Thanks go to Andy Rix for making this article available to all. Originally written and published to accompany the fairly recent auction (2009) of the 45 via John Manship and for inclusion in a special catalogue that was distributed to those who subscribed, given the recent sad news regarding the passing on of Frank Wilson yesterday Andy had passed on what could be called the 'definite' story ...
‘Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)’ — The Story
“Music has always been part of my life. In 1960,
Billy Nichols has now been involved with the music biz for about 50 years and he's still going strong. Down the years, he has sung gospel, soul and blues plus played the guitar and drums. He's worked for Motown and played on Chess recording sessions. He's been in house bands in Cleveland and New York plus played most of the top chitlin circuit venues of the 1960's. He's produced and arranged numerous tracks for other artists and cut tracks in his own right. However it's for his song writing that
Further to the two articles I've previously posted about the early Blues & Soul Magazine I've dug out my copy of the Jazz Scene Magazine from August 1962, I was a sprightly 15 year old at that time. It cost me one shilling and sixpence! I bought it because Ray Charles was on the cover. I've recently re-read the Alexis Korner article ‘Tin Pan Alleleujah’ and I thought it was interesting because he was clearly trying to come up with a word for the fusion of Gospel & R&B that bec
Native Detroiter Ivy Jo Hunter was born Ivy George Hunter on August 28th 1940. As a child his parents sent him to music classes where he learned to play the Trumpet and Euphonium. Which pre-teens saw him perform with the Detroit City Youth Orchestra. Ivy’s mother told her son that being a professional musician was a very unsecure future and persuaded him to take up art at High School. Upon leaving High School Ivy also realized the life of an artist was tough going so he joined the army as an ele
For the second article highlighting Dave Godin's Column from Blues & Soul, the scans feature the readers choice. The first scan is from Issue 44, 1970. As you will see Dave Godin asked readers to send in their favourite sounds. I remember one or two names, I get a mention I am at the top of Column 2 "John Evans from Colwyn Bay" picking a Ben E King flip side which is probably still my favourite track today! You will notice a couple of paragraphs below my name check is Derek Howe from
David Bursey: A Soul Journeyman. David Bursey is yet another one of soul music’s many unsung heroes, a soul journeyman who has spent a life time living the dream of recording a hit record. David Charles Bursey was born on May 23rd 1943 in the town of Ripley Tennessee. In 1952, David’s family took the well trodden path north in search of a better life eventually settling in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Upon leaving school David worked intermittently in the construction industry during which time he beg
Thanks to Mark Randle for his summer choice of Modern Soul and special thanks to Howard Earnshaw and Soul Up North for allowing us to use Mark's article. This will hopefully be a regular piece with marks recommendations of recent Modern Soul releases. Soul Up North Is just about to Issue it's 75th Issue...more details to follow as soon as I get them. In the meantime visit the site at http://www.soulupnorth.co.uk/ Modern Musings………news and grooves from the Modern Side with Mark Randl
Blues & Soul Article Preparing For Visit To Wheel plus Soul Fans Name Checks...are you mentioned? Here are scans for the B&S issue 48, December 1970 where DG announces his plans to visit The Wheel, interestingly there were concerns about it being closed down then! I will post up the report on the actual visit soon. Blues & Soul Report Dave Godin Visit To Twisted Wheel & Pictures My latest Public Service Post! B&S number 50. The iconic report of DG's visit to The Whe
The Pain Gets A Little Deeper - LONDON HLU 10024 (1965)
I can remember writing that title and information down on a scrap of paper after one of the DJs played it at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester in the late ‘60s. I never found a UK issue copy at the time, or one of those beautiful, much cherished, London American yellow demos, a very hard release to find even in those days.The mass importation of USA releases hadn’t happened yet, so my collection of soul 45s comprised
Who are the Great Soul Deejays?
No doubt been done a zillion times before but it's probably worth doing periodically as people come and go and perspectives change.
