Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before breakup playlists and sad-girl pop ruled streaming, one song captured the devastation of love gone wrong in under ...

Former Motown producers wrote the song "Band of Gold" in 1970 for the Invictus label. Written under the pseudonym "Edythe Wayne" due to a lawsuit with Motown, "Band of Gold" was originally offered to ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Freda Charcilia Payne (born September 19, 1942) is an American singer and actress best known for her million selling 1970 hit single, "Band of Gold". She was ...

Long before breakup playlists and sad-girl pop ruled streaming, one song captured the devastation of love gone wrong in under three minutes. When "Band of Gold" by Freda Payne was released in 1970, it ...

UNSPECIFIED – JANUARY 01: John LENNON between 1970 and 1973. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images) ...