Canzetta Maria “Candi” Staton (/ˈsteɪtən/) (born March 13, 1940 in Hanceville, Alabama) is an American soul and gospel singer, greatest recognized in the US for her 1970 remake of Tammy Wynette’s “Stand By Your Man” and her 1976 disco chart-topper “Younger Hearts Run Free”. In Europe, her largest promoting document is the anthemic “You Bought the Love” from 1986 launched in collaboration with the Supply. Staton was inducted into the Christian Music Corridor of Fame.

Early years
On the age of 11 or twelve, Staton and her sister Maggie had been despatched to the Jewell Christian Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Her vocal talents shortly set her other than the group; the college’s pastor teamed the 2 sisters with a 3rd lady (Naomi Harrison) to kind the Jewell Gospel Trio. As youngsters, they toured the standard gospel circuit within the Fifties with the Soul Stirrers, C. L. Franklin and Mahalia Jackson. They recorded a number of sides for Nashbro, Apollo and Savoy Information between 1953 and 1963.

Solo profession

Candi Staton onstage at Guilfest 2012.
In 1968, Staton was launched to Rick Corridor by Clarence Carter and launched her solo profession as a Southern soul stylist, garnering 16 R&B hits for Rick Corridor’s Fame Studios and gaining the title of “First Girl of Southern Soul” for her Grammy-nominated R&B renditions of the songs “Stand by Your Man” and “Within the Ghetto”.  Staton appeared on the September 23, 1972 version (Season 2, Episode 1) of Soul Prepare. In 1976, Staton started collaborating with producer David Crawford on disco songs akin to “Younger Hearts Run Free”, which reached #1 on the US R&B charts, #2 within the UK Singles Chart and went High 20 on the Pop Scorching 100  in the course of the summer season of 1976. It was remixed and re-released in 1986 reaching the UK High 50. Observe up music “Future” hit the High 50 within the UK.  Candi’s model of “Nights on Broadway” hit the UK High 10 in 1977; it had been a US Billboard hit for the Bee Gees over a yr earlier than. In 1978, she scored one other High 50 hit within the UK with “Trustworthy I Do I Love You”. In 1979, from her album “Probability” Staton launched album single “When You Wake Up Tomorrow” (co-written by Patrick Adams and Wayne Ok. Garfield) and the title music “Probability”, a TOP 20 R&B charted document. Different Dance membership chart hits included “When You Wake Up Tomorrow” and “Sufferer”.

In 1982, Candi once more hit the UK chart with a model of Elvis Presley’s “Suspicious Minds”.  In 1997, singer Kym Mazelle recorded “Younger Hearts Run Free” for the movie adaption of Romeo and Juliet.

In 1982, Staton returned to gospel music. She married her fourth husband, John Sussewell (drummer for Ashford & Simpson and in addition Dory Previn’s sixth album). Collectively they based Beracah Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia with assist from Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s PTL Ministries. She has since recorded eight gospel albums, two of which acquired Grammy Award nominations.

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