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Candi Staton
Sign in to saveAlso known as Canzetta Maria Staton, Canzetta Staton
American singer–songwriter (born 1940)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Beyond a Shadow of Doubt
- Young Hearts Run Free
- The Best of Candi Staton
- This is my story
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1940-03-13
discoelectronicfunkpop and chartr&bsoul
Discography
- I’m Just a Prisoner1969
- Stand by Your Man1971
- Candi Staton1972
- Candi1974
- Young Hearts Run Free1976
- Music Speaks Louder Than Words1977
- House of Love1978
- Chance1979
- Candi Staton1980
- Nightlites1982
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 624,318
- Total plays
- 4,713,238
Tags
soulfemale vocalistsDiscornbdance
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, be
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hanceville
- Occupation
- singer
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.candi-staton.com
- Image
- Candi Staton.jpg
- Voice type
- contralto
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1940-05-13
- Commons category
- Candi Staton
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- social media followers
- 67500
- start of work period
- 1953-00-00
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