FREDA PAYNE

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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 briefly was the host of her own TV talk show. Born Freda Charcilia Payne on September 19, 1942, in Detroit, MI, 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.

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FREDA PAYNE After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!!
Vocal Jazz 1963
FREDA PAYNE How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore (aka Freda Payne aka Let It Be Me) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore (aka Freda Payne aka Let It Be Me)
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1966
FREDA PAYNE Freda Payne In Stockholm (aka Freda Payne) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Freda Payne In Stockholm (aka Freda Payne)
Vocal Jazz 1966
FREDA PAYNE Band Of Gold album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Band Of Gold
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1970
FREDA PAYNE Contact album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Contact
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1971
FREDA PAYNE Reaching Out album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Reaching Out
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1973
FREDA PAYNE Payne And Pleasure album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Payne And Pleasure
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1974
FREDA PAYNE Out Of Payne Comes Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Out Of Payne Comes Love
RnB 1975
FREDA PAYNE Stares And Whispers album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Stares And Whispers
RnB 1977
FREDA PAYNE Supernatural High album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Supernatural High
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1978
FREDA PAYNE Hot album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hot
RnB 1979
FREDA PAYNE Christmas With Freda and Friends album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas With Freda and Friends
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1996
FREDA PAYNE Come See About Me album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Come See About Me
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2001
FREDA PAYNE Come Back to Me Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Come Back to Me Love
Vocal Jazz 2014

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FREDA PAYNE The (Unauthorized) I Hate Barney Songbook: A Parody album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The (Unauthorized) I Hate Barney Songbook: A Parody
Exotica 1995

FREDA PAYNE live albums

FREDA PAYNE An Evening With Freda Payne: Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
An Evening With Freda Payne: Live
Vocal Jazz 1996
FREDA PAYNE Live in Concert album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live in Concert
Vocal Jazz 1999

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FREDA PAYNE Lost In Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Lost In Love
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1999

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FREDA PAYNE Band Of Gold + Contact + Reaching Out.Plus album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Band Of Gold + Contact + Reaching Out.Plus
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2015

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