1. After her final set of a residency in Las Vegas, Candi Staton… and he was in a terrible rage.

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution. (2023). TV Mini Series. Directed by Grace Chapman. BBC Studios Production

oxfordamerican.org/interviews/2010/dec/02/featured-alabamian-month/#selection-487.0-493.603

theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/30/candi-staton-how-we-made-young-hearts-run-free

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/candi-staton-that-heart-still-runs-free-6104511.html

2. Candi Staton spent a good deal of the 1970s… the club owner might force himself on her.

Page 49, Staton, Candi, This Is My Story (Pneuma Life Pub, 1994)

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/30/candi-staton-how-we-made-young-hearts-run-free

3. Societal expectations of African-American women in the 1960s… about the highs and lows of teen romance.

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution. (2023). TV Mini Series. Directed by Grace Chapman. BBC Studios Production

4. When her husband found her in the Las Vegas auditorium… ‘That’s how ‘Young Hearts Run Free’ came about’.

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution. (2023). TV Mini Series. Directed by Grace Chapman. BBC Studios Production

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/candi-staton-that-heart-still-runs-free-6104511.html

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/30/candi-staton-how-we-made-young-hearts-run-free

5. The song began with a heart to heart… ’I’m gonna write you a song that’s gonna last forever.’

theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/30/candi-staton-how-we-made-young-hearts-run-free

oxfordamerican.org/interviews/2010/dec/02/featured-alabamian-month/#selection-487.0-493.603

6. For African-American female artists… whose refrain ran: ‘Voulez-vous coucher avec moi, ce soir’.

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution. (2023). TV Mini Series. Directed by Grace Chapman. BBC Studios Production

7. With those in attendance including members… The hurt in my voice is real. I was singing my life’.

theguardian.com/culture/2015/jun/30/candi-staton-how-we-made-young-hearts-run-free

8. ’‘You can say it… it gets into their spirit.’

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution. (2023). TV Mini Series. Directed by Grace Chapman. BBC Studios Production