Freda Payne - Band Of Gold - 1970

[@papatutti59]

Who’s still listening to Band of Gold in 2024? Thumbs up please.

[@Comet-hn3gm]

Thumbs up

[@kennyhuskisson2684]

Still listening to this gem!👍✌️

[@itsamemario8014]

@papatutti59 Put a sock in it goose.

[@robertlee2791]

Leagues above any of the rubbish made today

[@itsamemario8014]

@papatutti59 Your comment is utterly pointless.

[@DannyBhoy88]

First time I've actually seen her, wow, what a beautiful woman !!

[@EasyZee69]

Yeah, same here. I know the song, I hear it on the radio all the time. But WOW! She is gorgeous.

[@billmitchell9501]

I was going to say the same.

[@painfulorwhat8872]

Me too. Loved this song when it came out in the UK. 🇬🇧

[@rogermosberger6856]

Always loved this song. Great talent, and I didnt remember how "smokin hot" this woman was!!!

[@whatupplaya7951]

Thinking the same thing. No MTV till 80. Then we saw them all 🎶😊 Aaa...the good ol days😅

[@russ4338]

Isn’t it amazing how the music of the 60’s & 70’s is still as good as it was back then!!! Class of 72.

[@austinteutsch]

Right on! Class of 73. I search for these classics to remember the girls I made love to way back when.

[@jcjcviews]

True that! Have you ever tried to find out what happened to the black R&B music of the era? I never hear any of it playing anywhere. There was loads and loads of it, beginning in the 1960s. 😊☺😇😎 Once, while serving the internet, I ran across one artist of the era. And what emerged from the algorithms were loads of those old tunes waiting to be forgotten? Strange.💯 Class of 75.

[@marcusbetancourt3760]

WOW! I always heard the song a lot. I knew it was very, very@@austinteutschmuch. I like it. And hearing it again. I like it again and I thank you so very, very much. It made me feel good all over again. God bless you.

[@bobrange4773]

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[@bobrange4773]

So true, so true - Elton John proves that all on his own - but I imagine every generation feels that way. Perhaps everyone's right. '78 👏👏 is great!

[@loismiller7742]

2024 - 68 yrs old - still know the lyrics. I miss Motown! One of the greatest eras in American music.

[@julies1ify]

Amen ! Im proud & Blessed to be from Detroit where all that great music came from

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Not technically Motown.

[@gabeeaglesland1378]

64 years old love Motown and miss it a lot, to me this is Motown too…

[@gabeeaglesland1378]

@@Ogma3bandcampit’s Motown to me even if it isn’t from Detroit

[@julies1ify]

@@gabeeaglesland1378 True dat !

[@JCL-n7y]

I met my wife when I asked her to dance to this in 1970 still married.

[@chrisvoiceactingvoiceover1431]

Nice! 👌🏽

[@swimlaps1]

So cool!

[@RaySpainPlayer]

Very cool

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Really, wow

[@marcelhaik8035]

I love that story!

[@kevintmerk]

Freda was a knockout

[@jackoesterlejr.3454]

You Bet! She Had Some Moves!

[@Loydstardeli2017]

She very pretty lady

[@miamibeachsunnydays8274]

Was she a one hit Wonder

[@PlayingInVestapol]

Tell me 'bout it. I started fantasizing about her at 11 years old.

[@patrickzabatta2979]

Saw her perform recently and I can assure you she still is a knockout ... at 80!

[@EastCoastGal66]

She’s Beautiful! The 1970’s were truly Amazing! ❤

[@larlar8580]

That’s for sure!!!❤

[@SB-mm9zh]

You're so right, back then people had natural beauty. It was a good time.

[@misst.e.a.187]

@@SB-mm9zh Natural beauty with wigs and makeup, as well as plastic surgery. But I get where you're coming from.

[@bobrange4773]

True, but in retrospect - for the most part - the clothing left a lot to be desired.

[@normanrukki3954]

If you remember the 70's you weren't there.......

[@myopiniononly845]

We are still listening to this great song in 2024

[@oldwobble916]

To be honest, this is the first time I hear this song, although I was around in the '70's. But I'm on a memory lane travel on YT, and this came in view. And I like it, even if it's more than 50 years too late. That's the best of YT, lots of people saved this kind of recordings and took the trouble to post it here for people like me to enjoy.

