Discography
25
Most popular
Contact
1971
Reaching Out
1973
How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore
1966
Stares and Whispers
1977
After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!
1964
Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys
2025
Supernatural High (Expanded Edition)
2025
High Standards
2023
Save the Best for Last (Unreleased)
2022
Band Of Gold (Almighty Mixes)
2015
Come Back to Me Love
2014
After the Lights go Down Low
2013
Lonely Woman
2013
Christmas With Freda, Family & Friends
2012
The Best of Al Wilson, Freda Payne & Three Degrees
2012
Payne And Pleasure
2010
Band Of Gold + Contact + The Best Of + Reaching Out
2009
Live in Concert
2007
On the Inside
2007
Soul Of Dance 1
2006
Come See About Me
2001
Lost In Love
2000
Deeper And Deeper (The Best Of Freda Payne)
1989
- Payne & Pleasure
Payne & Pleasure
1974
Freda Payne in Stockholm
1971
Singles & EPs
23
Band of Gold
Single · 1970
Just to Be With You (Golden Promises Mix)
Single · 2024
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Single · 2024
Do You Still Dream About Me
Single · 2023
I Cried For You
Single · 2023
What is Christmas to you (feat. Cuba Gooding Sr)
Single · 2023
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Band Of Gold (Re-Recorded) [Sped Up] - Single
EP · 2023
The Lady is a Tramp
Single · 2023
Someone That I Used to Love
Single · 2023
Just the Two of Us
Single · 2023
New York, New York
Single · 2023
Just the Way You Are
Single · 2023
They Can't Take That Away from Me
Single · 2022
Let There Be Love
EP · 2021
Deeper & Deeper (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 33)
Single · 2020
Band of Gold (UK Chart Top 40 - No. 1)
Single · 2020
Bring the Boys Home (Billboard Hot 100 - No 12)
Single · 2020
The Hits Revisited
Single · 2018
No Pain, No Gain
Single · 2016
Freda Payne Greatest Hits (Rerecorded)
Single · 2015
Soul Masters: Freda Payne
Single · 2015
Band Of Gold (Re-Recorded / Remastered)
Single · 2009
Band Of Gold (Remix)
Single · 2008
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Freda Charcelia Payne (born September 19, 1942 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American singer and actress. As a teenager, she attended the Institute of Musical Arts; she soon began singing radio commercial jingles and took part in (and won many of) local TV and radio talent shows. In 1963, she moved to New York City and worked with many different singers including Quincy Jones, Pearl Bailey, and Bill Cosby. During that same year, her debut album (of jazz), After the Lights Go Down Low and Much More!!!, was released on the Impulse! label. Three years later, she released her second album of jazz, How Do You Say I Don't Love You Anymore, for MGM Records. In 1969, her old friends back home in Detroit, Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr., persuaded her to sign with their newly-formed record label Invictus. During that same year, her first Invictus single, "Unhooked Generation" (a minor R&B hit), was released. Shortly thereafter, songwriters Edythe Wayne and Ron Dunbar offered her a song entitled "Band of Gold". Almost immediately, in early 1970, the song became an instant pop smash reaching #3 in the US and #1 in the UK; it also gave Payne her first gold record.
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An album of the same name proved to be fairly successful as well. Other Invictus singles included "Deeper and Deeper", "You Brought the Joy", and the Vietnam protest song "Bring the Boys Home" (#12, 1971; her second gold record). Her other Invictus albums were Contact (1971), The Best of Freda Payne (1972, a compilation which included four new, unissued songs), and her last Invictus album Reaching Out (1973). In 1973, being dissatisfied with her royalties (which were very low to begin with), she left Invictus and recorded albums for ABC/Dunhill and Capitol, but she never found the commercial success she had with Invictus.
Freda Payne in brief
- How many Freda Payne releases are on Riffiter?
- 48 releases are catalogued, spanning 1964 to 2025.
- When was Freda Payne formed?
- Freda Payne formed in 1942.
- What is the most recent Freda Payne release on Riffiter?
- Deep Soul, Vol. 1 - Romantic Journeys, released in 2025.