Candi Staton
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March 13, 1940
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Candi Staton Bio
Candi Staton is a gospel and soul singer, born on March 13, 1940, in Hanceville, Alabama. When she was in high school, she became a founding member of the Jewell Gospel Trio. In the 1950s, they toured the traditional gospel circuit with C.L. Franklin, the Soul Stirrers, and Mahalia Jackson, and they recorded several sides for Apollo, Savoy Records, and Nashboro between 1953 and 1963.
In 1968, Staton began her solo career as a Southern soul stylist, gathering 16 R&B hits for the legendary Frame Studios, and she gained the title of First Lady of Southern Soul for her Grammy-nominated R&B performances of Tammy Wynette’s Stand by Your Man, and Elvis Presley’s In the Ghetto. When she saw Southern soul falling out of fashion, in 1975, she started to collaborate with producer Dave Crawford, who turned her into a disco diva with songs like Young Hearts Run Free, and Victim. Two of her gospel albums were nominated for Grammy Awards. In 1992, Staton returned to pop mainstream with the hit song You Got the Love. She returned to secular music in 2006 with the album His Hands.