When I did my defence of Colin Curtis, I had him among the top 5 Northern Soul C NS ) DJs of all times. I thought I should elaborate and then go beyond just NS. I originally intended to say he was in the top 3 but thought I should acknowledge Soul Sam, who has always had a devoted following and a massive impact albeit, in my
Music. A constantly changing and evolving body of work, not the same 200, 300 or even 400 orginal vinyl records on a loop. The music was played on a variety of original vinyl, pressings, emi-discs, British reissues, compilation albums, tapes and stages. It was not played on CDs because they didn't exist nor computers because they weren't yet clever enough. The music was played by DJs like Roger Eagle, Carl Dene, Brian Phillips, Brian Rae, Les Cokell, Ian Levine and Colin Curtis. Of course it is
By any reckoning, CC is one of the 5 most important Northern Soul djs ever and, taking Black Music more broadly, is on his own among them. He requires no defence from me but I'll attempt to do so anyway.
In fact this is deja vu for me. In the early days of the weekenders, as word got round I was responsible for the dj schedules, some of the more junior djs would ask me how come he got all the best spots when he always played the same records. Not so, I would protest, sometimes he opens with
Ady Croasdell was asked to list his Top 5 Detroit recordings, by Keith Rylatt, for the Groovesville USA website. For some of us it came as no surprise to see the inclusion of a Sharon Scott recording given how he has championed her work since discovering a batch of her songs in the infamous RCA Vaults find. Anyone visiting the site will see this review "SHARON SCOTT I'm Not Afraid (unissued RCA/Pied Piper master tape and acetate) Kent CD From the fabulous trawl of Pied Piper masters from the RCA
To the connoisseur, Northern Soul has been around since the late sixties, but to the majority of civilians it was one of the things that happened in pop music between the Beatles and punk rock. For either position to deny the other is somewhat disingenuous; certainly there was more to it than mere chart music, not least because it led to bigger and better things for many who stuck around, but it is difficult to deny that something extraordinary happened in its Golden Age. It is easy now to lau
Thirty years ago I travelled to London to see Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Albert King and John lee Hooker ( a lineup the like of which will never be seen again ). I recall being struck by the total lack of Soul representation and a complete takeover by Rock Fans going into raptures over Buddy Guys extraordinary licks. For decades the pop/ Rock media have told us we can have gospell but the Blues is theirs .But it isn't, it's ours too.
Recently I saw Michael Roach in Durham; a Black A
1. DUNELM HOUSE, DURHAM.
My first all-dayer was in 75 and I tend to think of them amongst the best days of my life. Most of the records I hear as I go round Northern Soul Nights still, I heard for the first time that first day. People came from all over the country and all the top jocks played. Searling did an afternoon set due to commitments elsewhere on the evening; with Levine and Curtis moving increasingly into disco, Funk and Jazz Funk, he was head and shoulders above the rest p
Jimmy Ricks was born in Adrian, Georgia before his family relocated to Florida. During World War 2, he moved to New York where he worked as a waiter at the 400 Tavern in Harlem (148th Street & St. Nicholas Ave). Whilst there, he met Warren 'Birdland' Suttles who originally hailed from Alabama. In early 1946, they decided to form a vocal group and recruited Leonard "Zeke" Puzey (who had just won a talent contest at the Apollo Theater) and 'Ollie' Jones. They found a manager, Ben Bart, and a
WOW, that is the only word that I can think of right now if I shall begin to describe the soulful weekend experience I just had in Oslo. I'll take it from the beginning. I had been looking forward to my first guest dj spot at the legendary Oslo Soul Experience for quite some time. Out of coincidence, it turned out to be the same weekend as the opening of the exhibition "Ghetto Tales - Soul with a message" at the great Kowalski & Hansen Gallery in Oslo. Tommy SÃÆ’¶vik has been working on th
Ed Wolfrum - Detroit Sound','Ed Wolfrum by Rob Moss
Aticle Photo: Detroit from the river 1966
The emergence of Detroit as a major music centre in the early 1960s has as much to do with technological expertise and sophistication, as it did with artistic creativity, musical talent or social migration. Yet, the coalescence of such a wide variety of highly skilled musicians, technicians, performers, engineers, entrepreneurs, composers and associated artisans all meeting at the same time, i
Background information on the passing of a well-known and much loved personality from the West Midlands' Soul Scene followed by funeral and wake dance details (PLEASE LOOK AT FUNERAL INFORMATION, AS THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE TO THE EVENING SOUL DANCE ARRANGEMENTS). My beloved wife and soulmate of 40 years, Helen who died recently of cancer, aged only 58, after a rollercoaster struggle with the scourge for 18 months. Helen Pereira - "Queen Of The Go-Go" Being born in Dudley and living in th
Northern Soul DJ 'Farmer' Carl Dene will be back behind the decks rejoining the wave of enthusiasm for sounds which first hit the North and Midlands in the 1960s. He will be guest DJ at the booming Newhampton Soul Club (a sampler of what has been offer at the club can be found here at the Newhampton Arts Centre, Dunkley Street, Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, on Friday May 11, 2012. Carl (aka Carl Woodroffe - here being interviewed in 1999 by Bill Brewster - http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/
After having listened to this series that many times I thought i'd have a go at ranking them from 1-100. This is obviously just my favourites and not any attempt at an objective ranking or anything. Subject to change with time too, of course.
