Brenda Payton

Brenda J. Payton Hill, singer and producer, (born on 24.10.1945 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died on 14.07.1992 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), passed away from complications of breast cancer. She was 46 and lived in the city's Germantown section. Raised in North Philadelphia, Hill started singing at the age of 5 in the choir of Polite Temple Baptist Church. By age 14, she was singing with the group, The Joylets. The family stated that she was discovered by Deejay Georgie Woods and through the 1960s and 1970s, Brenda and the Tabulations recorded records such as "The Touch of You," "Where There's A Will, There's A Way," and ''It Was Right On The Tip Of My Tongue." From 1985, she and husband, Jim Hill, ran Pay-Hill Production Group and A-Major Record Company. Over the years she sang back-up for such artists as Melba Moore, Patti LaBelle and Stevie Wonder. She also worked with the Reggae group, House of Assembly.