Freda Payne - Band Of Gold (Stereo)

[@briansquire5397]

How did she not rank with Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight, and even Diana Ross among female soul singers of that era? She was truly the whole package.

[@alingard1]

Because she's great and they are extraordinary. Really? Behave urself

[@Retro2k]

Bc it was a one hit wonder sadly. But she’s beautiful

[@travonmiller5279]

​@@Retro2k That's one opinion, I like her singing better and definitely have more of her songs saved to my playlists than any of theirs

[@rogerheden9232]

Top nr.3 USA🥰

[@jeffmoore3828]

She was in jazz not pop. Good comment.

[@Pulsonar]

I’ve said this before, but I cannot understand how Freda Payne the most photogenic, sensual and most beautiful of all Motown stars did not do more than belt out a few hits on the merry-go-round. Wtf went on back then?? I am convinced Hollywood took a look at her, screen tested and said ‘Hell No! She’s just too damn gorgeous and sexy, she’d steal every scene from our Hollywood superstars without even uttering a word’ 😂

[@rphillip1086]

I'm glad you said it again.

[@MCMARMELSTEIN6474]

WASN'T WICKED-MINDED E❤NUFFFFFFFFF❤!/❤!❤!❤!❤!

[@MikeSmith-xj6jc]

Listened to WLS Chicago as a kid. Loved the mix of Black/White music. But for me it was just music!

[@tolfan4438]

Singing and acting are two separate skills

[@motownbaby]

Freda was never with Motown! The producers Holland/Dozier/Holland that produced all of the hits for the Supremes, the Four Tops and others had a money dispute with a Berry Gordy (Motown’s founder) and left to start their own label. Freda was one of their first artists but The HoneyCone, Chairman of the Board and others did well too.

[@combivan4346]

Man, she rocks that outfit, what a stunner, and super talented.

[@valerieadams7001]

Not everyone had rhythm back in the day.

[@sandraatkins2539]

Yes Ms. Payne was beautiful and talented.

[@combivan4346]

She still is!

[@ShaniTrahan-k7e]

She sure does rocks that outfit she looks beautiful and sexy do your thing Ms. Freda Payne I love you 😘❤💕I love her gorgeous hair 💚💗🖤🧡💙💜💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@clintondoner1133]

I Had a Crush ON FREDA PAYNE AS A CHILD!! Im now 59 and nothing has change!!!!

[@trowerz]

7/11/64 boomer✌️

[@entyc_nm5493]

She's beautiful 😍

[@Suve35967]

Looks like the twin to Marilyn Mc Coo

[@fittherapywellness]

She is absolutely gorgeous!!! 😍✨🌹🌹💕

[@chrispap4957]

My God the people watching, tap your feet, move, do something. This is the jam, act like it!! God, Freda Payne is hot...

[@jamuga60]

Hahaha Yeah the Valium crowd!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MarySmith-gi6bq]

Right? This is glorious!!! Top 3 favorite song.

[@loganx8566]

I'm thinking maybe they wasn't allowed to dance except for the lady dancers

[@vernonherb]

I noticed that to noone wad moving

[@Dan-oz4qb]

The dancers having seizures are hilarious 😂 Great song from a great lady.

[@davidderitis9068]

Seizures...SERIOUSLY???

[@adamv4951]

Hahaha. Hilarious

[@jazzywazzy4761]

Lmaooo very

[@loeysgalaxy6283]

🤣💀

[@gregoryhamilton2557]

Dancers, really.

[@taurus5865]

Freda 2025 🥰 🔥

[@bhbluebird]

What a sweet, gorgeous face, she kind of reminds me of a young Whitney Houston.

[@vernidakendall8524]

Yes she does ❤️❤️❤️

[@jaiappletray1322]

2024 amd this song is still legendary ❤

[@graphguy]

Amen!

[@gunterweber1972]

Oh yes ❤️ 🌹 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶👍

[@T12114]

Agree!

[@msaintpc]

Maaan she was fine as wine. She looked and sounded like an angel from heaven.

[@georgehakimian5949]

I was a kid when this song came out & I remember how good it was. I have to also say that Fredia Payne is one attractive lady.

[@ponderjwp1]

Who ever the man was that won her heart was one lucky man. Too much !!!!!

[@davidgreene2505]

Something to ponder Jerry. He slept in seperate rooms. He wasn't that lucky.

[@debrashepard3949]

Frieda payne looks like a doll and has a very beautiful voice! I loved rhis song since i was 17 i think and now im 45 how time flies!

[@arthurhill5645]

She was Omg!

[@9496TULL]

@@debrashepard3949 yep agree 👍. I’m 52 now and back in the 70’s when I was a child this song was everywhere. Happy Times. Let’s go back! What U think? TIMEMACHINE Please!!!

