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Freda Payne Forever associated with the million-selling Band Of Gold, Payne wasn't always happy churning out dancefloor-friendly pop/soul, and yearned to explore the jazz avenues of her girlhood heroine Ella Fitzgerald. Holland-Dozier-Holland kept her on a tight commercial leash though.