To be honest, this is the first time I hear this song, although I was around in the '70's. But I'm on a memory lane travel on YT, and this came in view. And I like it, even if it's more than 50 years too late. That's the best of YT, lots of people saved this kind of recordings and took the trouble to post it here for people like me to enjoy.
True that! Have you ever tried to find out what happened to the black R&B music of the era? I never hear any of it playing anywhere. There was loads and loads of it, beginning in the 1960s. 😊☺😇😎 Once, while serving the internet, I ran across one artist of the era. And what emerged from the algorithms were loads of those old tunes waiting to be forgotten? Strange.💯 Class of 75.
WOW! I always heard the song a lot. I knew it was very, very@@austinteutschmuch. I like it. And hearing it again. I like it again and I thank you so very, very much. It made me feel good all over again. God bless you.
Hell yea! Nothing like the 70's! All the different styles of music was better back then, Motown, pop, country, disco, you name it! The 70's had so many different styles of great music back then. Great dance music in every category! 70's👍
@@alanhughes5868 When you have 78 candles on your birthday cake, you may not think a person aged 81 years is old. Anyway, "Band Of Gold" never gets old ☮️ brother
@@alanhughes5868 What a blessing to even get old because the only ones who stay young are the ones who died young. Ms Freda ought to be able to share some nugget of wisdom she has gained in her 81 years.
@@yvonnepeters1914 , oh a 45mm, oh wrong era,, I get ya,,! I couldn’t find those lil red plastic thangs too that made records play ,,it centered my 45 double sided records , now u might get shot saying my neighbor is playing his 45’s again too loud,,,
Listening to this, oh my God, i miss music like this. Tearing up big time! I'm 70 yrs. old. Music like this is gone forever! When i leave this earth, this will be one o the songs that will be played ar my memorial. Music like this is FOREVER! 🙏😇😉👍😎😍
Said that again I always tear up in the beginning then I get happy remember this song it 1970 when I was 5 living in a hippie house with blacks and white in west phila on 63 st
I was so lucky to have this type of music in my life throughout my childhood. It got me through some pretty tough times in my teens when my parents separated and the family disintegrated. Thank god for 60's-70's music. Great memories.
65 y.o. Raised in Philly and the sound of soul. This tune reminds me of the summer we spent in Atlantic City. 5 of us kids, having fun. Wow, so long ago. Sigh
73yrs old and still loving this, please please take us back to these times, love the outfit, gorgeous woman. No obesity in sight, we all did our exercising on the dance floor to music like this, no need for gyms we baby boomers were soooo lucky❤
This was in the next to play for my RUclips session - I think Freda Payne still looks good many years later - ruclips.net/video/_oYpqgYdjq8/видео.htmlsi=PA-6s2ETUWb2JFem
I got to duet with this beautiful lady on uk tv back in 1971 a great honour she was so coooool thanks FREDA jve ps Holland- Dozier-Holland the best in the business back in the golden times, bless them.
Brilliant song sung by a beautiful singer with a great voice! Oh we were so blessed then back in the 60s and 70s with all the vibrant music being released. This song and the artiste are truly authentic. The song - one of the greatest hits ever made!
This was a song me and my best friend used to love and every time I hear it she comes flooding into my memory sadly she died when she was 41 yrs old but I can still see her dancing to this and she would now be 70 bless her
@@Deborah-so8mv No, that is incorrect - it's not about marrying a gay man. Read what the composer said: Dunbar continued: "They said this song is a smash in the gay community. And I said, gay community? They said, yeah man, it's a smash. And I says, why is it that? And they said, well it's what the lyrics are saying. She said the guy couldn't make love to her so they figured he had to be gay! And I said oh no! And I remembered when they said that to me and I listened back to the song and there was a part in there... because I remembered when we were editing that tune, it was too long, so we had to cut a section out of the tune so the section we cut out of the song really brought the whole song [story] together." The lyrics which Dunbar cut in the final edit which he was referring to were made to reduce the length of the single from three minutes 43 seconds down to the final two minutes 53 seconds. These were taken from the first verse - "And the memories of our wedding day, and the night I turned you away" - these were effectively substituted with, "And the memories of what love could be, if you were still here with me"; and a larger bridge - "Each night, I lie awake and I tell myself, the vows we made gave you the right, to have a love each night." - which is repeated again later in the song, cutting 18 seconds twice over from the song. With further refinements in the arrangements, including a heavier, richer bassline, and a different vocal take, a further 14 seconds were shaved off the final released seven-inch single.