[@loveisthething]

Why wouldn't we?KZbin is an archive.

[@realcoolbreeze]

Was in the Army then.

[@ericrabaey2889]

So do I. Marvellous music!

[@MarvinFitzner]

These were some of the best songs ever.

[@robertthompson5908]

Damn! I have loved this song all my life, ever since I was a kid in the 1970s. But I never realized Freda Payne was so gorgeous!

[@Debbiesdilemmas]

I just said the same. She really was a beauty.🥰

[@johnmanges738]

I’m totally with you on this!

[@jogbutchtrain1]

Still beautiful in 2024

[@Yahchananah]

My all time favorite since childhood on my portable record player 😁😎 First time I can remember actually seeing her.

[@BrendanBoylan-iw7np]

Beautiful woman. Great voice. Great backing band. How did we lose all these wonderful memories

[@HonestJohnstories-lv7sb]

The songwriters/producers and musicians were all from Motown! I play in a cover band and we still play this wonderful song.

[@SamLopezI]

I'm still in love with Freda 54 years later.

[@chrismatteson2337]

Gorgeous woman! Proof, you can be beautiful and sexy and still be a lady.

[@elwoodblues6663]

the band elwood

[@JasonGeske-ui2xl]

We haven't lost the memories, we just lost time!

[@thomassmith8721]

A massive hit for the Detroit lady. She's 81 years young.

[@alanhughes5868]

Whenever a young person calls an old person young, that means that the young person thinks the old person is really old.

[@thomassmith8721]

@@alanhughes5868 When you have 78 candles on your birthday cake, you may not think a person aged 81 years is old. Anyway, "Band Of Gold" never gets old ☮️ brother

[@gingercake0907]

@@alanhughes5868 What a blessing to even get old because the only ones who stay young are the ones who died young. Ms Freda ought to be able to share some nugget of wisdom she has gained in her 81 years.

[@hollyprincipato3287]

I loved this song when it came out. Still love it today!

[@frankmontez6853]

She must've been 28 yo when it first came out in 1970

[@meghanwilliams4295]

The bass is bassin'... Freda is a wonder of the world...❤

[@SunnyIlha]

Boompin Bass

[@skee19]

Great song and look how gorgeous she was too ❤

[@garyt123]

Isn't she just drop-dead gorgeous!

[@warren-r3i]

hell yeah!

[@wallacecash1959]

Hell yea! Nothing like the 70's! All the different styles of music was better back then, Motown, pop, country, disco, you name it! The 70's had so many different styles of great music back then. Great dance music in every category! 70's👍

[@teenac718]

Best years of my life. I would love to go back.

[@robinsantaniello136]

Me too

[@warangel4389]

David Bowie

[@kennethnero2011]

Greatest decade ever for music

[@alanstrom2221]

This song was on 20 Dynamic Hits in Australia. My Mother bought it for us along with some other compilation Hits albums of the day. "Band of Gold" made a huge impact on me as a 10 yr old.

[@allanIngham]

I’m an Aussie and still have the album, was 12 at the time.

[@mikebradley9370]

67 years old and remember this big time!

[@makelifematter1896]

Ha gotcha beat by one year 😊

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

Ditto!

[@yvonnepeters1914]

I'm 67 too. I had that 45 record back in the day. 😊

[@rodtrues1]

67 years young I am,, the best music for me,, music was about Love,,

[@rodtrues1]

@@yvonnepeters1914 , oh a 45mm, oh wrong era,, I get ya,,! I couldn’t find those lil red plastic thangs too that made records play ,,it centered my 45 double sided records , now u might get shot saying my neighbor is playing his 45’s again too loud,,,

[@DREAMCATCHER33316]

Heard the song a million times but now I have a beautiful face to go with it 🎉

[@alanhughes5868]

One of my favorite songs, but I never saw her. It was worth the wait.

[@jerometaperman7102]

I was having similar thoughts. She is damn purty.

