Apr262024

Candi Staton

Candi Staton (born Canzetta Maria Staton on 13 March 1940, in Hanceville, Alabama, USA) is an American gospel singer. She is best known for her disco hit Young Hearts Run Free and dance hit You Got The Love. Staton sang with the Jewell Gospel Trio and as teenagers, they toured the traditional gospel circuit in the 1950s with The Soul Stirrers, C. L. Franklin, and Mahalia Jackson. They recorded several sides for Nashbro, Apollo[disambiguation needed ], and Savoy Records between 1953 and 1963, before launching a solo career in 1968. Read more on Last.fm

Track: You Got The Love

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Young Hearts Run Free
1265977
2You Got The Love
144755
3I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin')
97913
4Nights on Broadway
92976
5He Called Me Baby
90080
6Hallelujah Anyway (Larse vocal)
57290
7I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)
50540
8Too Hurt To Cry
44150
9Stand By Your Man
34911
10Sweet Feeling
29342

Other Album Releases:

Unstoppable
It's Time to Be Free
Life Happens
Hallelujah Anyway
Who's Hurting Now?
I Will Sing My Praise to You
His Hands
Classic Candi, Vol. 2
Proverbs 31 Woman
Christmas In My Heart

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