Tag Archives: Freda Payne
SHAOLIN SOUL: EPISODE 4.
Shaolin Soul: Episode 4. Label: Because Music France. Twenty years ago in 1998, the first instalment in the Shaolin Soul compilation series was released to widespread critical acclaim. Shaolin Soul: Episode 1 was an all-star compilation that featured nineteen funky and soulful tracks from labels like Atlantic, Hi, Motown and Stax that had inspired many hip hop producers. So did …
BACKBEATS-DETROIT GOLD-70S SOUL GROOVES FROM MOTOR CITY.
BACKBEATS-DETROIT GOLD-70S SOUL GROOVES FROM MOTOR CITY. After becoming embroiled in a dispute with Motown Records during 1967, the songwriting and production team of Lamont Dozier and brothers Eddie and Brian Brian Holland left the label in 1968. Motown sued Holland, Dozier, Holland, who countersued Motown. Like all litigation, things were getting messy and expensive. …
FREDA PAYNE-SUPERNATURAL HIGH.
FREDA PAYNE-SUPERNATURAL HIGH. Mention the name Freda Payne, and most people will automatically think of her 1970 two-million-selling single Band of Gold. That, however, is doing Freda Payne a huge disservice. Why? Well, Freda Payne’s career has lasted over fifty years, and saw Freda release eleven studio albums. One of these albums was 1978s Supernatural …
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