[@schreckpmc]

Yup

[@robertsmall6076]

Beautiful voice from a Beautiful woman 🇺🇸🤙

[@tommypauly3249]

Listening to this, oh my God, i miss music like this. Tearing up big time! I'm 70 yrs. old. Music like this is gone forever! When i leave this earth, this will be one o the songs that will be played ar my memorial. Music like this is FOREVER! 🙏😇😉👍😎😍

[@JoeLove-yy1yp]

Said that again I always tear up in the beginning then I get happy remember this song it 1970 when I was 5 living in a hippie house with blacks and white in west phila on 63 st

[@LuckyLarry]

70 too.

[@odenttraipser5833]

I don't!

[@johnbellinger2494]

58 years old and all I can say to your posts is❤❤❤❤.

[@bkmason57]

Freda Payne = pure fire

[@vondahe]

It’s incredible to see how beautiful, classy and graceful (especially) black singers were back then versus today.

[@RosalindWhittaker]

Absolutely classy❤

[@AnnetteRead-m4k]

73yrs old and still loving this, please please take us back to these times, love the outfit, gorgeous woman. No obesity in sight, we all did our exercising on the dance floor to music like this, no need for gyms we baby boomers were soooo lucky❤

[@PappyNet01]

This was in the next to play for my KZbin session - I think Freda Payne still looks good many years later - kzbin.info/www/bejne/laC8oaSdjsmdp5osi=PA-6s2ETUWb2JFem

[@bluejin138]

Yeah 👍🏻 ❤

[@soulvaccination8679]

I will go with you back in time. I really do wish I could do it.

[@oogieobanyon]

Whaddya mean "were" sooo lucky. Vegan and still m o v i n g, 373 years old here.

[@sharikraft1706]

Singing along to every word! I was an 8th grader when this came out. Gym dances! Lol. I forgot how beautiful she was/is.

[@bm11775]

❤❤❤❤ oldies but real music

[@MFisher7346]

I was 24 when this record came out and it still sounds great to me. Better than all this rap rubbish.

[@jonathanharris9321]

No autotunes , no BBLs , face lifts just naturally beautiful and talented people came from this era🙏🌞🔥💯 Happy Easter to everyone 🤎🧡💛

[@martinwright9238]

First record i ever bought,still love it to this day .

[@brunowills2574]

I was so lucky to have this type of music in my life throughout my childhood. It got me through some pretty tough times in my teens when my parents separated and the family disintegrated. Thank god for 60's-70's music. Great memories.

[@eddiebrown9471]

The '70s were the greatest time for music 🎶 period.

[@williamgibb5557]

Back when music was worth listening to,watching it performed and by artists that were simply GREAT! Ah,the memories.

[@vincentedwards6749]

I got to duet with this beautiful lady on uk tv back in 1971 a great honour she was so coooool thanks FREDA jve ps Holland- Dozier-Holland the best in the business back in the golden times, bless them.

[@BGK2223]

Lucky you!

[@stephenhowell5611]

I have that episode, I got it from YT but sadly there is no audio for some reason. Only one episode posted now, shame.

[@janmahulete5172]

J vincent edwards from the hitsong “Thanks” ( to the lord)? Loved that song!

[@vincentedwards6749]

thanks mate love and peace. jve@@janmahulete5172

[@vincentedwards6749]

that's for sure love and peace jve@@BGK2223

[@Don-n6o]

I always liked this song. Freda Payne: very attractive woman.

[@HerrP58]

65 y.o. Raised in Philly and the sound of soul. This tune reminds me of the summer we spent in Atlantic City. 5 of us kids, having fun. Wow, so long ago. Sigh

[@arnibah]

WDAS

[@raymondbarker5708]

I am 71 god we were so lucky 🎉

[@johnmanges738]

Same age and I agree!

[@kevinleclerc9632]

I Still Miss Freda !!!!! ..... I fell Madly in Love With Her in The 70"s ❤❤❤

[@waynemanoffaith34]

Me too.😂😂

[@gkana872]

Same here

[@Vinterfrid]

Well, seems like she still is around, 81 years old.

[@rajo741]

How could one not fall in Love with her?

[@Loydstardeli2017]

Super great early 1970s song & very pretty lady

[@versioncity1]

Known this song for years, but wow, Freda was seriously gorgeous.

[@stuisaac249]

A true classic! Fantastic voice! Beautiful lady!

