Freda Payne Talks Duke Ellington, Lamont Dozier, Band Of Gold & More: Music Night At The Majestic

Freda Payne (@iamfredapayne) joins Michael Boswell for a conversation in which they discuss a wide array of topics, including growing up in Detroit, going to school with Lamont Dozier and singing with Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey when she was just 17. Freda tells the story behind "Band Of Gold", her latest albums and her memoir "Band Of Gold". Freda is probably the only person to have performed on both the Ted Mack Amateur Hour and American Idol, as well as the only one to have been in movies with Jerry Lewis and Eddie Murphy. Visit Visit FredaPayne.com all things Freda. Follow Freda on Facebook- @IamFredaPayne, Twitter- @IamFredaPayne, Instagram- @IamFredaPayne and subscribe to Freda's YouTube Channel. You can watch this and all the other episodes of the show on the Music Night At The Majestic Facebook page or YouTube Channel (https://rpst.page.link/dSEu). Please subscribe to our YouTube Channel. You can follow us on Twitter (@musicnightATM) or on Instagram (@musicnight_majestic). Visit MusicNight.net for all things Music Night At The Majestic. Music Night At The Majestic is a copyrighted production of Starliner Media © 2022. Any use of the accounts and descriptions of this program, its audio or visual content, without the expressed written consent of Starliner Media is prohibited. #fredapayne #bandofgold #dukeellington #pearlbailey #lamontdozier #berrygordy #jazz #musicnightatthemajestic

Added 2 Apr 2026