I was 16 when I first heard this song - I’ve loved it ever since. We did grow up in the most wonderful musical era and we were so lucky!!! We got to experience all of this great music first!!!
This song was on 20 Dynamic Hits in Australia. My Mother bought it for us along with some other compilation Hits albums of the day. "Band of Gold" made a huge impact on me as a 10 yr old.
Our generation had it so good and didn’t know it til now. The music had meaning and you felt the emotion in every song. Some left you sad and broken hearted, but you always felt better 😊
Brilliant tune reminds me of the early 70s just left school and started work life was good then and so was the music motown, rock, reggae, even my daughters who are in their 40s now say the music back then is better than the crap that is spewed out today
This song was the soundtrack to my childhood, my father was a DJ & his birthday Dec 31st each year we had family parties I remember doing my best Michael Jackson to this with the aunts and uncles. Memories.
I’m 63. I was in elementary school when this song debuted. All of us kids sang it, not really understanding the deep meaning of this song. But we loved it anyway and we all still love it and Freda Payne to this day. ❤️❤️
Who’s still listening to Band of Gold in 2024? Thumps up please.
Thumbs up
Still listening to this gem!👍✌️
@papatutti59 Put a sock in it goose.
Leagues above any of the rubbish made today
@papatutti59 Your comment is utterly pointless.
We are still listening to this great song in 2024
To be honest, this is the first time I hear this song, although I was around in the '70's. But I'm on a memory lane travel on YT, and this came in view. And I like it, even if it's more than 50 years too late. That's the best of YT, lots of people saved this kind of recordings and took the trouble to post it here for people like me to enjoy.
Why wouldn't we?RUclips is an archive.
Was in the Army then.
So do I. Marvellous music!
I met my wife when I asked her to dance to this in 1970 still married.
Nice! 👌🏽
So cool!
Very cool
Really, wow
I love that story!
First time I've actually seen her, wow, what a beautiful woman !!
Yeah, same here. I know the song, I hear it on the radio all the time. But WOW! She is gorgeous.
I was going to say the same.
Me too. Loved this song when it came out in the UK. 🇬🇧
Always loved this song. Great talent, and I didnt remember how "smokin hot" this woman was!!!
Thinking the same thing. No MTV till 80. Then we saw them all 🎶😊 Aaa...the good ol days😅
2024 - 68 yrs old - still know the lyrics. I miss Motown! One of the greatest eras in American music.
Amen ! Im proud & Blessed to be from Detroit where all that great music came from
Not technically Motown.
64 years old love Motown and miss it a lot, to me this is Motown too…
@@Ogma3bandcampit’s Motown to me even if it isn’t from Detroit
@@gabeeaglesland1378 True dat !
Freda was a knockout
You Bet! She Had Some Moves!
She very pretty lady
Was she a one hit Wonder
Tell me 'bout it. I started fantasizing about her at 11 years old.
Saw her perform recently and I can assure you she still is a knockout ... at 80!
Isn’t it amazing how the music of the 60’s & 70’s is still as good as it was back then!!! Class of 72.
Right on! Class of 73. I search for these classics to remember the girls I made love to way back when.
True that! Have you ever tried to find out what happened to the black R&B music of the era? I never hear any of it playing anywhere. There was loads and loads of it, beginning in the 1960s. 😊☺😇😎
Once, while serving the internet, I ran across one artist of the era. And what emerged from the algorithms were loads of those old tunes waiting to be forgotten? Strange.💯 Class of 75.
WOW! I always heard the song a lot. I knew it was very, very@@austinteutschmuch. I like it. And hearing it again. I like it again and I thank you so very, very much. It made me feel good all over again. God bless you.
