FREDA PAYNE is best known for her 1970 hit from Invictus Records, "Band of Gold," written by the famed Motown hit team, was ranked #1 in the United Kingdom and #3 in the United States; it was her first gold record. But she began her career as a jazz singer in the early to mid-1960s. One of her biggest influences during that time was one of jazz's greatest vocalists, Ella Fitzgerald.
FREDA PAYNE is best known for her 1970 hit from Invictus Records, "Band of Gold," written by the famed Motown hit team, was ranked #1 in the United Kingdom and #3 in the United States; it was her first gold record. But she began her career as a jazz singer in the early to mid-1960s. One of her biggest influences during that time was one of jazz's greatest vocalists, Ella Fitzgerald.
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