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  • I have so much more respect for the entertainers after watching this series.

  • wow..she still got it going on :) good job!

  • One of my top 5 star female singers. Another Philly girl showing the world that Philly Pheeling.

  • I met her at the Naam show in annaheim california in2011...,she is amazing nice we took pictures felt like I was talking to an old friend...love her

  • Buddy got some greasy ass lips

  • :( im so sad watching this omg poor baby

  • Decades later she still sounds great!

  • Wow, I never knew of her struggles,but I'm so glad that she made it through and Kisses don't lie!

  • Evelyn was the "black girl next door" in my life,she reminds me of someone I would have gone to school with. She looking like a black woman,even in blk&wht,photos. Yes and a very mature voice at her age,she made black girls feel good about wearing short hair. Almost ever black girl had her hair style that had short hair. 16 she was when she was discovered. I thought "burning" was a man when I first heard it. You had to really listen to it to know it wsa a female singing it.

  • Evelyn, you have a beautiful, loving, spirit. stay strong.

  • I Was 8. Damn! Along Time Ago. The Good Times! Good Child Hood Memories! Im Glad I Grew Up When They Played Great Music!

  • When I Was Growing Up! They Used 2 Say She Was A Man! And Im 42.

  • she still got it!!!

  • i never heard of her

  • @MrCoby303 what?????

  • She is so lively and down to earth...I love it!!!

  • i met her brother John King in the 80's at a concert. He was really cool and gave me his autograph. I still have it to this very day and he still looks the same.

  • Kasif looks great!

    

  • Evelyn is sumthn else talent all around. Johnny King is one sexy mutha

  • @checkavanz101 yes he is

  • wow she looked so young back then..her voice sounded so mature. anyway what kind of weird star trek outfit is that lmao. love come down is one of greatest soul tracks of all time

  • LOVE ME SOME EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING!!!!...and now that I know about some of her story, I feel even closer to her. Kinda like she's a relative..a cousin..or a favorite aunt or something. And you arent typically drawn to people like that, unless they've moved you emotionally. And her voice, moves me....I just dig her and her music. lotta good memories of my childhood, when I hear one of her hits.

  • Evelyn "Champagne" King...if you want a singer with "grit", she is indeed that chick.

  • She looks great!!

  • homegirl was getting down at the end with her performance of "Love Come Down"....i am in my dorm with my roommate and I yelled, "GET IT" and he looked at me sideways...lol...i couldnt help it...she DROPPED IT LIKE IT WAS HOT!" #I'm in Love ;)

  • "Shame" and "I'll Be Good" remind me of the many days playing Grand Theft Auto Vice City and Unsung has introduced me to the artists behind those hits. Remember "Love Come Down" when I was young back when radio would play hits even if it was an oldie.

  • I cant' believe how rich Evelyn voices sounded at sixteen. Evelyn gave us so much great music, unfortunately the music industry is brutal.

  • Kisses dont Lie.....E King never lied....great artist...

  • I hope Johnny King is as nice a person as he appears to be. He seems to have it together and he's real easy on the eyes.....yes he is.

  • I love how she was flowing when her husband played the guitar. Sounds like a smooth NeoSoul hit to me. And damn!!! Is her brother fine enough? Shit!

  • I'm a 20 year old white boy from Greece - I cry out of happiness everytime I hear Love Come Down, ain't nothing sweeter to my ears!

  • I don't think Unsung is putting down larger named and more successful stars, I think they're telling the true life stories of various artists. People are scandalous period and none of us know who back stabbed who. It is what it is.

  • She's 50? WHAT?

  • Man, I can't believe how much her music impacted my childhood and teen years! It just made you want to dance! Love this girl for real!

  • That voice! I have some of her songs on my IPOD. She seems so humble and kind and so does her family. I wish her success and happiness.

  • Love me some Evelyn!

  • I dont agree that they take cheap shots, when the featured artists admit mistakes they've made and whitney, diana or aretha have made mistakes too and they cannot cause an album to be shelved or promotions to go more to a certain artist than another music execs do though and berry gordy did great things but he did some scandalous shit too lets not forget that...no one is a true saint as a human being and especially in show business

  • I love Evelyn's story! Go head Sista. She's so positive and her marriage to Freddy is beautiful!

  • her and the husband are so cute, I love how she tells the story :)

  • I really do like the Unsung series and perhaps part of the challenge is trying to get a whole story of a performer in 38-45mins is a challenge. As a white boy from Australia who growing up in the 80s & 90s I can't explain how far away R&B music seemed. Other than Whitney & later Mariah we really heard so little. This series is great as I have been introduced to artists & music that I would never have heard otherwise. I do also learn a lot reading the comments on these downloads, giving me an op

  • When the journalist lady refers to "they" are her audience and " they" are loyal to this day does she mean a gay audience...?

  • Evelyn "Champagne" King is a phenomenal artist. Thank God we still have her around.