[@michaelmorton2028]

One of my all time favourite I'm 74 now and still love it..

[@kevinwaters5872]

When the only hit you have becomes a timeless classic , you only need one hit , right ? Freda really was the perfect voice for this melody.

[@Wench64]

In England this was a big hit on what we called Northern soul in the 70s

[@thehowlingmisogynist9871]

ah, Wigan Casino !!

[@paultaylor7082]

Yes, it was a number one around September1970 in the UK for around 5 or 6 weeks.

[@711honved]

A gorgeous song sung by an equally gorgeous Freda Payne.

[@JuliusCrawley-m6w]

75 here in 2024 and still listening 0:58

[@jeraldford3494]

I was 6 years old when this was playing on radio station childhood memories kdia

[@Mark-v7y8t]

Excellent song. Freda was gorgeous back then.

[@sovaine]

I'm 63 and this music still sends shivers down my spine.

[@HamersHamers]

would love to go back there,away from the doom and gloom of these times.

[@alanwilliams7019]

Just leaving school and straight into the 70s what a good life

[@petersmith5811]

Brilliant song sung by a beautiful singer with a great voice! Oh we were so blessed then back in the 60s and 70s with all the vibrant music being released. This song and the artiste are truly authentic. The song - one of the greatest hits ever made!

[@WaferBrik]

Stunning woman and still going strong at 81.

[@davidstreetman2389]

I grew up listening to this song and I never get tired of it.I love Freida Payne

[@Damone2020]

I used to love this song and I loved her too😂❤👍

[@Billy-jd7ll]

The lighting in this is spectacular, and they’re barely trying by today’s standards.

[@stephenhowell5611]

UK tv.

[@Dolphin_457]

What a beautiful song ..Thank you...one of my favorites 😊

[@nickcupkovic5721]

Love this song forever

[@johnmiddleton4879]

I think everyone has heard and loves this song, and Freda Payne just leaves me speechless .. every man's dream❤

[@wimiu012uk]

Will always bring back memories of my first girlfriend while on a gliding course at RAF Slingsby in 1970 Happy days

[@stephenhowell5611]

Music will do that ;)

[@casonbrown9678]

I was 19 in 1970. Wow .This music was and is great.

[@enzos711]

I was 7 .. Great song ..

[@carlmolyneux8308]

I was born when this song was number 1 in the UK Charts

[@giovannirazza9938]

Magnifica!❤❤❤😊😊gianni,Italy.

[@michaelt.wardlespider2496]

Haven't heard this in ages.... Takes me back to my childhood.

[@deniseferreri8978]

So beautiful..oh my..❤

[@belga3513]

I still have this record from Belgium that I given by a friend. A blast from the past!

[@tericonnelly3197]

I am when I come across it! I love the clothes ❤

[@odysseusthesojourner4401]

What a singer!!! Why wasn’t Freda a much bigger star? She was fantastic! One of my first crushes as an 11 year old boy.

[@GregJacek]

Freda was a head of her time with her songs. She had an awesome voice . Miss her music.

[@Deborah-so8mv]

Best song about a woman married to a a gay man. Way before it’s time.

[@Vinterfrid]

@@Deborah-so8mv No, that is incorrect - it's not about marrying a gay man. Read what the composer said: Dunbar continued: "They said this song is a smash in the gay community. And I said, gay community? They said, yeah man, it's a smash. And I says, why is it that? And they said, well it's what the lyrics are saying. She said the guy couldn't make love to her so they figured he had to be gay! And I said oh no! And I remembered when they said that to me and I listened back to the song and there was a part in there... because I remembered when we were editing that tune, it was too long, so we had to cut a section out of the tune so the section we cut out of the song really brought the whole song [story] together." The lyrics which Dunbar cut in the final edit which he was referring to were made to reduce the length of the single from three minutes 43 seconds down to the final two minutes 53 seconds. These were taken from the first verse - "And the memories of our wedding day, and the night I turned you away" - these were effectively substituted with, "And the memories of what love could be, if you were still here with me"; and a larger bridge - "Each night, I lie awake and I tell myself, the vows we made gave you the right, to have a love each night." - which is repeated again later in the song, cutting 18 seconds twice over from the song. With further refinements in the arrangements, including a heavier, richer bassline, and a different vocal take, a further 14 seconds were shaved off the final released seven-inch single.

