Northern Soul #2 – Keep The Faith

The North Wing of The Danny Lane Music Museum is dedicated to Northern Soul. Northern Soul is its own genre of music that grew out of the underground rhythm and soul scene of the late 1960s at venues such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, England (UK). This music and the associated dances and fashions quickly spread to other UK dancehalls and nightclubs like the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), Catacombs (Wolverhampton), the Highland Rooms at Blackpool Mecca, Golden Torch (Stoke-on-Trent) and Wigan Casino. ***
The Northern part of the name refers to where in the UK the popularity first grew. It all started in Northern England and the English Midlands in the late 1960s, based on a particular style of black American soul music. A large proportion of Northern soul's original audience came from within the 1960s mod subculture.
Northern soul reached the peak of its popularity in the mid- to late-1970s. At this time, there were soul clubs in virtually every major town in the Midlands and the North of England. The three venues regarded as the most important in this decade were the Golden Torch in Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent (1971 to 1972), Blackpool Mecca (1971 to 1979) and Wigan Casino (1973 to 1981). ***
In the book Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: the history of the DJ, the authors describe Northern soul as "a genre built from failures", stating: "...Northern Soul was the music made by hundreds of singers and bands who were copying the Detroit sound of Motown pop. Most of the records were complete failures in their own time and place... but in Northern England from the end of the 1960s through to its heyday in the middle 1970s, were exhumed and exalted." Citation: Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, Chapter 4, page 86, "A Genre Built From Failures" ***
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*** In this episode you’ll hear:
1) Let The Good Times Roll / Feel So Good by Bunny Sigler
2) (That's All I Need) To Make Me a Man by Wayne Cochran [The White Knight of Soul] & The C.C. Riders
3) First I Look At The Purse by The Contours
4) What's A Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) by Timi Yuro
5) Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) by The High Keys
6) What's It Gonna Be by Dusty Springfield
7) Sanctified Lady by Marvin Gaye
8) Landslide by Tony Clarke
9) Mockingbird by Inez & Charlie Foxx
10) Seven Day Fool by Etta James
11) Oo Wee Baby, I Love You by Fred Hughes
12) Farther Up the Road by Bobby "Blue" Bland
13) In Orbit by Joy Lovejoy
14) Run, Baby, Run (Back Into My Arms) by The Newbeats
15) Hang On by Maurice McAlister & The Radiants
16) Twine Time by Alvin Cash & The Crawlers
17) My Baby Loves Lovin' by White Plains
18) This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) by The Isley Brothers
19) He's Got The Power by The Exciters
20) Love Control by Greg Perry
21) Nothing But A Heartache by The Flirtations
22) Any Day Now by Chuck Jackson
23) After The Laughter (Here Comes The Tears) by Gene Chandler
24) My One And Only Jimmy Boy by The Girlfriends
25) You Got What It Takes by Marv Johnson
26) Sweeter Than The Day Before by The Valentinos
27) Hey Little Girl by Major Lance
28) We Go Together by Eve Barnum
29) Tune Up by Junior Walker & The All Stars
30) Devil With The Blue Dress by Shorty Long
31) Look At Me Now by Terry Callier
32) Shake A Tail Feather by James & Bobby Purify
33) Love Machine by The Miracles (w/ Billy Griffin)
34) He's All I Got by The Supremes
35) A Fat Boy Can Cry by Billy Stewart
36) More Today Than Yesterday by The Spiral Starecase
37) Why Can't I Be Your Man by The Chessmen
38) Show Me by Joe Tex
39) Walking Back To Happiness by Helen Shapiro
40) Get Up Whirlpool (Of Love) by Edwin Starr
41) Cupid / I've Loved You for a Long Time by The Spinners
42) Traveling Stranger by Little Anthony & The Imperials
43) Lend Me Your Hand by Kindly Shepherds
44) Danger Heartbreak Dead Ahead by The Marvelettes
45) The Devil Made Me Do It by The Natural Four