Every Billboard #1 Hit 1970: #436: “Stand By Your Man”- Candi Staton. August 29, 1970.

• Single: “Stand By Your Man”- Candi Staton
• Record Company- Fame
• Genre: Soul
• Written by Billy Sherrill and Tammy Wynette
• Time: 2:42
• B-side:”How Can I Put Out The Flame [When You Keep The Fire Burning”}
• Album- Stand By Your Man
• Grade: B
• Peaked at #24 14 weeks in the Billboard Hot 100.

Candi Staton- an R&B singer- was born in Hanceville, Alabama in 1940. She had 11 Hot 100 and 2 Top 40 hits- her other Top 40 hit- was her biggest hit “Young Hearts Run Free” #20 1976. “Stand By Your Man’- is a cover of the huge country hit by Tammy Wynette.