Top 10
Jean Stanback - I Still Love You
Timmy Willis - Easy As Saying 1-2-3
Barbara & The Browns - I Don't Want To Have To Wait
Eddie Holman - Im Not Gonna Give Up
The Knight Brothers - Tried So Hard To Please Her
Dori
While following Paul Masons (BBC Newsnight) twitter feed, I noticed amongst all the "current affairs" type tweets one or two comments/connections that could be taken as northern soul related, which at the time made me look twice, but didnt really give it that much thought. After seeing last week that he had tweeted a youtube link of the Carstairs, this again stirred my interest and led to me replying to his tweet asking if he was up for passing on a quick word or two on his northern background (
Diary Of A Travelin Soul Fan by Dave Moore Part 2 of 2
site note
the account continues, if you haven't read part 1 of Dave's travels then get yourself to here first.
BEER, RECORDS, NORTHERN LADS AND PIES!
On arrival at The Fowlers later that afternoon the party was in full swing.
Paul Hannigan, another Hitsviller, was first up on the Technics and got everyone in the mood whilst Maxine introduced us to the greatest invention known to Lancashire men...
Over the years whilst looking over Soul Source you may have noticed long time member boba regularly posting up the latest details of his weekly radio shows titled "Sitting In The Park". As the list of interviews with soul artists seems to be ever increasing we thought it may be a interesting thing if we ask Bob A for some background on both himself and the shows. Chalky got pm-ing Bob and they put together the below...
The story of Bob Abrahamian and his radio show Sitting In The Park.
DIARY OF A TRAVELIN' SOUL FAN
After last year's Hitsville Weekender was over, Bev and I planned to visit to the Australian National Northern Soul Weekender. Two Hitsville stalwarts in the guise of Denny Johnson and Pete Fowler had invited us out there and we figured it would also be a great opportunity to meet up with a few other people that we had worked or communicated with over the years of There's That Beat! and the Hitsville Soul Club. Our Son however, had other ideas and as the plans
No Tulips from Amsterdam, but a whole lot of soul. When I asked on Soul Source for the dates of European Soul nights, Jos from the Amsterdam Soul Club was the only person who replied. As I'd never been to Amsterdam before I soon arranged a date with Jos, and that date was the 19th November. So here's the lookback: In the intervening weeks I had offered my services as a DJ for the night and Jos had offered to provide me with overnight accommodation, so I was all set for a weekend in Amsterdam.