  • Unsung has the potential of being a good show but when I go back and watch other episodes they take cheap shots at artists who had highly successful careers in order to make the underrated artists look like their careers were more successful than what they were..Why should be someone made to look guilty or feel bad for their success?

  • @djguy1 Co-sign!! It's cool TV-One is giving very talented but less successful artists from the past the recognition they should have gotten. However, they should not attempt to mimize the artists who had very successful careers to make the "Unsung" artists look better. You can't get mad at Whitney Houston for Evelyn's career nor can you get mad at the Jackson 5/Jacksons for the Sylver's and Debarge's career, etc, etc.

  • @djguy1 Yeah, just like how they made Diana Ross and Berry Gordy look bad when they had Florence Ballard's unsung episode.

  • @djguy1 I agree....

    

  • @djguy1 i was thinkn the opposite. how can artist like teddy pendergrass be unsung? he was a mega star. i cant remember anybody saying he didnt get his just due. i love the stories, but i dont really like the title of the show. Most of these artist had great success. unsung to me means someones talent going without notice. big daddy kane was one of the biggest rap acts of his time. i think the title should be changed. it discredits most of these artist great success imo.

  • I like Unsung, but the only thing is that why does this show try to make major artists

    like Aretha Donna and Whitney look bad because they had success....We all have options in life and it is what u do with it....

  • she dont look 50

  • She aint no joke at 50, sista can sang !

  • Damn--look at her move! At 50! You GO girl!!

  • And she's funny!

  • "Bet You She Don't Love You" was covered by Monica on her latest cd.

  • @brandooo87 monica mess the song up

  • I love some Evelyn "Champagne" King!!!

  • thank you Manyek for this wonderful episode of ECK. I've been a fan since god knows when (1978) and I still hold Evelyn in high esteem. Down to earth, talented and very funny as well.

  • "Betcha she don't love you" was sampled by lil kim on one of her songs in her notorious K.I.M. record

  • Wow! A gold pantaloon jumpsuit. I love the 80s!

  • Dear Ms. Evelyn "Champagne" King! I don't attend to know what is like to have a

    child, because I've never had one of my own, but may God RIP. I don't care what

    everybody says about me, if I want to be obsess with something, I'm not going to

    apologize for it, then you might as well talk about Chaka Khan as well, because she's also my favorite lady as well.

  • @sandralawson18 The reason writing I'm writing this letter Evelyn, I've just wanted to let you know, that you are still

    are one favorite artist, and if that's makes me obsess with something, so be it. I'm older enough to know that you

    don't going in people homes, if they don't know you in first place. Well, I do love you Ms Evelyn and Chaka Khan both. There! I've said it. I'm just a 48 year old woman, who just happens to grow up with your music. that's all.

    Sandra Dee Lawson.

  • I'm sorry about her daughter. She should have tried to have another baby but the other baby can't replace the deceased one.

  • Her brother is super fine!!!

  • Wow!!! That was beautiful. I had honestly forgotten how much her music was a part of my growing up! Go, 50! Absolutely beautiful.

  • Champagne is soooo fine. She need a young man like me in her life

  • He brother is handsome:)

  • Nice unsung. I always enjoyed her music. Glad she's still keepin on.

  • Evelyn is so down to earth. She had me rolling when she was talking about showing off her legs to her future husband..."I gotcha now SUCKA!" LOL

  • Yo that family has some very youthful genes...Evelyn and her family have aged well

  • great Singer!

  • her husband reminds me of of musiq soulchild. lol

  • Her brother should've done some modeling during the years when her sales were going down.

  • i'm a big fan of this ladie's keep doin your thang girl.

  • I always loved Evelyn and her music..growing up i always had all her music..still do..she is such a Great singer, i never heard anything about what had happened to her,the media it seems never bothered to make sure the fans knew where Evelyn had gone, watching this got me very very upset to learn that such a wonderful person has had so much sadness to deal with. God Bless her always..i hope she will record a new album again soon..i will always buy her music.Evelyn looks and sounds Amazing!

  • I remember back in the day they said she was a man.

  • I don't know if its rite to let u make love to me tonite wooo ooooooo memories yal and i think i was like 12 or 13 thanks so much for postin these unsung videos its alot we didn't know about folks. I been up all nite watchin them so thank u :)

  • What a beautiful person, and amazing singer!

  • KISSES DONT LIE IS ONE OF MY FAV SONGS BY HER

  • she is a singer and she comes across as a very likable person

  • THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

  • an amazing set of pipes - still. had no idea about the loss of her daughter (and all this was happening while she was putting out music in a complicated, changing climate - wow) she's a survivor and has much greatness left to share!

  • It's nice to see the biography of our favorite artists. She had her share of struggles not so much in her early career but in dealing with several deaths in her immediate family which is always difficult.

    Check out her husband Freedie Foxx. I have 2 of his independantly released cds and there very good and near the top of the smooth jazz genre.

