Freda Payne
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - Celebrated R&B and jazz vocalist Freda Payne will take to the main stage of the Stockton University Performing Arts Center to pay tribute to the First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14.
Freda Payne, who shot to fame with her No. 1 hit Band of Gold, plans to recreate the spirit of Ella with her renditions of A Tisket, a-Tasket, Sweet Georgia Brown, It Don't Mean A Thing and Mack the Knife, as well as many other Fitzgerald classics.
Payne is most known for her disco and soul music career from the 1960s and 1970s, but her long range of accomplishments includes hosting her own talk show, acting on Broadway in shows such as Jelly's Last Jam, Sophisticated Ladies and Blues in the Night, and being inducted into the 2017 class of the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame in her hometown of Detroit.
Tickets are $40 for the general public; $38 for senior citizens; $35 for Stockton University alumni; $30 for Stockton staff and faculty; $18 for children (12 and under); and $10 for Stockton students. Special pricing for groups of 10 or more people is also available.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit stockton.edu/pac. Tickets also are available at the Stockton Performing Arts Center box office from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 90 minutes before showtime. Call 609-652-9000.
