Talk:Freda Payne

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Freda Payne was at least in 1959 known as Freda Farley. Farley was the family name of her stepfather, Samuel G. Farley. Farley died in 2001 per Jet Magazine, 8/31/2001. Payne's mother used her married name Farley and can be seen in Jet Magazine, 12/30/1976 with her mother and Payne's husband Gregory Abbott. Payne's mother died in 1977. https://books.google.com/books?id=D78DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA13&dq=Farley%20%2B%22freda%20Payne%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=Farley%20+%22freda%20Payne%22&f=false

In Payne's biography "Band of Gold: A Memoir - It says on P48 re the debutants ball(linked below) "Taking my step-father's last name, I was using the name Freda Payne Farley at the time." On Page-49, it says Jet referred to me as "Sixteen-year-old high school student Freda Payne Farley".

Jet Jan 7th, 1960 - Page-28, lists Freda Payne Farley as Miss February in their 1960 Calendar Pin-Ups saying "Freda Paine Farley (February) : At 17 Freda has toured with Pearl Bailey, appeared on television, now works in Detroit club." https://books.google.com/books?id=064DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA28&dq=Sixteen-year-old%20high%20%20school%20student%20Freda&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q=Farley&f=false

The Detroit Tribune, March 28, 1959 also lists Freda Fraley as one of that years debutants. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-detroit-tribune-freda-farley-1959-d/146501772/

The Detroit Tribune April 4th, 1959 also contains a picture and caption naming Freda Farley at the debutants tea. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-detroit-tribune-debutatnts-tea-at-ur/146505224/

When Paynbe first appeared in Variety magazine, May 1961, she was simply listed as "Freda Payne". https://archive.org/details/variety-1961-05

I need to go to the library and check for ancestry records to see what it says for the census and what her birth name actually was.Cathcam (talk)

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i don't remember freda payne much, when she came out i was no older than 2 back in 1970. that was the year of the age of aquaritus so it was told. i think in my opinion that was her only number one hit.

ronh

To the author of this article - you are asking for a citation of Freda Payne's marriage to singer Gregory Abbott. This story is TRUE. I subscribed to and read Right On! magazine from 1973-1981. In 1975, Freda Payne did marry singer Gregory Abbott. Right On! magazine reported this story and featured photographs of their wedding in one of their issues. They also had a son named Gregory, Jr. If you still need more verification on this, please feel free to contact Right On! magazine's archival department.

It is also true that singer Scherrie Payne is Freda's younger sister. When the death of their mother and her funeral services was reported in JET magazine (circa 1976-77?), they are in a photograph alongside their mother, and were photographed at her funeral services. Please contact JET magazine archival department.

v1iciouslady V1iciouslady (talk) 21:40, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Jet Magazine also had pictures of her wedding in Chicago.

Freda Payne is no longer "A Dame of Malta," that ended with her divorce. This fact is in the "Public Domain." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.156.1.76 (talk) 00:28, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This statement is correct. Freda Payne was withdrawn from The Dames Of Malta upon her divorce. 68.196.134.248 (talk) 21:37, 10 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Marriage to Gregory Abbott

that would be when Gregory Abbott (born April 2, 1964) was 12 then, with their son born when Gregory was 14. sounds unlikely. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elmartino (talk • contribs) 17:17, 28 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. Someone is insisting that she married Gregory abbot. Is it possible that the Greg abbot that is linked is actually her son? She could have had him in her 20s

Fixed date → see Gregory Abbott. Best, --Discographer (talk) 12:30, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Her age

This article now contradicts itself. AllMusic say she was born in 1945. Others sources say 1942. References (Inc one from Blue&Soul), say Sherrie is her 'youngest sister', yet Sherrie was born in 1944! Discogs.com say both 1942 and 1945 [1]. She is touring the UK later this year with Cliff Richard and is referred to as '68 year-old.....' Which would mean 1945 was wrong. Anyone have a definitive year of birth?--Egghead06 (talk) 15:14, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

This article shouldn't contradict itself now, because I took out any references to Scherrie being the "younger" sister and Freda the "elder". This article says that Freda was born in 1945 - probably wrong, but supported by most reliable sources. I wasn't aware of the Cliff Richard publicity, but that isn't a reliable source anyway, and nor is Discogs (at least, not on matters like this). I've asked the Fount of All Knowledge on these matters, and also raised a question at WP:BLPN on the best approach. Ghmyrtle (talk) 15:23, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've added a footnote to (hopefully) clarify the situation. Ghmyrtle (talk) 21:10, 5 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Frieda Payne is known for her songs on The Invictus Label.

Contrary to what was written about Frieda Payne's singing career, from the 1960s thru the 1980s, Payne is known by 99% of the General Public by these three songs and nothing ese: "Band Of Gold" 1970; "You Brought The Joy" 1971 and finally, "Bring The Boys Back Home" 1971and her only relatively decent album, "Contact". Whatever else she recorded, including her few Jazz albums of the early 1960s are only known by her die-hard fans. Spenser - The Unknown (talk) 17:42, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hey Spenser, that may all be true, but if you cannot provide any citations or references to the claims you make, it just opinion and can't be used here. Feel free to add any URL's etc. to this talk page and go from there. Cathcam (talk) 17:13, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]