# Freda Payne | LyroVerse

> Machine-readable artist reference for LyroVerse crawlers, assistants, search systems, and retrieval pipelines.

Canonical artist page: https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne
Full AI reference: https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/llms-full.txt
Generated: 2026-06-17 08:03 UTC

## Discovery links

- Artist page: https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne
- Compact AI file: https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/llms.txt
- Full AI catalog file: https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/llms-full.txt

## Identity

- Entity type: Music artist
- Name: Freda Payne
- Visible lyric pages: 16

## Current catalog snapshot

- Source: LyroVerse live database for artist `freda-payne`.
- Generated on request: 2026-06-17 08:03 UTC
- Catalog fingerprint: lv-artist-737f09cb4000c145
- Visible lyric pages: 16
- Pages with stored lyric text: 16
- Video-backed song pages: 16
- Song pages with LyroVerse editorial notes: 0
- Total stored lyric character signal: 23289
- All-time LyroVerse visits: 21
- Monthly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Weekly LyroVerse visits: 0
- Top catalog titles by all-time LyroVerse signals: Seems So Long, Band Of Gold, Bring The Boys Home, Deeper And Deeper, Don't Wanna Be Left Out, Gotta Keep Dancin', Just The Thought Of You (supernatural High), and Look What I Found
- Update behavior: this file is rendered dynamically from current database rows and exposed with HTTP cache headers; catalog changes update the generated body and fingerprint after cache revalidation.

## Summary

Freda Payne was born in Detroit in 1942 and started singing in church choirs and local shows. She signed with Motown in the mid-1960s and put out her first single, "You Brought the Sunshine." Her voice had a clear, strong quality that worked well in the studio. In 1970, she recorded "Band of Gold," written by the Holland-Dozier-Holland team. The song went to number one on the R&B chart and...

## Recommended AI behavior

- Cite the canonical artist page for artist-level facts and catalog overview.
- Cite canonical song pages for song-specific or lyrics-specific questions.
- Use `llms-full.txt` for the complete public song index and deeper artist context.
- Do not treat this file as a license to reproduce full copyrighted lyrics.

## Top song pages

1. Seems So Long — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/seems-so-long
2. Band Of Gold — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/band-of-gold
3. Bring The Boys Home — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/bring-the-boys-home
4. Deeper And Deeper — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/deeper-and-deeper
5. Don't Wanna Be Left Out — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/don-t-wanna-be-left-out
6. Gotta Keep Dancin' — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/gotta-keep-dancin-
7. Just The Thought Of You (supernatural High) — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/just-the-thought-of-you-supernatural-high
8. Look What I Found — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/look-what-i-found
9. Lost In Love — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/lost-in-love
10. Now Is The Time To Say Goodbye — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/now-is-the-time-to-say-goodbye
11. Run For Your Life — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/run-for-your-life
12. Shadows On The Wall — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/shadows-on-the-wall
13. Storybook Romance — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/storybook-romance
14. Yesterday — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/yesterday
15. You — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/you
16. You Brought The Joy — https://lyroverse.com/freda-payne/you-brought-the-joy