[@thedon8772]

Utterly brilliant music!!!

[@ericreeves5380]

As a 9 yr old listening to WLS Chicago Am radio heard all the great music down here in Tennessee

[@prestonodom713]

Yes! She's is still gorgeous. Today

[@Freddie-x4s]

A true 70s classic

[@Sivri_Therapy5882]

Classic song. Timeless and beautiful. Never ages. Loving it still 🎉

[@susanagranados2556]

Great memories n I graduated in 1970. Those are priceless times. Great singer n beautiful lady.

[@larlar8580]

I was 16 when I first heard this song - I’ve loved it ever since. We did grow up in the most wonderful musical era and we were so lucky!!! We got to experience all of this great music first!!!

[@Hans-Roadeagle]

Loved this song and of course Freda since the first time I heard it on AFN in Germany. Man have I managed to get old but the years seem to fall off when listing to tunes from back then, at least for a little while.

[@michaelrobinson4677]

I was born and raised on Detroit for 45 years, I can't believe I didn't know she was from Detroit! Beautiful woman!

[@Cicadelic60s]

Amazing....she just sings with real feeling..,and melts the screen with her looks and moves.

[@trinitylancer]

This song ruled the first month and a half of the Summer of 1970 on the airwaves. Great school vacation song leading up to my Senior year in high school. That Summer was packed with hits. Parochial school usually ended around the 2nd Friday in June and around then this song came out of nowhere an kicked off vacation time.

[@johnb30021]

Came back from Nam May 1970 🙏🏼♥️🇺🇸🙌👍🏼🎶

[@fortuner123]

Classic. No more will this ever be again.

[@aarondaly1846]

Love love this song one of my favourites along of remembers holidays 😂

[@prideofdurham4776]

As we get older (I am 72) everything goes , hair teeth eyesight hearing memory but never the GREAT music of the 1960s and 1970s.

[@jwd29485]

You cannot replicate this. Ever. I was 6 now I’m 60. This was my jam.

[@xipingpooh5783]

What a bombshell!!!🤩

[@gregmiller9710]

...great song, great gal, great time...

[@franksargent71]

I’ve still got my 45 of this I bought back then.

[@suomenpresidentti]

Who has heard this first time today? Thumbs up. 👍

[@BrinnerDang]

Does it still count if I replayed it three times...?

[@johnmaclachlan6818]

Great oldie but goodie,for sure.

[@toensingjeanette7459]

I am 75, life was better back then, and music was wonderful. $1.00 went so far.

[@roysheaks1261]

I’ve loved this song ever since it came out!

[@christineperez6846]

I was really young when this song came out and i’m watching the singer for the first time and what a beauty ! stunning talk about the whole package

[@Zaxxi5]

My mother use to play this song nonstop on the record player!!!

[@Vincent-qt5cl]

Beautiful

[@darrenmiller6927]

Loved the song as a kid in the 70's. I think I love it more now. Thumbs way up! Thank you so much! GREAT song, super pretty lady.

When I was a kid, (I'm in my 60's now) but Freda Payne, Elizabeth Montgomery, Barbara Eden, Lola Falana, Diane Carroll, Audrey Landers, Jayne Kennedy, Angie Dickinson, Phyllis Davis, Chelsea Brown I could go on Susan Anton, there are more, but those women tripped my trigger! Lawd have mercy! That's why I know racism is taught because I didn't see what color they were, I just saw how BEAUTIFUL they all were, and still are. Beautiful memories from my youth! 👍

[@katesleuth1156]

She’s beautiful and has a lovely voice.

[@markjohnson9485]

A great hit for a beautiful songstress ❤

[@AJ-id2qf]

Watching this makes me remember how fine Freda Payne was! This was a big hit for her.

[@Glen.Danielsen]

My GOSH sister Payne is a goddess! 🙏🏾

[@c.w.2458]

Loved this song as a 10 year old in 1970. Still love it!

[@stevetheprogger1]

Classic song... Lovely looking lady

[@ernestchacon4928]

Me, I remember this song in the projects in real time..., 👏 !!!

[@laurensaul24]

Great song wonderful voice❣️☺️