[@floccgotti7095]

She was too 🔥damn my young ass love some Ms Payne

[@Brent-m1o]

I have never seen a more beautiful angel than this, unbelievable how perfect

[@Suve35967]

Looks like the twin to Marilyn McCoo

[@andrewsowerby2366]

Mum played this all the time when I was a kid, soon knew every lyric amazing song sung by a very beautiful woman ❤

[@TailorK9]

Imagine being fortunate enough to win this woman's heart. She is so mesmerizing!

[@jcymngo]

She was probably treated like crap and taken for granted once she was won.

[@victorhayes9975]

YEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dapsapsrp]

Agreed. She is a true beauty.

[@ren7ee]

@@jcymngo Men!

[@IAMGWH1]

Gregory Abbott did & married her!

[@outalingamcrap9366]

Salutations to Bob Babbitt with this iconic Motown Bass Line! Woot woot!

[@karlr7088]

One of the most stunning natural beautiful women of all time 😮

[@marcussmith3934]

Happy 81st Birthday Freda Charcilia Payne!(Born September 19, 1942)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂🎀🌷🌹💐👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

[@georgerouchs987]

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. (Wikipedia)

[@bustbeel1]

She was one great Artist of the 60’/70’s I admit my sister watched her I would always listen and watch her talent on Saturday mornings then dance at the local teen center to the same songs!

[@rachaelobrien9566]

I did love this song,Freda looked Great,Love her outfit.The back up dancers need a bit of Help!!

[@sylviamaua745]

They need to watch the Soul Train version and learn from dancers that actually have rhythm kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2a6daOCeJaSaqc

[@calvinwatson5639]

LMAO !!

[@MrsGray-yh7zq]

That's for sure! They can't dance!!! lol!

[@JimmieBee87]

acid does some real stuff

[@TonygMus2]

Freda Payne looks absolutely gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@riewoldt12]

Tough crowd

[@colingoodall7719]

The Voice, The Looks, The Songs … all Wrapped Up .. Gorgeous ❤

[@brianbanks7477]

I was 12 years old in 1970 when I first saw and heard Freda Payne singing "Band of Gold" on TV. Freda was not only beautiful, sexy, and classy, but she was also amazingly talented, and she stole my heart!

[@TvKarenB]

I didn't realise that they had mannequins for an audience in those days! But still a timeless classic.

[@josedelgadillo9686]

Cadavers now

[@thankthelord4536]

😅😅

[@suzanneprock7286]

@@josedelgadillo9686 Real nice there, good grief!

[@suzanneprock7286]

Many times they didn't want the audience up dancing if they already had dancers which they clearly do.

[@thankthelord4536]

They do look like stiffs.

[@raimundmuench4402]

That woman comes from another planet.

[@skippyyoung7872]

So are the dancers. 🤣

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

Another star ⭐️ Sirius A!!

[@smpaccount5037]

Freda, is just beautiful,!

[@sydneycarton9973]

I’ve been hearing this song my entire life and this is the first time I’ve seen Freda. WOW, what a knock out! How did a record company not provide the backing to make her a superstar? Beautiful, sexy and talented.

[@josephalberta1145]

Her sister was one of the Supremes with Diana Ross.

[@actionsub]

@@josephalberta1145 And her first husband was Gregory Abbott. Makes you wonder if his hit "Shake You Down" was actually about their divorce settlement...

[@Pulsonar]

Like you this legendary song is one I’ve been haunted by 😂since childhood. I never knew what Freda actually looked like until a few years ago, 50 years later. …I was stunned into silence at how beautiful, sexy and classy this lady looked then and now. Those age old questions bubbled up again, about race and opportunity in the US, especially for black women at that time. I understand she had a few small TV roles one as a talk show host, but nothing really significant. I’m just left asking what happened??

[@randyshaw2706]

And 2 years later after your comment I can say the same thing. Heard this song today on some AM radio station out of the Pacific Northwest and made a mental note to check it out on KZbin. This song has always made me happy 😃 the dancing is rather comical. Lol

[@JonBoy1970]

If I could Time travel to 1970 just to be able to see this stunning woman in the flesh I would melt and turn into a dribbling mess. She is perfection!

[@joecalleros1359]

This song brings back memories of my youth

[@jasonseals1113]

I have to say Freda at this time was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. You can tell she was the sweetest loving woman in the world.

[@RobsAdventuresAndVideos]

What a beautiful woman

[@markjamesmeli2520]

My gosh she was beautiful!!

[@markmiller3210]

Doesn't get much better than this. Give me 70's music any day of the week over crap today.

