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Canzetta Maria "Candi" Staton (/ ˈ s t eɪ t ən /, STAY-tən) (born March 13, 1940) [1] [4] [5] [6] [2] is an American singer–songwriter, best known in the United States for her 1970 cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" and her 1976 disco chart-topper "Young Hearts Run Free".
As a freelance producer in 1975, based in Atlanta, Georgia, he was paired with singer Candi Staton, and wrote "Young Hearts Run Free". According to Staton, the song's genesis was a conversation she had with Crawford over lunch in Los Angeles.
"Young Hearts Run Free" is a disco song written by David Crawford and originally recorded by American soul singer Candi Staton in 1976. Rolling Stone ranked Staton's "Young Hearts Run Free" number 150 in their list of "200 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time" in 2022, [1] while Billboard ranked it among the "500 Best Pop Songs of All Time" in 2023.
"Disco: The Soundtrack of a Revolution," airing on PBS Tuesday, ties the music not just to its place in the evolution of pop but to the liberation movements of the time.
Brown died from heart disease in Los Angeles, California, on December 28, 1984. He was 52. [3] ... With Candi Staton. Young Hearts Run Free (Warner Bros. Records, 1976)
The performance began with an opening number in which all season 32 couples returned to the stage, dancing to “Young Hearts Run Free” by Candi Staton before jumping into the holiday spirit ...
The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died in the 1960s. The list gives their date, cause and location of death, and their age.
By CHRIS TALBOTT Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack's publicist Sonya ...