ARTIST: Candi Staton
TITLE: His Hands
LABEL: Honest Jons
GENRE: Soul
BITRATE: 200kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 48min total
RELEASE DATE: 2006-03-20
RIP DATE: 2006-02-09
Track List
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01. You Don't Have Far To Go 4:14
02. When Hearts Grow Cold 3:21
03. It's Not Easy Letting Go 3:11
04. His Hands 5:48
05. Many Moods Of Love 4:31
06. How Do I Get Over You? 5:02
07. You Never Really Wanted Me 2:31
08. I'll Sing A Love Song To You 4:42
09. In Name Only 4:49
10. Running Out Of Love 2:33
11. Cry To Me 4:28
12. When Will I? 3:16
Release Notes:
Born March 13, 1940, in Hanceville, AL, Candi Stanton sang with the Jewell Gospel
Trio as a teenager. They toured the traditional gospel circuit in the 1950s with
the Soul Stirrers, C.L. Franklin, and Mahalia Jackson. They recorded several
sides for Nashboro, Apollo, and Savoy Records between 1953 and 1963. In 1968
Staton launched solo career as a Southern soul stylist, garnering 16 R&B hits for
Rick Hall's legendary Fame Studios and gaining the title of First Lady of
Southern Soul for her Grammy-nominated R&B renditions of country tunes "Stand by
Your Man" and "In the Ghetto." In 1975 Staton saw Southern soul falling out of
fashion and began collaborating with producer Dave Crawford, who propelled her
into a disco diva with dance songs such as "Young Hearts Run Free" and "Victim."
In 1982 Staton had been disgruntled with Warner Brothers' passing interest in her
career and a career slump, so she returned to the gospel field. She and her
husband, John Sussewell (drummer for Ashford & Simpson), founded Beracah
Ministries in Atlanta with help from Jim and Tammy Bakker's PTL Ministries. She
has since recorded eight popular gospel albums, two of which have won Grammy
nominations. In 1992 she was back in the pop mainstream with a Top Ten British
hit, "You Got the Love," a club-styled dance hit which sold two million copies
abroad. Since joining Intersound Records in 1995, Staton has begun to sing some
of her old R&B hits again and recorded some new message-oriented pop songs while
gaining a new title, the Sweetheart of Soul. In 2000, she released her 11th
album, Here's a Blessing.