Brenda Payton

This is Evangelist Ham from Shekinah Revival Temple. Please let me know when you record, I would love to sit in or be a part in some way.

I was a teenager in the mid to late 60's and Brenda was one of my favorite singers. No one had her voice. I saw her perform at the Apollo and she was fantastic. I'll never forget that show. Also performing was Freddie Scott, Jerry Butler and Junior Walker and the Allstars. When I listen to her music now it brings back so many memories. It is truly sad that she is no longer with us.
God Bless Brenda and Her Family,
Tony Lupinacci

@Doretta(honey), thank you very much, but I'd like to know who you are,that you've heard me sing. We will soon be rerecording my mother's songs. That is those which she wrote, one being (Right On The Tip Of my Tongue) with myself on lead vocals and other family members doing the background

A friend of mine, pete, tells me that mr. Van McCoy.of Washington, D.C. wrote. "RIGHT OJ THE TIP F MY TONGUE" and the great Brenda of the Tabulations took it from there. It stayed on hits chart for over 2 months in 1971. I remember it because my wife's birthday is May 1 st. Brenda had genius touch her SOUL !!!

Brenda Payton was a classic lady with a classic voice. Those of us who were privileged to enjoy her music witnessed an icon, who was beyond her time. In many ways she touched the world and her music lives on. Kenyatta her voice id still resonating in you. You got it girl, and God will open many doors for you. Just say Yes!

She was born October 24, 1945. Sorry for the incorrect diction. We love her and miss her, but she will alway be remembered thru her music as well as her vibriant personality. The legacy she left behind was not only her music but also through us (her children and family). God Bless all who still keep the memory of her and the music close to your hearts. I'm sure from time to time she's smiling down on us!

My mother past away June 14th, 1992 at around 2:30am. She born October 24th 1945

First, let me say you couldn't meet a nicer or more professional recording artist. I met Brenda in person back in the mid 80's. Me and my recording partner hired her and her singing partner, Teri, to perform background vocals on his studio recording. Of course, we knew of her from many years before. Her recordings with the Tabulations were legendary. So, when our recording engineer said he could bring those talents into a recording session we were more than pleased! The young ladies we had utilized from the previous session, who were friends, hadn't quite cut it. But Brenda and Teri knew exactly how to enhance the recording with very little coaching. They had done this many times before. When I learned of her death a few years later it came as a shock. I felt privileged to have met her. She had a singing voice completely in her control. I think that voice helped us get airplay.

Christopher - My label Reel Music is reissuing Brenda's "I Keep Coming Back For More" on CD with bonus track 12" of "Lets Go All The Way (Down)". (By arrangement with Universal Music Group) I'm looking for Brenda's exact dates of birth and death to put a dedication to her memory in the booklet. Can you help. www.myreelmusic.com

I happen to be her cousin, she died in either 1991 or 92. Please check your facts or contact me for more info. I miss her very much 7 thank all those who still love her gift to us.

yes it is true, Brenda was a great singer. i remember when me and Brenda was growing up together in North Philly, i was around 8 and i guess she was about 12, i was running around thinking that i was tough, she kick my little butt that day. i guess you can say that was one of life's lessons(LOL)

i grew up listening2 & loving Brenda & The Tabulations. My passage thru puberty was jump started by their music. i recently received notice that 2of their cds are now available. Of course, i ordered them. Brenda had such a mature & mellow voice.

I met Brenda in the Apollo Theater way back when. She had a classic voice that reached into your soul, grabbed it, and never let go. She was spectacular, and you could never forget that it was her who affected you so much. God Bless.

I had the pleasure of running her fan club in NY. I will always love her and I truly miss her. Great memories of the Cheetah and the Apollo, Bear Mountain, will always stay with me. Rest in Peace my Love.

Stay Together Young Lovers.... was a song I would listen to intensively. Her music helded to molded me. Brenda Payton will always be in my heart.

I saw Brenda at the Apollo Theatre in NYC several times when I was from 12-15, her last TV appearance on a d*** Clark special in 1990. I miss her very much! She was very beautiful and possessed a sweet, gentle, girlish voice and the music was haunting. I loved it! Very original! Her last song (I forgot the title) was a disco song which did pretty well on the charts -she sang that on the d*** Clark special. Her music is always played on radio for millions to hear! She left a great music legacy!

Wow! Finding out about her was a shock! Growing up as a teenager, songs like "Right on the tip of my tongue" "Stay together young lovers" (my all time favorite) "Dry your eyes" , to this day I listen to her songs and they still effect me pretty much the way they did the heart of a teenage girl all those years ago, Brenda & The Tabulations, their music is the stuff real classics are made of.

Brenda and the tabulation in my opinon was one of the finest singer groups around doing my younger days in NY. I still enjoy Ms payton fine voice today,her music is as refreshng today as it was nearly 40 year ago. I had the pleasure of meeting her after one of her shows some year ago at the apollo In NY. She was not only a great singer but a very nice person. I know she will be miss by all of her fans.

I thought 'right on the tip of my tongue' was excellent, underrated,with haunting harmonies...playing it now it is hard to beleive it is nearly 40 years old.

To me i feel i am her #1 fan. Her music took me through puberty puppy love through teen puppy love.I even sang her songs in talent shows with my friends backing me up. She and Linda Jones were and still my favorite singers. Love and peace to u Brenda in our creator's home.

Brenda was a great singer. I had the opportunity to perform with two of her band members; Maurice (keyboards) and Eddie (guitar). Boy, did I enjoy playing song's like "Dry Your Eyes"

Brenda, you are greatly missed!

What can i say i really don't have the words to express the way her music made me feel. I do fondly remember the dimmly lit basements we held parties in and how her records were always the ones held for the last part of the "Get togethers" as if those songs held so much more magic for you and your lover.
- Harlemred