Freda Payne
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Biography
[Edit]The multi-talented Freda Payne is best known for her singing career, yet she has also performed in musicals and acted in movies over the years, and was briefly the host of her own TV talk show. Born Freda Charcilia Payne on September 19, 1942, in Detroit, Michigan, Payne developed an appreciation of music at an early age (due to such sultry jazz singers as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, and Billie Holiday). Payne's own musical career blossomed soon after, as she began early singing radio commercial jingles, which brought the young vocalist to the attention of several music-biz heavyweights. Berry Gordy, Jr. attempted to sign Payne to his then-burgeoning record company Motown, while Duke Ellington employed Payne as the featured singer with his renowned orchestra for two nights in Pittsburgh, resulting in Ellington offering the teenager a ten-year contract. But in both cases, Payne's mother turned them down.
During the early to mid-'60s, Payne established herself as a fine jazz vocalist, touring the country with both Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby, and issuing a jazz/big band-based album in 1963, After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!. In addition to a sophomore effort surfacing three years later, How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore, Payne enjoyed further exposure via appearances on such TV shows as Johnny Carson, David Frost, and Merv Griffin. But it wasn't until Payne signed on to the Invictus label in 1969 (headed by longtime friends/former Motown songwriters/producers Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Brian Holland) and issued the fine album Band of Gold that she scored her breakthrough hit single, the album's title track, which peaked at number three in the U.S. and topped the chart in the U.K. in 1970.
Although Payne never enjoyed another hit as substantial as "Band of Gold," several other successful singles followed in the early '70s: "Deeper and Deeper," "Cherish What's Dear to You," "You Brought the Joy," and the Vietnam protest song "Bring the Boys Home." Further albums followed throughout the '70s, including such titles as Contact, Reaching Out, Payne & Pleasure, Out of Payne Comes Love, Stares & Whispers, Supernatural High, and Hot, which all failed to make an impression on the charts. Payne then switched her attention from music to TV, as she hosted her very own (yet short-lived) talk show in 1981, Today's Black Woman. The '90s saw Payne return to music, as such albums as An Evening with Freda Payne and Christmas with Freda & Friends were issued, while Payne also landed roles in such movies as Private Obsession, Sprung, and Ragdoll. Payne continued to balance an acting and music career during the early 21st century, as she appeared in the 2000 Eddie Murphy comedy Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and the made-for-TV movie Fire & Ice, plus issuing an all-new album in 2001, Come See About Me. Around the same time, several hits compilations were issued, including such titles as Band of Gold: The Best of Freda Payne, Unhooked Generation: The Complete Invictus Recordings, and The Best of Freda Payne: Ten Best Series. Impulse re-released After the Lights Go Down Low in 2005, but failed to add any bonus material. She returned in 2007 with the album On the Inside, which was a collection of her most personal songs. In 2009, she re-entered public consciousness with an appearance on American Idol, performing her most iconic song. In June 2014, she released a jazz-influenced studio album entitled Come Back to Me Love.
Title: The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
Artist: Freda Payne, The Three Degrees, Al Wilson
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Vocal Jazz
Title: Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
Artist: Freda Payne
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Traditional Pop Music
Title: Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
Artist: Freda Payne
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Band Of Gold / Contact / The Best Of / Reaching Out (CD2)
Artist: Freda Payne
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: High Standards (Live Ad Lib Series Performances)
Artist: Freda Payne
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz
Collections
Title: Hits of the 70's, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Greatest Hits (Re-Recordings)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 '50s & '60s Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: 70's Greatest Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Dig It! 100 Songs of the 70's
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s, '80s & '90s Dance Remixes (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Genre: Pop
Title: Flashback - Soul Party
Genre: Jazz
Title: Ladies Night More More More!
Genre: Pop
Title: L.G.B.T Total Pop Party
Genre: Pop
Title: '70s - 100 Retro Radio Hits
Genre: Rock
Title: Ladies of Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: '60s & '70s Greatest Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Love Songs Greatest Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of the 70s
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Hits of the 70's
Genre: Rock
Title: 70s Greatest Female Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of 60s
Genre: Pop
Title: Best of 70s
Genre: Pop
Title: '70s Disco Queens
Genre: Pop
Title: Classic Power Ballads
Title: Northern Soul - Greatest Soul Lost & Found
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Retro Soul Sensation
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 20 Divas - Jazz Hits
Genre: Jazz
Title: Super Ballads (Re-Recorded / Remastered Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: L.G.B.T Cry Me a River
Genre: Pop
Title: Soul Jazz Blues Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Best of the 70s (Re-Recording)
Genre: World Music, Country, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Lost Soul Treasures
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Give It Up! Soul Essentials
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Viola Wills and Friends
Genre: Rock
Title: Essential Gold - The Divas
Genre: Pop
Title: All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 70s Memories, Vol. 1 (Re-Recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: When You Were Born 1971
Genre: Pop
Title: Flower Power (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Rock
Title: Essential Songs for Mom & Dad
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits of the '70s / Greatest Hits of the '70s
Genre: Pop
Title: Platinum Trax: Platinum Hits of the 70s
Genre: Pop
Title: Put the Top Down - Summer 70's
Genre: Pop
Title: When You Were Born 1970
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest 70s Extended
Genre: Pop
Title: Essential Gold - The One Hit Wonders
Genre: Pop
Title: Girls of the 70's
Genre:
Title: One Hit Magic: The 70's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco
Title: 70's Sweethearts
Genre:
Title: 70s Classics (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Title: Disco Stars of the 70's & 80's
Genre: Pop
Title: Roller Disco Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Roller Disco Hits (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: Music for Bachelorette Parties (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: 7 Hours of Super Hits of the '70s (Re-Recorded Versions)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 One Hit Wonders (Re-Recorded)
Genre: Pop
Title: 100 Disco Classics
Genre: Pop
Title: Top Down, Summertime Soul
Genre: Pop
Title: Love...'60s Style
Genre: Rock
Title: Shades of Jazz & Blues - 50 Classics
Genre: Blues
Title: Down With Motown
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: 70's Dance Energy Hits (Re-recorded Version)
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Good Times 3
Artist: Joey Mbe & Norman Jay Mbe
Genre: Electronica, House, Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Dancefloor, Disco, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: An All Star Tribute To Cher
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Pop, Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Almighty Definitive (The Sound of the 90s)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Music (From the Motion Picture "Now And Then")
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Complete 45 Collection Invictus Merchant 1969-77 (CD1)
Artist: Holland - Dozier - Holland
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Complete 45 Collection Invictus Merchant 1969-77 (CD2)
Artist: Holland - Dozier - Holland
Genre: Soul
Title: The Complete 45 Collection Invictus Merchant 1969-77 (CD3)
Artist: Holland - Dozier - Holland
Genre: Soul
Title: The Complete 45 Collection Invictus Merchant 1969-77 (CD4)
Artist: Holland - Dozier - Holland
Genre: Soul
Title: The Complete 45 Collection Invictus Merchant 1969-77 (CD5)
Artist: Holland - Dozier - Holland
Genre: Soul
Title: The Complete 45 Collection Invictus Merchant 1969-77 (CD6)
Artist: Holland - Dozier - Holland
Genre: Soul
Title: The Complete 45 Collection Invictus Merchant 1969-77 (CD13)
Artist: Holland - Dozier - Holland
Genre: Soul