[@teresarobinson1741]

I totally agree

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

ICONS FOREVER Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸

[@jesserossi5595]

Imo the only woman in history who equals our dearly departed Raquel Welch in physical beauty

[@davidlester7066]

Tune ....... this was still been belted out at my school disco when i started secondary in 79 .....Freda Payne was sex on legs ,what a babe.

[@patricescott6364]

As a lil girl i loved this sound & got older to understand the words .still a jam *Gen X*

[@jawbuster79]

What an amazing voice. She is the whole package, a true entertainer.

[@alanhudson2999]

She really is...she's AMAZING! at 70 yrs old..she hasn't lost anything..someone who really has taken care of herself..go FREDA!

[@northwestprof60]

she's not 70 in this video!!

[@TheRaandu]

@@northwestprof60 I think he meant when he made his comment 9 years ago

[@3dsmaxrocks699]

She's 98 in this video

[@NavySharkz]

You're right about that! Still hot!!

[@Beemer917]

I'm just in love I mean I'm 61 and swore off relationships but this woman is just too beautiful. I would do anything to know her and love her forever.

[@JaeJaeJaeJae1]

I love me some Freda. She's so beautiful and that voice is amazing. Wish we had similar artists like her in this day and age.

[@evanwolf6618]

🧐🙄😏 Some ?? All !!! 🎵🎵

[@EELoW13-nj6cp]

Wow the voice, the sound of the music and her moves plus her beauty sheeesh all that talent in one woman just makes me feel some type of way 😜

[@randykirk8715]

Wow ! Where has this song been all my life ? (I'm 61)

[@rocklandnewcomb1174]

She's always been my standard of beauty since I was a teenager. Just drop dead gorgeous

[@JimcDJ1]

WOW!!! Freda was a beauty!!! And that song was the first 45 RPM record I ever bought! I was 11 at the time. Still enjoying this tune at 64+.

[@williamshanks3027]

I remember exactly where i was when this first came on our transistor radio , Dugway Utah 1970 , i remember my mom and two sisters danced in the kitchen....after hearing this song and seeing it on our tv my sister decided she wanted to be a dancer like the ones in this video....AHHH.... the memories , i go back if i had a chance in a heartbeat. My mother used to get her hair done the same way.....this music is priceless

[@glory5918]

thanks for stating the year, knew this could not be merely 12yrs ago

[@runthomas]

she is one hell of a beautiful woman

[@SleepyJoesDiaper]

She’s finer than frog hair, hotter than a five dollar pistol, a true dime

[@redbone7_915]

Still beautiful as ever and still moving Her way in life, I'm watching. You on Sherri show still beautiful❤❤.

Gorgeous 🥰😍🥰🥰🥰🥰😍 stunning lady..sooo talented

[@BoyzInTheHoo]

I heard this on the radio this morning and have been watching every version/performance i can find on KZbin all day! Awesome 👌

[@clivemarshall1358]

Brilliant beyond words takes me back to my school days

[@rogerheden9232]

This video is yesterday

[@gman7495]

I was 13 when this song came out and developed a huge crush on Freda. What a gorgeous woman!!!!! She would appear on a number of shows then and I couldn't wait to see her. She was one of my earliest big-time crushes and wished I was older---as if I had a chance LOL!!

[@philwhitt6462]

I just watched this video of Freda Payne singing Band of Gold, I can honestly say I knew most of the words as she was singing it. Thanks skytrax1 for this video and your good work.

[@Captain_Obviously]

Fun fact! The man that sang the ghostbusters theme (Ray Parker jr) also played guitar for this song.

[@bradleyscarton3931]

And the other musicians on this were the Funk Brothers, Motown’s in-house band.

[@joesilveira4717]

Yes she was so beautiful I had a crush on her .She should of been in top ten female soul singers I love Freda she is so beautiful

[@LeeMcDonald-e1n]

Fantastic lady.

[@CalLatMan]

I was seven when this was a hit and I had just started primary school. This was a big hit in the UK and was all over radio One. Glory days.

[@JohnnyNorfolk]

Great song well performed. Nothing like it today.

[@mirtikaschultz3282]

I used to sing this walking around the Bronx when it was on the radio a lot...so young. LOL> Freda was so beautiful.

[@jacquelineb9458]

Looking back from i was a little girl in London listening to freda Payne band of gold i remember watching Top of the Pops😄🇬🇧❤

[@colingehrman7078]

Am 66 , still danceing here to freda 😊 love tamla northern and philly

[@russellking9762]

Look at this and weep rhianna and justin bieber...this is what is known as Talent and Class...in spades...are we going to be listening to you 40yrs down the track...i have my doubts!

[@anthonyjohnson2554]

She is breath taking.., I had a chance to met her in a club back in the day's in Los Angeles., I became speechless when she gave me her attention but I still enjoy the memory of the encounter till this day.