Leonard Jones and FAST TRACK STUDIOS. When the Motown Corporation packed up and left town in 1972 a giant void was left in Detroit's musical landscape. A company that had dominated the city for over 20 years, generating millions of dollars for the local economy and employing hundreds of people over the decades, had suddenly gone. Some members of the famed 'Funk Brothers', Motown's legendary studio band, as well as various other employees, followed Berry Gordy to Los Angeles, some stayed in D
BROTHERS of SOUL in concert. Caribbean Centre, Coventry - 22nd October, 2011. I'd like to nominate this performance as one of the '50 key landmarks in Northern Soul history' for a number of reasons, the least of which is my own involvement as a humble organiser. The outstanding contribution to our scene, as writers, producers and performers by the individual members of this group is reason enough. These are the people who created 'Just loving you', 'Baby don't you weep' 'I am nothing' 'I g
Soul Junction has a forthcoming 45 release lined up from The Coalitions - The Memory of You. As part of the info side of the release the site has been passed on this informative bio of their founding member, Philadelphian William Anthony Anderson who recorded and performed under the name of "Little Tony Talent"
Biography of Tony Talent
Little Tony Talent, the 12 year old singing sensation.Little Tony Talent (real name William Anthony Anderson) was born in Philadelphia o
A lengthy and interesting talk from 2005 and while has been available on the red bull site its been given a shout as its just now fresh on vimeo
The below is a clip from the transcript which can be read via the links after the video
Lecture: Leon Ware (Seattle 2005) by Red Bull Music Academy
Leon Ware is a living legend. In his session he truly lives up to his reputation as the 'sensual minister', aka the ambassador of nastiness. The critically acclaimed Motown songwriter and arra
As the title suggests, ‘Billboard’ magazine began life as a trade paper for the bill posting industry at a time when slapping posters on blank walls was viewed as a helpful and constructive pursuit, not an act of anti social vandalism. It was started in 1894 by two American visionaries called William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a ‘paper of record’ for circuses, carnivals, amusement parks, fairs, minstrel shows, whale displays and whatever else appealed to the public taste of the day, and evo
What a great time we had. Johnny Weston and I left Birmingham airport at midday on the Saturday with brifght sunshine and 26 degrees. We arrived in Edinburgh to dull overcast skies and by 5pm rain ! It didn't dampen our spirits though, Derek collected us from the airport and we went on a magical mystery tour to collect some speakers and cables. After a fish supper and a couple of beers John and I left Derek to finish setting up, and we jumped a lift to the Spiders Web where John was doing a
Last month Soul Source had a look at the mainstream media coverage of the upcoming film titled "Northern Soul".
As you may remember, in amongst the words we gave you a look forward to an exclusive interview with the award winning director Elaine Constantine.
Well come October and ! am happy to pass on to you that not only do we have the interview below, but we also have an exclusive first look at a video teaser of this film, that should give you a idea of just what the film is all abou
Back in 2003 I was contacted by the drummer of the Soul Set of 'Will You Ever Learn' fame...and within a few months another guy contacted me saying that he was the drummer! As it turns out one of them played on the record and the other in the live band. This info has been on my site since those days. Now leap forward to this year and within the last month I was contacted by the founder, leader, sax-blower and song-writer from the Soul Set...Charlie Greenway. Many emails were swapped and he sup
In A Reflective Mood
Posted by Supercorsa, 11 July 2011 ·
Just sitting here on my day off, meant to have been doing some work on the computer, but as always logged onto Soul Source and got distracted.
I've been reading Ian Dewhirst's thread about having enough money to be a top northern dj, mmm interesting.
Let's be honest if money was no object, the majority of people would go and buy whatever their heart desired or dreamt of, wherever that be reco
James Power has been in touch and passed on word of a great online video interview he carried out with Maxine Brown. Featuring a total of almost two hours in all, this lengthy interview is split into 4 equal parts (each one approx 25 mins in length) and can view below via the embedded links from the Vimeo site (so all in hd as well) Great stuff! Talking With Maxine Brown by James Power My interview with Soul Music legend Maxine Brown recorded April 9, 2011. In Part 1, Maxine
Soul Searching Posted by djmelismo, 01 May 2011 ·
Been doing some soul searching again
and this is what I came up with for mix #42:
MARJORIE BARNES - Drift Away (1983)
LES McCANN - Trail Of Love (1979)
LONI GAMBLE - It's You (1983)
MAXINE WELDON - I Want Sunday Back Again (1975)
LAWRENCE HILTON JACOBS - Mister D.J. (1978)
CYNDEE PETERS - Take It To The Top (1987)
LENARD LIDELL - Afternoon Affair (1983)
TONY COMER AND CROSSWINDS -
Part 2 of Europe and beyond.. The rare soul scene guide to whats on over the water..
