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Freda Charcilia Payne (born September 19, 1942 [1] [2] [3] [nb 1]) is an American singer and actress. Payne is best known for her career in music during the mid-1960s ...
Ron Dunbar was a staff employee and producer for Invictus. When they first offered the song to Freda Payne, she balked at the idea of recording it, as she thought the material was more appropriate for a teenager or very young woman (she was nearly 30 at the time). Payne reluctantly gave in after much persuasion by Dunbar. [5]
The only cover song is "He's in My Life", which was an album track by The Glass House featuring Freda's sister Scherrie Payne. It was written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland (under their common pseudonym "Edythe Wayne" to avoid copyright claims by their former employer Motown ), jointly with Ron Dunbar .
R&B legend Freda Payne (center) leads the cast of "Ella, First Lady of Song," running at Rochester Hills' Meadow Brook Theatre through June 23, 2024.
Band of Gold is the third studio album by Freda Payne. [5] Her first for Invictus Records, it was released in 1970. [4] The title track became an instant smash on the Pop charts in the US and the UK. Other hits included "Unhooked Generation" (released before "Band of Gold") and "Deeper and Deeper".
Like its predecessor Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne, it was released by a British distributor and then released in the US as an import. Inside the album cover is an essay on Payne's life and career by Peter Doggett, along with a transcript from a phoned interview of Payne by David Nathan (done in October 2001).
Detroit native and R&B legend Freda Payne stars as jazz luminary Ella Fitzgerald in Meadow Brook Theatre's 'Ella, First Lady of Song.'
The album was reissued on CD on November 17, 2009. The reissue contains a biographical essay (sourced by interviews with Freda Payne and Lamont Dozier) of Payne's life and career by A. Scott Galloway.