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My Take
Candi Staton is one of those artists whose songs everyone knows even when her name doesn't ring a bell, and that low-key injustice always gets under my skin. Out of Hanceville, Alabama, she gave us the 1976 disco landmark Young Hearts Run Free and, a decade later, You Got the Love, a record that became practically sacred in British club culture. The fact that her biggest hits land differently on each side of the Atlantic says something about how soul travels. To me she reads as a survivor's voice, gospel roots, disco peaks, and a catalog that keeps getting rediscovered by new generations.
Overview
Canzetta Maria "Candi" Staton (, STAY-tən) (born March 13, 1940) is an American singer, 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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Candi Staton
- Name (Japanese)
- キャンディ・ステイトン
- Reading
- きゃんでぃ・すていとん
- Born
- March 13, 1940 (age 86)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dragon
- Origin
- Hanceville, Alabama, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.