Oslo Soul Experience
Paid this place a visit in for the anniversary a few years back, another great time in a fantastic rooftop venue that overlooks the city, this venue is used for the Anniversary events.. A good mixed younger crowd, and a very healthy mix of sounds from 60s northern to modern soul.. T
Sam E. Solo Biography by Dave Welding Sam E. Solo was born Samuel Flournoy Jr on the 13th of July 1942 in Shreveport Louisiana, to parents Samuel and Ona Lee Flournoy. While still a babe in arms Sam's family moved to Flint Michigan. As many other southern families had done prior to and after them seeking a better life in the more industrial cities of the north. Sam's grandfather Isaac Epps a carpenter by trade and an ordained minister had moved north a year earlier taking up residence in Flint
Been wanting to feature whats on overseas for a long while..
Seems a good time now with Dave doing the overseas events guide..
I am gonna feature soul clubs and history from all over Europe and beyond...
First up is the Gothenborg Soul Scene..
A brief history and what's on now from Punky who runs the Soulastatic club...
Had the pleasure to go there and play in the past and in the future August event too I hope..
These articles can give an insight to whats on and a c
Hi all,
Well, its that time of year again
Exactly 12 months since we did the last 'Top Tips' thread... so, as it's now a Soul Source tradition, here we go again!
Here's your opportunity to tip the tunes in your box for future greatness, during the forthcoming year... or simply list any number of records that you'd like to recommend to other Soul Sourcers.
You might be a DJ with that tasty unplayed, unknown, hardly played or semi-known 45 stuck
THE MAGNIFICENT 7 - THE "X" FACTOR & NORTHERN SOUL
Don't worry this is not somedaytime television style look into the role that Northern Soul has played inthe development of the musical tastes of Simon Cowell, Yul Brynner and Louisthe Leprechaun. Not such a bad idea though, come to think of it.
As any real Northern Soul fanwill be well aware, certain records are different to others. They stand outfrom the rest. A great record can send a shiver down the spine and tou
Rugby's Freestyle Room, A 40 Year Journey
Posted by purist, 26 November 2010 ·
These days with my memory failing a little I'm not exactly sure when it was that I started collecting records, I'm fairly sure it was '67, or '68? Why I was drawn to records of a certain style is a mystery to me, the area I grew up in had it's share of West Indian families, so music best described as 'non pop chart black music' was always around. Why records at all I dunno, perhaps my mom's obsess
Being very much out of the loop scene wise so from an outsider looking in as it were it would seem to be a common theme that some of shall we say the more upfront rare soul venues are finding it difficult to get decent numbers through the doors, lost count how many times I read the music was brilliant but numbers were down, seems a little odd to me that when you look at the playlists many of the DJ's are playing top end records which command the big ticket prices on auctions etc. yet fail to dra
Taste Of Hell Fire
Posted by Tony Foster, 08 November 2010
First of all a big thank you to Captain Morgan for inviting us a long to the Taste of Honey at the Hell Fire Club, secondly a big thank you to all the wonderful friends we had the pleasure to share the day with.
It's probably the first time I've walked in to a place and was speechless, it's still makes me smile while I'm writing this, check the photos out you'll know what I mean. If you've not been to the Hellfire Club th
From: Lifeline Bank Holiday Weekend Bonanza
Posted by chalky, 16 August 2010 ·
After our recent foray into Mace Land, Bidds and Stoke that is, we are pleased to be getting back to the Stables. Many thanks to Mace and Chris for the help last time out.
Anyway we have a fantastic all-nighter planned (well I think so). Along side the resident rascals of Butch, Andy Dyson, Mick H, Soul Sam, Cliff Steele and myself (Chalky for those who need reminding ) we have Karl Heard, one of the C
Thanks to Paul Rice for the words below charting the story of what till now may not have been a well known story.
Also many thanks to Nick Risi for the use of the photos from his own personal archives
PAT POWDRILL AND NICK RISI By Paul Rice
Pat Powdrill's mother and Nick Risi's father worked for the same company in Los Angeles. They started talking about Pat and Nick's interest in music and came to the conclusion that it would be beneficial for them to meet each other. At that tim
Venues, Birthdays, Weddings, Betrayal Most Horrid.
Posted by sandi, 08 October 2010 ·
Along this road of life no matter what background we all as individuals have, no matter what our gender, race,views,loves and dislikes, We will encounter many trials, tribulations,and experiences that make us the people we are, most of us learn from our experiences and our mistakes, we don't always get it right in the beginnig, but because of who and what we are and our beliefs we strive to g
