On this date in 1970, FREDA PAYNE released the single BAND OF GOLD in the UK (Jun 10, 1970) Composed by former Motown producers Holland–Dozier–Holland (under the pseudonym of Edythe Wayne) and Ron Dunbar, BAND OF GOLD was a major hit when first recorded by Freda Payne in 1970 for the Invictus label, owned by H-D-H. Holland-Dozier-Holland produced the track and wrote it with their collaborator Ron Dunbar, but because of their dispute with Motown, the H-D-H trio couldn't put their names on the