Barbara Randolph
Barbara Randolph , also known as Barbara Ann Sanders, was an African American singer and actress who recorded for Motown Records in the 1960s.
She was born in Detroit, Michigan, and was adopted by the actress Lillian Randolph, who appeared in Its a Wonderful Life and many other movies. Barbaras show business career began160 under the name Barbara Ann Sanders, having taken the name of Lillians second husband when she was eight years old, playing the part of Tanya in Bright Road with Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge. In 1957, both she and her mother Lillian briefly joined Steve Gibsons, vocal group, The Red Caps, as singers. However, regardless of common belief, Lillian Randolph and Steve Gibson were not sister and brother and he is, therefore, not Barbaras uncle . James Jay Price, a member of the Red Caps from 19528, says that, while Steve and Lillian jokingly called each other sister and brother, they werent related at all. The story apparently started with aDecember 1953 article in Jet Magazine that referred to Steve as Lillians brother. It appeared in Major Robinsons gossip column, which carried the most outrageou
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