Gene Redding

{{short description|American singer (1945-2016)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} '''Gene Redding''' (born 1945, Anderson, Indiana) was an American singer, who was discovered by Etta James at a USO Club in Anchorage, Alaska.

He released one album on Capitol Records in 1974, entitled ''Blood Brother''. The album hit No. 45 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p41144|pure_url=yes}} Billboard], AllMusic</ref> on the strength of the singles "Blood Brothers" (U.S. R&B Singles #80) and "This Heart" (U.S. R&B Singles No. 31, U.S. Pop Singles #24).<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p41144|pure_url=yes}} Billboard Singles], AllMusic</ref> "This Heart" was also a hit in Canada, reaching No. 26.<ref name="govofcanada">{{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5081a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5081a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5081a|title=Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=August 3, 1974 |accessdate=February 26, 2022}}</ref>

Redding died on September 8, 2016.

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