Author Roger Angell (92), TV host James Lipton ("Inside the Actors Studio") (86), actor Adam West (82), actor David McCallum (TV: "NCIS") (79), singer-songwriter Paul Williams (72), singer Bill Medley (72), singer Freda Payne (70), actor Randolph Mantooth (67), rock singer-musician Lol Creme (10cc)
Like his fellow members of Motown's renowned Funk Brothers studio band, he often moonlighted for other Detroit labels and studios, including United Sound and Golden World, performing on tunes such as the Capitols' Cool Jerk, the Parliaments' (I Wanna) Testify, and Freda Payne's Band of Gold.
Date: Jul 16, 2012
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
'American Idol': What Will Jessica Sanchez Sing After Near-Exit?
" Finding a classic soul song for Skylar to pour grits and gravy on shouldn't be that hard and yet. She could scuff up Freda Payne's "Band of Gold," or just stay close to home and put some twang on Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia." Hell, Georgia's right there in the title! (
Date: Apr 18, 2012
Category: Entertainment
Source: Google
Radiohead rules, with Adele, Lauren Pritchard & Steve Riley
British neo-soul singer Adele spreads wings wider on her unlucky in love, though lucky with collaborators "Adele 21" (XL/Columbia, B). I hear almost as much Bonnie Raitt as Freda Payne in this leather-lunged lass, especially when she's getting earthy on "Don't You Remember" and "Take It All."
Linda Truelove, Reinhold Dalinger, Dora Wilson, Gail Morris, Diane Bailey, David Real, Ann Humphrey, Vicki Debter, Teddy Duncan, Betty Real, Vickie Smith