Freddie North

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Freddie North
Birth nameFrederick North
Also known asFreddie
Born1939 (age 8384)
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Genres R&B
Occupation(s)Singer

Freddie North (born 28 May 1939, Nashville, Tennessee) is an American R&B singer.

North had experience as a disc jockey at WLAC-Nashville and in promotion for Nashboro Records, who released gospel music. [1] In 1971 he released an album, Friend, on Mankind Records (U.S. #179, U.S. R&B Albums #41). [2] The disc yielded two hit singles, "She's All I Got" (U.S. #39, U.S. R&B Singles #10) [3] and "You and Me Together Forever" (U.S. #116, U.S. R&B Singles #26). [4] A third single, "Sweeter than Sweetness" reached #107 on the U.S. Cashbox chart. [5]

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