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So true, so true - Elton John proves that all on his own - but I imagine every generation feels that way. Perhaps everyone's right.
'78 👏👏 is great!
She’s Beautiful! The 1970’s were truly Amazing! ❤
That’s for sure!!!❤
You're so right, back then people had natural beauty. It was a good time.
@@SB-mm9zh Natural beauty with wigs and makeup, as well as plastic surgery. But I get where you're coming from.
True, but in retrospect - for the most part - the clothing left a lot to be desired.
If you remember the 70's you weren't there.......
Damn! I have loved this song all my life, ever since I was a kid in the 1970s. But I never realized Freda Payne was so gorgeous!
I just said the same. She really was a beauty.🥰
I’m totally with you on this!
Still beautiful in 2024
My all time favorite since childhood on my portable record player 😁😎 First time I can remember actually seeing her.
Hell yea! Nothing like the 70's! All the different styles of music was better back then, Motown, pop, country, disco, you name it! The 70's had so many different styles of great music back then. Great dance music in every category! 70's👍
Best years of my life. I would love to go back.
Me too
David Bowie
Beautiful woman. Great voice. Great backing band. How did we lose all these wonderful memories
The songwriters/producers and musicians were all from Motown! I play in a cover band and we still play this wonderful song.
I'm still in love with Freda 54 years later.
Gorgeous woman! Proof, you can be beautiful and sexy and still be a lady.
the band elwood
We haven't lost the memories, we just lost time!
A massive hit for the Detroit lady. She's 81 years young.
Whenever a young person calls an old person young, that means that the young person thinks the old person is really old.
@@alanhughes5868
When you have 78 candles on your birthday cake, you may not think a person aged 81 years is old.
Anyway, "Band Of Gold" never gets old ☮️ brother
@@alanhughes5868 What a blessing to even get old because the only ones who stay young are the ones who died young. Ms Freda ought to be able to share some nugget of wisdom she has gained in her 81 years.
I loved this song when it came out. Still love it today!
She must've been 28 yo when it first came out in 1970
Heard the song a million times but now I have a beautiful face to go with it 🎉
One of my favorite songs, but I never saw her. It was worth the wait.
I was having similar thoughts. She is damn purty.
Yup
67 years old and remember this big time!
Ha gotcha beat by one year 😊
Ditto!
I'm 67 too. I had that 45 record back in the day. 😊
67 years young I am,, the best music for me,, music was about Love,,
@@yvonnepeters1914 , oh a 45mm, oh wrong era,, I get ya,,! I couldn’t find those lil red plastic thangs too that made records play ,,it centered my 45 double sided records , now u might get shot saying my neighbor is playing his 45’s again too loud,,,
Listening to this, oh my God, i miss music like this. Tearing up big time! I'm 70 yrs. old. Music like this is gone forever! When i leave this earth, this will be one o the songs that will be played ar my memorial. Music like this is FOREVER! 🙏😇😉👍😎😍
Said that again I always tear up in the beginning then I get happy remember this song it 1970 when I was 5 living in a hippie house with blacks and white in west phila on 63 st
70 too.
I don't!
58 years old and all I can say to your posts is❤❤❤❤.
LISTENING, 2024
I was so lucky to have this type of music in my life throughout my childhood. It got me through some pretty tough times in my teens when my parents separated and the family disintegrated. Thank god for 60's-70's music. Great memories.
Just leaving school and straight into the 70s what a good life
65 y.o. Raised in Philly and the sound of soul. This tune reminds me of the summer we spent in Atlantic City. 5 of us kids, having fun. Wow, so long ago. Sigh
WDAS
75 here in 2024 and still listening 0:58
I was 6 years old when this was playing on radio station childhood memories kdia
When the only hit you have becomes a timeless classic , you only need one hit , right ? Freda really was the perfect voice for this melody.
73yrs old and still loving this, please please take us back to these times, love the outfit, gorgeous woman. No obesity in sight, we all did our exercising on the dance floor to music like this, no need for gyms we baby boomers were soooo lucky❤
This was in the next to play for my RUclips session - I think Freda Payne still looks good many years later - ruclips.net/video/_oYpqgYdjq8/видео.htmlsi=PA-6s2ETUWb2JFem
Yeah 👍🏻 ❤
I will go with you back in time. I really do wish I could do it.
