her million selling 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was also an actress in musicals and film, as well as the host of a TV talk show. Freda is the older sister of former member of The Supremes, Scherrie Payne.
Payne was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up listening to different jazz singers, such as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday. As a teenager, she attended the Detroit Institute of Musical Arts; she soon began singing radio commercial jingles, and took part in (and won many) local TV and radio talent shows.
In 1963, she moved to New York City and worked with many different entertainers, including Quincy Jones, Pearl Bailey, and Bill Cosby. The next year, her debut album, a jazz recording with arranger Manny Albam entitled After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!, was released on the Impulse! label. (This album was re-issued on CD in Japan in early 2002, and again in the United States in 2005.) In 1965 she toured Europe for the first time recording an album in Sweden with Don Gardner and Bengt-Arne Wallin. In 1966 she released her second American album, again in the jazz style, How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore, for MGM Records. She also made occasional guest appearances on different television shows including The Merv Griffin Show and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
FREDA PAYNE LIVE - BAND OF GOLD
Freda Payne 1970 Live - Band of Gold
Freda Payne Band of Gold Soul Train
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Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (Slayd5000)
Band Of Gold , Freda Payne , 1970 Vinyl
Oh, you've got a way of coming on
You've got a way that haunts me, yeah
You keep me flying through my songs
A mockingbird you taught me, yeah
Some say that I'm lost in love
Oo-oo-oo-oooh, you just leave me
But I don't care what the people say
You're my dream, I can feel you
Walking down the street here by my side
Make me feel like a rich woman
All the girls, they try to catch a ride
You tease them by, and take my hand
Some people say that I'm lost in love
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh, you just leave me
But I don't care what the people say
You're my dream, I can feel you
Ah, ah, ahh!
Ah, ah, ahh!
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhh!
I came home late and found you in my bed
Crying in your pillow, yeah
You say, "My love, I did something bad
and I'm afraid of losing you"
Yeah
Some people say that I'm lost in love
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh, you just leave me
But I don't care what the people say
You're my dream, I can feel you
Ah, ah, ahh!
Ah, ah, ahh!
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahhh!
[saxophone solo]
Some say that I'm lost in love
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oooh, you just leave me
But I don't care what the people say
You're my dream, I can feel you
Some people, some people say I'm lost in love
But I don't care what the people say
You're my dream, I can feel you
Some people say, yea, yea, yea
I'm lost in love, lost in love, lost in love
But I don't care, I don't care what the people say
You're my dream, I can feel you
Whoa-oh, ohhhhhhhh