The song "Band of Gold" was singer Freda Payne's first gold record in 1970, but she was no newcomer to the scene, having released her first album in 1964.
Freda should get a job teaching todays pop stars how to sing and dance. I'm so glad I grew up in the 60's/70's when we had such great music and lovely ladies.
Similarly, that's exactly how I feel about Beyonce. Her music doesn't do her talent justice because that woman is a force on stage. But I agree, Miss Freda is so relaxed, yet so captivating.
@@TailorK9 It's live. She does many things different from the studio version (growls, more runs, etc). You must not heard of the studio version. Listen to the very end. It's obvious she was singing live.
@@TailorK9 You do not see the horn player toward the end in this video although it looks like people holding lights you can see it is the shine of those horns .Again the studio version played in the radio does nit sound like this.Also during this time the Tv shows,Variety always had a live band who played for these artist.We did not have a track playing behind artist except mist times on Soul Train and American Bandstand.
I am listening to this song, August 28, 2021. Tears are in my eyes because this song took me back to 1970 when I was in the 9th grade at Whitted Junior High School in Durham, North Carolina. I miss those days and friendships from the past in the 70's.
-- No lip syncing. -- No twerking. -- No foul language. Just raw talent in all of its glory! Thank goodness this uploader did not copy over this live soundtrack with the studio version. The studio version is great. But here we get to see her and hear her.
Yess Ms. Freda get it queen! What a gorgeous lady with a great voice. The lyrics are actually so deep. Here in 2020 vibin to this classic song! Love this!
She had a voice- listen to how she can hold a note. She had poise. She was gorgeous. Look at how the audience is clapping. watch how she moves. Sensual, not sleazy. she was soul royalty. A queen.
Always a classy, gorgeous, stunning,talented lady. Every girl growing up in the seventies wanted to grow up and look like, be like Ms. Payne!!!!!!! Ms. Payne is still simply beautiful!!!!!
I get where you’re coming from comparing this era to that era. but also this would have been considered raunchy back in the day, also her other performances she’s more raunchy and provocative. And there’s nothing wrong with that she’s a goddess with so much talent, being raunchy shouldn’t be deemed as unclassy or shamed. saying that “ kids these days” don’t have class and don’t have to be raunchy is silly AF because almost all rockstars who made an impact from way back are raunchy or have some kind of sex appeal stage presence. (Elvis thrusting his hips on stage for example) A girl showing her knee cap back in the day would have been the same scare factor and as twerking now. So it doesn’t matter how talented you are if you wanna show sex appeal then it shouldn’t matter and you shouldn’t be labelled as not classy for doing it. You can be classy and have sex appeal and be horny because we are all human. So who cares. We need to stop putting people down, especially the youngens who are ok with there sexuality. anyone who has ever lived over the age of 25 has said “kids these days are too provocative/ too sexual blah blah” (even me) but its BS! because kids have ALWAYS been sexual! Always. It’s nature, dating way back. it’s just becoming more acceptable and less taboo as the years pass on. So let’s all get over it and where it’s going, it’s not the 60’s anymore we are progressing forward in normalising sexuality so get over it and get with the times. it doesn’t matter. It’s evolution. People with talent will explore both there talent AND there sexuality so let it be.
@@diyanahjean9191 No it was not considered 'raunchy'. Using that adjective makes your whole rant not worth reading. The level of distinction between being seductive, which she was and being raunchy evidently goes past your level of morality. HUGE difference compared to the whorish trash now days.
Freda Payne was and is still a superstar. Simply Beautiful. I was 13 when my mother brought the 45 single of 'Band Of Gold' home from the GC Murphy's Record Department, we played that record for months on end, both sides. 20 years ago I bought the Vinyl LP at a record convention. And I have played it back to back over and over. Wonderful memories still. While I have many, two of my favorites by her are, 'I left some dreams back there' and 'Cherish what is dear to you while it's near to you. Produced by Holland, Dozier, Holland. Classic R&B with meaning and beauty.
tomsmusicforallofyou I have a chance to see her in concert during November. I didn't even know she was still performing. She didn't have that many Top-40 hits, as I recall.
