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She will be joined on stage for the festival finale by legendary gospel diva Candi Staton, who has been thrilling audiences for over 50 years with hits including Young Hearts Run Free and You've Got the Love. The festival will also see the return of...
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NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 13: Candi Staton performs during the 10th Americana Music Association Honors and Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium on October 13, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. View Photo »
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That was a big part of the music made here where we grew up — Aretha Franklin, Candi Staton, Wilson Pickett. I studied that stuff, and I know everybody in our band did — our bassist, Jimbo [Hart], and drummer, Chad [Gamble], in particular. Chad had an R&B band with his brother, who is an organ player, c...
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James wrote or co-wrote several of her greatest songs. That year, James's influence was everywhere, with a variety of black female singers (including Tina Turner, Gladys Knight and Candi Staton) employing her defiant, abrasive vocal style. Janis Joplin...
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Harrow & The Harvest ( Aco-ny). After an absence of eight years, Welch made a brilliant return with a bountiful harvest of modern and ancient, potent and moving, rootsy and naturalistic music. “Scarlet Town,” “Tennessee” and the rest are literate...
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Mix made the quite the entrance, on the back of motorbikes and kicked off with a Little rap (sorry) to perform You’ve Got The Love by Candi Staton. Wearing faded denim, knee high socks and trainers with luminous accessories, the four girls, looked...
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NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 13: Candi Staton presents the Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive during the 10th Americana Music Association Honors and Awards at the Ryman Auditorium on October 13, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee. View Photo »
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Port round in glasses and smoking cigars before the song began. Overall Marcus did prove that he’s the showman of the competition but I still remained unconvinced about his recording artist potential. Little Mix occupied the second spot here kicking off...
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R&B belter Candi Staton earned her “First Lady of Southern Soul” sobriquet in the early 1970s, recording for Rick Hall’s Fame Studios, and she scored one big pop hit with “Young Hearts Run Free” in 1976. After decades singing gospel, she made a pop...
About Candi Staton
Wikipedia
Candi Staton (born Canzetta Maria Staton - pronounced Stay-ton - on March 13, 1940, in Hanceville, Alabama) is an American gospel singer. She is best known for her disco hit "Young Hearts Run Free" and dance hit "You Got The Love". Full Article
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NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 13: Candi Staton presents the Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive during the 10th Americana Music Association Honors and Awards at the Ryman Auditorium on October 13, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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NASHVILLE, TN - OCTOBER 13: Candi Staton presents the Jack Emerson Lifetime Achievement Award for Executive during the 10th Americana Music Association Honors and Awards at the Ryman Auditorium on October 13, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.
View Photo »
