Candi Staton

Candi Staton
Staton in 2012
Born
Canzetta Maria Staton

(1940-03-13) March 13, 1940 (age 84)[1][2][3][4]
Hanceville, Alabama, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Spouses
Joe Williams
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(m. 1960; div. 1968)​
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(m. 1970; div. 1973)​
Jimmy James
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(m. 1974; div. 1977)​
John Sussewell
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(m. 1980; div. 1998)​
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(m. 2010; div. 2012)​
Henry Hooper
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(m. 2017)​
Musical career
Genres
Years active1953–present
Labels
Websitecandi-staton.com

Canzetta Maria "Candi" Staton (/ˈsteɪtən/, STAY-tən) (born March 13, 1940)[1][4][5][6][2] is an American singer–songwriter, best known in the United States for her 1970 cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man" and her 1976 disco chart-topper "Young Hearts Run Free". In Europe, Staton's biggest selling record is the anthemic "You Got the Love" from 1986, released in collaboration with The Source. Staton was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame and is a four-time Grammy Award nominee.

  1. ^ a b "Candi Staton on Instagram: "My family surprised me for my birthday with a party, they kept this a secret for almost 2 weeks. How thankful I am that I have lived to see…"". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carpenter, Bil (April 2, 2019). Uncloudy Days: The Gospel Music Encyclopedia. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879308414 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Hardy, Phil (April 2, 1995). The Da Capo Companion to 20th-century Popular Music. Da Capo Press. ISBN 9780306806407 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ a b "Candi Staton | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Hildebrand, Lee (October 1, 1994). Stars of soul and rhythm & blues: top recording artists and showstopping performers, from Memphis and Motown to now. Billboard Books. ISBN 9780823076338 – via Internet Archive. candi staton 1943.
  6. ^ Taylor, Marc (April 2, 2019). A Touch of Classic Soul 2: The Late 1970s. Aloiv Pub. ISBN 9780965232876 – via Google Books.