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Infobox musical artist |name = Candi Staton|image = Candi Staton.jpg|caption = Candi Staton performing.|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Canzetta Maria Staton|alias =|birth_date = birth date and age|1940|3|13|birth_place = Hanceville, Alabama|Hanceville , Alabama United States |death_date =|instrument = Singing|Vocals |genre = Gospel Music|Gospel , Soul music|soul , Rhythm and blues|R& B , House Music|House/Dance |occupation = Musician |years_active = 1953–present|label = Apollo Records (1944)|Apollo , Savoy Records|Savoy , Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. |associated_acts = The Source (musician)|The Source |website = http://www.candi-staton.com/ Candi Staton.com|notable_instruments =Candi Staton (IPAc-en|icon|'|s|t|e?|t|?n; born Canzetta Maria Staton ; March 13, 1940, Hanceville, Alabama|Hanceville , Alabama )Allmusic|class=artist|id=p2409|pure_url=yes Allmusic.com - accessed July 2010 is an United States|American Soul music|soul and Gospel music|gospel singing|singer , best known for her 1970 in music|1970 remake of Tammy Wynette 's "Stand By Your Man" and her 1976 in music|1976 disco chart-topper|hit " Young Hearts Run Free ". In 2007, Staton was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame. http://www.hallmuseum.com Christian Music Hall of Fame Staton inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame
Biography
Early years
At the age of eleven or twelve, Staton and her sister Maggie were sent to the Jewell Christian Academy in Nashville, Tennessee . Her vocal abilities quickly set her apart from the crowd; the school's pastor teamed the two sisters with a third girl to form the Jewell Gospel Trio. 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 Records (1944)|Apollo , and Savoy Records between 1953 and 1963.Citation needed|date=October 2008
Solo career
In 1968, Staton launched her solo career as a Southern soul stylist, garnering 16 R& B hits for Rick Hall's Fame Studios and gaining the title of "First Lady of Southern Soul" for her Grammy-nominated R& B renditions of the songs " Stand by Your Man " and " In the Ghetto ".cite web |url= http://www.divastation.com/candi_staton/staton_bio.html|title=Divastation: Candi Staton |accessdate=2008-02-02 Staton appeared on the September 23, 1972 edition (Season 2, Episode 1) of Soul Train . In 1975, Staton began collaborating with producer David Crawford dn|date=April 2012 on disco songs such as " Young Hearts Run Free ", which reached #2 in the UK Singles Chart , during the summer of 1976. It was remixed and re-released in 1986 reaching the UK Top 50. Follow up song "Destiny" hit the Top 50 in the UK. Candi's version of "Nights on Broadway" hit the UK Top 10 in 1977; it had been a US Billboard hit for the Bee Gees over a year before. In 1978 she scored another Top 50 hit in the UK with "Honest I Do I Love You". Other club hits included "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" and "Victim". In 1982 Candi again hit the UK chart with a version of Elvis Presley 's " Suspicious Minds ".cite web |url= http://www.candi-staton.com/ |title=Candi Staton |accessdate=2008-02-02 In 1997, singer Kym Mazelle recorded "Young Hearts Run Free" for the film adaption of Romeo and Juliet .cite web |url= http://www.divastation.com/kym_mazelle/mazelle_bio.html |title=Divastation: Kym Mazelle|accessdate=2008-02-02 Kym Mazelle's cover of "Young Hearts Run Free" for the movie Romeo and Juliet. Staton collaborated with Change (band)|Change , Luther Vandross , and Janet Jackson on her 1979 album title song "Chance" and album single "When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (co-written by Patrick Adams (musician)|Patrick Adams and Wayne K. Garfield, lyricist).
In 1982, Staton returned to gospel music. She married her third husband, John Sussewell (drummer for Ashford & Simpson and also Dory Previn 's We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx|sixth album ). Together they founded Beracah Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia with help from Jim Bakker|Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker 's PTL Ministries. She has since recorded eight gospel albums, two of which received Grammy Award nominations.
bodystyle = background:#FFFEFD; text-align:left;;Lambchop's "I Would Have Waited Here All Day"Staton is the subject of the song "I Would Have Waited Here All Day" by Lambchop (band)|Lambchop .;Helen Hoffner's "Summer of Love"In Hoffner's 1993 hit "Summer Of Love", reference is made in the lyrics to " Young Hearts Run Free "; see Helen Hoffner's album Wild about Nothing .
In 1991 she returned to popular mainstream charts by lending her vocals to The Source's Top Ten British hit, " You Got the Love ," a club-styled dance hit that sold two million copies and that is still considered a seminal classic of that era, leading to many remixes and cover versions being created.Citation needed|date=February 2008 Staton signed with Intersound Records in 1995. In 2000, she released her eleventh album, ''Here's a Blessing''. In 2004, the British record label Honest Jon's released a compilation CD of her country-soul work from the late 1960s and early 1970s, the self-titled Candi Staton , and Staton followed it up with a secular project in 2006 entitled His Hands , produced by Mark Nevers of Lambchop (band)|Lambchop and with the title track written by Will Oldham . Two of Staton's children, Cassandra Hightower (background vocals) and Marcus Williams (drums), joined her on the CD. A second studio album for Honest Jon's, titled ''Who's Hurting Now? , appeared in 2009.
Staton's television show New Direction airs on Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN . Staton has also made appearances on the Praise the Lord telecast with Paul Crouch and his wife Jan Crouch .
"I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than a Young Man's Fool) (1969) R& B #9 US #46
"I'm Just A Prisoner (Of Your Good Lovin'" (1969) US #56
"Sweet Feeling" (1970) R& B #5 US #60
"Stand By Your Man" (1970) R& B #4 US #24
"He Called Me Baby" (1971) R& B #9 US #52
"In The Ghetto" (1972) US #48
"Do It In The Name Of Love" (1973) US #80
"As Long as He Takes Care of Home" (1974) R& B #6
" Young Hearts Run Free " (1976) US #20 UK #2 R& B #1 (1986 re-release #47, 1999 re-release #29)
"Destiny" (1976) UK #41
"Nights On Broadway" (1977) UK #6 R& B #16 US #102
"Honest I Do Love You" (1978) UK #48 R& B #77
"Victim" (1978) R& B #17
"When You Wake Up Tomorrow" (1979) R& B #13
"Suspicious Minds" (1982) UK #31
"You Got The Love" (1986) UK #95 R& B #88
" You got the love|You Got The Love " ( The Source (musician)|The Source featuring Candi Staton - 1991) UK #4 (1997 re-release UK #3 (Now Voyager Mix), 2005 import release UK #60, 2006 "You Got the Love (New Voyager Mix)" (featuring Candi Staton - re-release) #7 UK)
"Love On Love" (1999) UK #27
"Young Hearts Run Free" (re-recording) (1999) UK #29
"I Just Can't Get To Sleep At All" (2000) Energise Records, UK; limited release
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 525
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External links
http://www.candi-staton.com/ Candi Staton website, accessed 15 Aug 2008.
http://www.soulexpress.net/candistaton.htm Soul Express interview with Candi Staton, accessed 15 Aug 2008.
http://www.soulexpress.net/deep2_2011.htm#candistaton Candi comments on her Fame recordings at Soul Express
Persondata | NAME = Staton, Candi | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1940-03-13 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Hanceville, Alabama|Hanceville , Alabama United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Staton, Candi Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:People from Hanceville, Alabama Category:American Christians Category:American gospel singers Category:American female singers Category:Georgia (U.S. state) Democrats
