Freda Payne’s big hit was Band of Gold in 1970. She is the older sister of Scherrie Payne of the Supremes. That’s a lot of talent to come out of one family. I was throwing away a piece of note paper where I’d jotted down several artists to checkout on YouTube. So I checked out Freda’s song and instantly recognized it. The video at the link is a great one. She is one of those slinky 70s singers that is so sexy. Its hard to explain. Detroit in the 60s was not a bad place to be for an aspiring singer. Anyway, beautiful, in shape and could sing like an angel.

UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1970: Photo of Freda Payne Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

70s ‘hot’ was smokin’.