It’s incredible to see how beautiful, classy and graceful (especially) black singers were back then versus today.
Absolutely classy❤
I Still Miss Freda !!!!! ..... I fell Madly in Love With Her in The 70"s ❤❤❤
Me too.😂😂
Same here
Well, seems like she still is around, 81 years old.
How could one not fall in Love with her?
Super great early 1970s song & very pretty lady
Known this song for years, but wow, Freda was seriously gorgeous.
A gorgeous song sung by an equally gorgeous Freda Payne.
I'm 63 and this music still sends shivers down my spine.
Back when we weren't obese.
And natural beauty💕
Not all of us!
Are you serious the world was different in 1970 we had real food
@@traviscarter1023-
I was born in 1952.
I always liked this song. Freda Payne: very attractive woman.
My brother wanted Neil Young's Heart of Gold for his birthday. Ma bought him Band of Gold. Mothers, whatcha gonna do?
I am with your Bro but will still be happy with the substitute mom bought :)
In England this was a big hit on what we called Northern soul in the 70s
ah, Wigan Casino !!
Yes, it was a number one around September1970 in the UK for around 5 or 6 weeks.
I am 71 god we were so lucky 🎉
Same age and I agree!
I got to duet with this beautiful lady on uk tv back in 1971 a great honour she was so coooool thanks FREDA jve ps Holland- Dozier-Holland the best in the business back in the golden times, bless them.
Lucky you!
I have that episode, I got it from YT but sadly there is no audio for some reason. Only one episode posted now, shame.
J vincent edwards from the hitsong “Thanks” ( to the lord)? Loved that song!
thanks mate love and peace. jve@@janmahulete5172
that's for sure love and peace jve@@BGK2223
Still listening in 2024.❤
The true definition of a classic song
I think everyone has heard and loves this song, and Freda Payne just leaves me speechless .. every man's dream❤
Stunning woman and still going strong at 81.
Utterly brilliant music!!!
No autotunes , no BBLs , face lifts just naturally beautiful and talented people came from this era🙏🌞🔥💯 Happy Easter to everyone 🤎🧡💛
Brilliant song sung by a beautiful singer with a great voice! Oh we were so blessed then back in the 60s and 70s with all the vibrant music being released. This song and the artiste are truly authentic. The song - one of the greatest hits ever made!
Loved the song as a kid in the 70's. I think I love it more now. Thumbs way up! Thank you so much! GREAT song, super pretty lady.
This was a song me and my best friend used to love and every time I hear it she comes flooding into my memory sadly she died when she was 41 yrs old but I can still see her dancing to this and she would now be 70 bless her
Haven't heard this in ages.... Takes me back to my childhood.
The '70s were the greatest time for music 🎶 period.
Classic song. Timeless and beautiful. Never ages. Loving it still 🎉
I’m always listening 2024
2024 and 65 years old. I remember hearing songs like this on my transistor radio. 🙂
I am 65 Xmas Eve i remember the same.
Remember the colorful Panasonic radios? Those were the days❤❤
I still have this record from Belgium that I given by a friend.
A blast from the past!
Takes me back,good days👍👍🫠🫠🫠👍👍
A true 70s classic
Freda was a head of her time with her songs. She had an awesome voice . Miss her music.
Best song about a woman married to a a gay man. Way before it’s time.
@@Deborah-so8mv No, that is incorrect - it's not about marrying a gay man. Read what the composer said: Dunbar continued: "They said this song is a smash in the gay community. And I said, gay community? They said, yeah man, it's a smash. And I says, why is it that? And they said, well it's what the lyrics are saying. She said the guy couldn't make love to her so they figured he had to be gay! And I said oh no! And I remembered when they said that to me and I listened back to the song and there was a part in there... because I remembered when we were editing that tune, it was too long, so we had to cut a section out of the tune so the section we cut out of the song really brought the whole song [story] together."