[@terrymoorefield5918]

Loved this at age 12, still listening at 65.

[@bryanbender3954]

I'm here because she was on The View for Whoopie birthday today, Nov 12th still looking good at 79

[@jamesmorgan4426]

Went to a motown review type of thing in Liverpool about 2008, and trust me, Freda Payne was still fit .

[@Avram-r9p]

Such a Sriking similarities between Freda and Whitney. It's like looking at twins, both sexy , and extremely talented. WOW ❤❤

[@irislouiserichsrdson7023]

I watch Freda Payne grow up each time with A Band of Gold. It is a history lesson!

[@colinmathura-jeffree9829]

DC comics created a character from India called Celsius who had this outfit. You can tell the artist was inspired by the memory of this beautiful woman and video. P. S the characters back story is the same as the song.

[@dr.reynaldo.evangelista2835]

Incredible singer and song! We just love you! ❤

[@yogiman4293]

Beautiful memories from a beautiful song, sung by a beautiful woman! All Iconic!

[@Lee-jo7lp]

Heard this son on the radio. Huge metal fan, rock and roll. Not sure the genre of this song but the build of it makes the hair on my arms raise and that's all that matters

[@bradleyscarton3931]

It’s in the soul/R&B genre.

[@beefheart1410]

Wow! She is so beautiful! I want to Marry her and listen to her sing this every day.

[@Genghis-Khan121]

Gorgeous sexy talented woman I was 13 years old when this was released and just how good does it still sound today so so popular over all these years . Such great memories with teenage girls

[@wallytverstol8627]

she was a doll

[@blackcosmos]

I love this! Never knew who sang it. Not until listening to a Tavares track which she was featured on. I think she has a beautiful voice n she's easy on the eyes too...

[@curlyhum1276]

classic song , dancers qualify for the queens of dork!

[@Stllno]

What an awesome song and beautiful voice!

[@HollinsShaker]

UK number 1 this week(9 Oct) in 1970. Still sounds superb

[@colingehrman7078]

63 now love them days loved the music then . Great memories

[@jorgey1969]

I can close my eyes and see this beautiful woman singing with her beautiful voice

[@mabelldesigns6394]

This was on the music rotation at Macy’s. That’s how I know this song. It’s an awesome song.

[@PaulJarreels]

The best of the best in the day 😂

[@billdekruyf8894]

Pure 70's smokin' hot,and tight!..;)

[@localone1597]

I was a kid when this came out and had no idea what she looked like. Later, she had a small part in a movie, and I remember thinking how beautiful this woman was. Later, I found out it was Freda Payne.

[@davidchristopherelstob4449]

Loved this as a kid, such a hip song, and lyrically poignant, gosh never realised what a beautiful lady Freda is , Provokes such wonderful memories ❤️

[@them0ther]

I cannot help but think this song is about a man on the DL who marries a woman, but is unable to bring himself to seal the deal on their wedding night. Beautifully sung.

[@EELoW13-nj6cp]

The band of Gold lyric is deep

[@KICKBOXER27]

Can't Beat A Classic!!

[@perpetual61]

I remember watching this back in 1970 at 8 years old. When Freda Payne sang " Band of Gold on Real Don Steele Show KHJ 9 Los Angeles.

[@Latz51]

She was breathtaking. I remember she sang "Bring the Boys Home' on the Tonight Show and I was mesmerized.

[@Franz19970]

Love the background girl dancers in the orange/yellow shirts doing the typical tripping on LSD dance

[@lavie8161]

😂😂😂😂

[@edwardhenry3158]

Man in the 70s I was a young bass player probably 14 years old. I was in the Allman Brothers R&B I could learn and I had a 62 jazz base. My brother had given me before he went off the Vietnam. He taught me a little bit before he went off to war, but never came back, but I took that base and it is still my prize possession today and I was sitting in my bedroom one day trying to figure out this baseline. My aunt Joanne came downstairs heard me and heard the song I was doing she said keep playing keep playing you’ll get it. You’ll get it. You’ll get it and all of a sudden she just started wailing, and blew me away and from that day on the bands, I was in when she would ever come to see us. We always made sure that song and heat wave she was coming up to sing and let me tell you she tore the house down I miss my aunt Joanne, she was one hell of a rockin chick, a white girl trapped in a black soul body

[@carlamonsalve8773]

LOS TIEMPOS CAMBIARON Y LA CALIDAD DE ESTOS ARTISTAS NADIE LAS PUEDE SUPERAR!!!!!

[@danielsnyder2998]

Had such a crush on her back in the 70"s, can't believe she didn't do more.

[@kadamwright]

Man o man such a gorgeous creature and with that talented voice... she's just yummy.

[@AnAdorableWombat1]

She is so gorgeous! She's 81 years old and still looks beautiful