Detroit native Freda Charcilia Payne (born September 19, 1942) is an American Soul/R&B singer and actress best known for her million selling 1970 hit single, “Band of Gold”.
On November 14th 1970, Freda Payne performed “Band of Gold” on the ABC-TV program ‘American Bandstand’…
Four months earlier in July 1970 the song peaked at #3 {for 1 week}; its last day on the chart was September 5th…
Source : Freda Payne wikipedia entry.