Real name: Victor I. Hoagland Sr.

Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 1973

American soul singer born May 4, 1936 and died January 12, 2002.
Born Victor I. Hoagland Sr., in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States, to an Afro-Cuban father and an African American mother of American Indian descent, Lands formed a group at Roosevelt Junior High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey that was called TNB (The New Brunswick) Dynaflows.
His recording career spanned from the late 1950s on into the mid-1970s, recording a few duets with Lily Fields.
His grandson is recording artist Jaheim.