Barbara Ann Randolph (1942 - 2002)

Born 5 May 1942 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Ancestors

Died 15 Jul 2002 at age 60 in South Africa

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Biography

Barbara Randolph is Notable.

Barbara Randolph was a Michigander.

Barbara Randolph, also known as Barbara Ann Sanders, was an American singer and actress who recorded for Motown Records in the 1960s.^[1]

She was born in Detroit and was adopted by the actress Lillian Randolph, who appeared in It's a Wonderful Life (1946).

Barbara's show business career began – under the name Barbara Ann Sanders, having taken the name of Lillian's second husband - when she was eight years old, playing the part of Tanya in the 1953 feature film Bright Road.

Music Career

Barbara Randolph first recorded as a solo singer for RCA Records in 1960.

In 1964, she joined The Platters, replacing singer Zola Taylor, but left after a year and one album (The New Soul of the Platters).

That same year, she signed with Motown Records, but only released two singles for the company on its subsidiary Soul label - "I Got a Feeling"/"You Got Me Hurtin' All Over" (Soul 35038), followed a year later by a version of "Can I Get a Witness" (Soul 35050), using the same B-side.

Neither record was commercially successful, but Randolph was sufficiently highly regarded to tour with Marvin Gaye as a replacement for Tammi Terrell after Tammi became ill.

In 1968, Randolph also toured with The Four Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, and Hugh Masekela as part of the "Motown Sound" show.

In 1969 and 1970, Randolph issued two singles on the LHI label: "Woman to That Man" and "Miracle on 19th Street", but neither got beyond the status of promotional recordings.

Randolph focused on entertaining US forces in Vietnam during 1970, returning to paid performances the next year.

Randolph was a member of The Platters in 1964 and a Motown recording artist during the mid-to-late '60s.

In 1967 she was briefly considered as a possible replacement for Florence Ballard in The Supremes, but Diana Ross nixed the idea.

Acting Career

Year	Movie	Character
1953	Bright Road	Tanya Hamilton
1963	Channing (TV Show)	Miss Nichols
1967	Guess Who's Coming To Dinner	Dorothy

Family

Randolph married Eddie Singleton, who had been married to Berry Gordy's ex-wife, Raynoma (Mayberry) Gordy Singleton. They opened a production company together, and she retired from singing.

Death

Barbara Randolph died from cancer in South Africa in 2002, at the age of 60.

Links

• YouTube: I got a Feeling video
  
• YouTube: You Got Me Hurtin' All Over video
  

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Barbara_Randolph

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9RY-D3B : 11 January 2021), Barbara A Randolph, 05 Jul 2002; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KR1M-TYP : 18 December 2019), Barbara Randolph, 2001.
• Biography & Photo Journal: From the Vaults

See Also:

• IMDB: Barbara Randolph
• Artist on Spotify
• Wikidata: Item Q3634675, en:Wikipedia ,
• Family Search: PID# LBN7-3ZZ
• Find A Grave: Memorial #8554308