Apr182024

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 - Rerecorded

Most Played Tracks as Scrobbled to Last.fm

# Title Plays
1Young Hearts Run Free
1255987
2You Got The Love
144650
3I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin')
97830
4Nights on Broadway
92661
5He Called Me Baby
89932
6Hallelujah Anyway (Larse vocal)
57285
7I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)
50493
8Too Hurt To Cry
43947
9Stand By Your Man
34870
10Sweet Feeling
29307

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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