  • Love this lady!! But Betcha and Love Come Down is what I remember from my childhood.

  • I'm in Love is hands down one of the illest 80s soul track to ever come out.. I have it on heavy rotation...

  • Love her music, such a prestigious voice and talent...

  • shake your groove thang, Evelyn.

  • Luv Evelyn...and you're right ....Her brother is FIONE!

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  • She favours Oprah a bit.

  • LOVE this story... This woman went through the death of her child and also lost both parents early and she didnt do drugs and abuse alcohol... God bless her. We need more artist like this. Appreciative of the gift God has given them

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  • If Evelyn came to concert here in my city I could just listen to Shame all night.... She wouldnt have to sing shi else...Shame is the jam!!!!

  • SHE NEVER THE PRETTIEST SINGER AT THAT TIME.....HYMAN AND BOFILL HAD THE THE BRUTHAS SWOONIN'....

  • These songs really take me back. I used to love Evelyn.

  • This is some good Stuff!

  • she seems very cool and down to earth

  • i love evelyn!

  • Manyek, thank you, thank you, thank you. You are awesome for posting these shows.

  • THIS IS THE BEST UNSUNG i HAVE SEEN, Good looking out the Slyvers was pretty good too keep 'em coming

  • I love Evelyn King.......You just can't help it!

  • Im SO A BIG FAN OF EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING! grew up on her music from 70z to the 80z.. man im telln u her and Cheryl Lynn still sing, dance and perform like time never left them..and BOTH look great! Wow, i never knew she had a daughter. Really broke my heart she had to go thru that painful time n her life...and with all the deathz n her family, she still managed to keep goin... STRONG and very talentd woman whose music will alwayz live on. Glad she'z still performing. thanx for postn this!

  • @40mbooh If you're a true Evelyn fan, have you heard that ''Just For Night'' track she did in 84? It had a Rock & Roll dance -feel to it and underrated.

  • @PopCulture20 "Just for The Night" has a true 80's sound. Melba Moore's "Read My Lips" had a rock & roll vibe too & was mostly like underrated by the industry & black community. The only song of hers that I really did'nt care for was "Teenager". To me, it just did'nt go well with her, like it was meant for someone else. Regardless, she's one of my all time favorite singers.

  • @Aquarianquetie I know ''Just for The Night'' should've Evelyn's overall sound for the 80s because rock and roll was in for black singers at the time. It still is, but the 80s was the highlight it.

  • @PopCulture20 lol, i remember it well...and YES UR SO RIGHT, VERY UNDERRATED TOTALLY..

  • Wow..50?! She looks terrific for her age. my goodness. But, I agree with you @Savvynlady this Unsung has definitely been the most optimistic. She bounced back from her family trauma and is still vivacious and receiving love at her performances.

  • Out of all the Unsungs, this one is the one I like more. why? well, no matter what she had, she did well, she didn't give up and she's still doing great things.

  • Thank you for this....

    

  • This made me miss my mother! Young!!! We both love to sing and love music and soul! Man... memories!!! I keep it alive!!!

  • WTG Man!!! You know I love Evelyn! The champagne Queen lol :) Thanks! keep it up!!! Oooh you make my love come down..... all the way down.. Ahh music can be such a outlet and a charger!!!! lol

  • Why you reminding me of Oprah????

  • Gosh Evelyn does look like Oprah!!!

  • @PopCulture20 I was thinking the same.

  • @DelBrisee me too

  • thanks for posting this Manyek

  • I'm sorry but....Her brother is FINE!

  • @bohemia1355 lol was jus thinking he was fine too lol

  • @bohemia1355 Amen!! He is..lol!  And Evelyn still can blow!

  • @bohemia1355 YES LORD HAVE MERCY...

  • JOHNNY KING CAN YOU PLEASE CALL ME....YOU TOO FINE...

  • I REALLY ENJOYED THIS UNSUNG... EVELYN AND I ARE THE SAME AGE...I TRIED MY HAND AT SINGING BUT GOD WANTED ME TO DO OTHER THINGS...SO GLAD EVELYN IS STILL AROUND...ONE LOVE TO YOU SIS....

  • @bohemia1355 I had to put the video on PAUSE :D

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  • @bohemia1355 GURLLLLLL YESSSSS!! I was trying to concentrate but his eyes.....SWOON!!! ROFLOL!!

  • @bohemia1355 Yes, i was thinkin the same thing...he is FINE!

  • Thanks for posting this series!!! I've made my summer :-)

  • Manyek, I really appreciate you posting this series.

  • She still sounds good

  • Bless her heart for keeping that child alive.

  • skinny OPRAH

  • God Bless you Evelyn ''Champagne'' King

  • that's a SANGer

  • girl could sing very strong voice

  • Excellent review. I hear the song Shame on the radio all the time especially on the week ends in mixes.

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