I was 10. My Dad took me to the record store. The clerk took my Dad to the back to listen to it because it was about divorce. Dad wouldn’t allow me to get it. He bought me Wipe Out instead. Scarred me worse than the song!
Back when people actually had talent and autotune didn't fix their shortcomings. Singers today pale in comparison with their American Idol genre screaming.
♪♫ This Day in Music: September 21, 1970 - Freda Payne was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with “Band Of Gold”, the singers only UK No.1 which spent six weeks at the top of the chart. The song peaked at No. 3 in the USA and was written by former Motown songwriter/producers, Holland-Dozier-Holland (under the pseudonym of Edythe Wayne) and Ron Dunbar. In 2004, Freda Payne's "Band of Gold" was voted number 391 in Rolling Stone magazine's listing of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. ♪♫
I was in high school when this was a hit and I remember watching her on TV and totally falling in love! She is amazingly beautiful and amazingly talented.
I lost this song more than 45 years ago, did not know interpreter nor title. But always had the melody in my head - I've never heard the song again, until today! For me today is a very special day. And I wish each of you such special days!
This was my first love and mine song. We had a fantastic relationship together and I made a grave mistake of leaving her for someone that wasn't the right one in 1970.
Remember this song - use to hear each Friday as I rode with my dad to Syracuse to have my braces adjusted. This song and "Take a Letter Maria" at the tender age of 10, I had to wonder if marriage would last?
I remember this song from before I could even speak. When vocals were just sounds. Nothing gives me a more powerful sense of nostalgia than this song. Phenomenal.
Oh hell yeah. She looked like a deer in the headlights AND scared shitless in the lipsyncing video of 1970. I hope that it is in part because the music wasn't actually playing. That would at least partially explain the seizure-like movements of some of the dancers....who had all grown up learning that dancing was a two-person movement of not a ton a variety, other than what was taught in the ''20s 50s (charleston, swing, uh....well, I'm not a historian, but in terms of the past 500 years, or more, dancing essentially 'alone' to beats people had a rough time figuring out how to move their bodies to, that few decades and HUGE musical changes between the 19th century and MoTown...well, can't fault these people. And, it's not just white dancers that struggled. Watch Soul Train from it's first year. You'll see.
Easier to agree with you than restate what you said. I was so happy to find this, she really made it look so easy and sound so clear, it sounded like it could have been a studio version.
She is lip syncing here also. What's wrong with you people? Sometimes I think I'm living in a world of Helen Kellers. I'm not criticizing Freda, I'm criticizing you idiots.
I was 9 when I first heard it. Now that I listen to the lyrics it sounds like something from a shrink's couch. :) But at the time it had a lot of energy and yearning and that's I guess what connected with me.
Wow. Freda rocked this performance vocally and visually. Love the hot moves. You can tell how musical she is groovin' with that live band and on point rhythmically and with perfect intonation. With a voice, look and style like that, it baffles me that she wasn't an even bigger star with many more hits to her credit. Some A&D guy totally missed the boat. Fantastic post. Thanks!
Thankfully not true. After Bring the Boys Home she had her own tv show, appeared in movies, and performed on Broadway. She changed labels, music tastes eventually changed (she released 3 disco albums), but she never did chart as high as this song. Bring the Boys Home was her second gold record--iirc her only other one.
As a 15-year-old boy, I had a huge crush on this woman from this performance. It didn’t matter if the song lyrics made no sense or that she wasn’t the greatest singer in the world, but boy was she adorable.
Without the funk guitar of Dennis Coffey, this performance falls short. The great funk guitar performance along with her great vocal work made the single pure magic!
The radio version was playing today while I was shopping at Publix supermarkets. I heard it a lot in life but not for awhile. I now have it as an ear worm and have read about the lyrics and I'm watching RU-vid videos of it and all that. Lol.
Finally found this. I thought Lulu sang it and could not find it yea I'm happy. I'm eighty two woman and having so much fun listening to old favourites it's bringing good and bad memories back lol