The lyrics which Dunbar cut in the final edit which he was referring to were made to reduce the length of the single from three minutes 43 seconds down to the final two minutes 53 seconds. These were taken from the first verse - "And the memories of our wedding day, and the night I turned you away" - these were effectively substituted with, "And the memories of what love could be, if you were still here with me"; and a larger bridge - "Each night, I lie awake and I tell myself, the vows we made gave you the right, to have a love each night." - which is repeated again later in the song, cutting 18 seconds twice over from the song. With further refinements in the arrangements, including a heavier, richer bassline, and a different vocal take, a further 14 seconds were shaved off the final released seven-inch single.
IAM listening this in 2024 always
What a singer!!! Why wasn’t Freda a much bigger star? She was fantastic! One of my first crushes as an 11 year old boy.
would love to go back there,away from the doom and gloom of these times.
Loved this song then and still do in 2024 👍
Great memories n I graduated in 1970. Those are priceless times. Great singer n beautiful lady.
I was 16 when I first heard this song - I’ve loved it ever since. We did grow up in the most wonderful musical era and we were so lucky!!! We got to experience all of this great music first!!!
...great song, great gal, great time...
Beautiful
Great song wonderful voice❣️☺️
Love The 70's!
Those cameramen sure had a good day that day.
Tsk.
I was 24 when this record came out and it still sounds great to me. Better than all this rap rubbish.
This song was on 20 Dynamic Hits in Australia.
My Mother bought it for us along with some other compilation Hits albums of the day.
"Band of Gold" made a huge impact on me as a 10 yr old.
GREAT, GREAT SONG I LOVE THE 70'S. GREAT MUSIC ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I really thank God for all these beautiful songs and people who gave us some very sweet music during the past 80 years. This song is truly beautiful
Memories from Mrs Payne
Still love this song!! Such great memories return to me!!😄Thank you Freda Payne!👏♥️
Yes! She's is still gorgeous. Today
First record i ever bought,still love it to this day .
One of my all time favourite I'm 74 now and still love it..
My mother use to play this song nonstop on the record player!!!
When women were strong and had a backbone
Opposed to the men being weak and had no backbone ☝🏽....
I'm sure that's what YOU meant.
Our generation had it so good and didn’t know it til now. The music had meaning and you felt the emotion in every song. Some left you sad and broken hearted, but you always felt better 😊
Loved this song as a 10 year old in 1970. Still love it!
So beautiful..oh my..❤
Classic song... Lovely looking lady
This song brings back memories Freda Payne is so good!
A true classic! Fantastic voice! Beautiful lady!
67 years old and still love this song❤
I grew up listening to this song and I never get tired of it.I love Freida Payne
69 years old. Love this song!!!!!!!!!! Kurt
Those who enjoy good music,real music and even greater performances! Great stuff!
Still as good now as in 1970 !!!
Brilliant tune reminds me of the early 70s just left school and started work life was good then and so was the music motown, rock, reggae, even my daughters who are in their 40s now say the music back then is better than the crap that is spewed out today
What a great song.
A great hit for a beautiful songstress ❤
Awesome song!
This song was the soundtrack to my childhood, my father was a DJ & his birthday Dec 31st each year we had family parties I remember doing my best Michael Jackson to this with the aunts and uncles.
Memories.
I’m 63. I was in elementary school when this song debuted. All of us kids sang it, not really understanding the deep meaning of this song. But we loved it anyway and we all still love it and Freda Payne to this day. ❤️❤️
The music of the 70s is the best
Freda is an icon. Beautiful, timeless jam.
66 and this is still banging
I was 19 in 1970. Wow .This music was and is great.
I was 7 .. Great song ..
I was born when this song was number 1 in the UK Charts
Who has heard this first time today?
Thumbs up. 👍
Does it still count if I replayed it three times...?
I remember hearing this on the radio after coming back from Vietnam. Love this song! ❤
I used to listen to band of gold on 45 record player before going to grade school . Loved that song .
My GOSH sister Payne is a goddess! 🙏🏾
Wow, I was 4 years old when this song came out. I do remember this song over the years. What a beautiful woman. 😊
Can't believe whole looking for this song, it just now popped up in my feed! Band of gold.