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8 minutes ago, tomangoes said:

Big big big Wigan Popster

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Great song but the photo is not them, this was a cover-up for a group called 'The Construction' (who are blue-eyed btw). The group pictured are the Del-Capris but they are an acapella group from New Jersey and had NO soul releases.

Here's the proper 45...

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...and to confuse matters even more there was a soul group called 'The Del Capris' (no hyphen) who had a NS release on 'Ronjerdon' with a similar title 'Hey Little Girl' but I believe they were a black group.

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1 minute ago, Soul-Slider said:

Great song but the photo is not them, this was a cover-up for a group called 'The Construction' (who are blue-eyed btw). The group pictured are the Del-Capris but they are an acapella group from New Jersey and had NO soul releases.

Here's the proper 45...

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Got it.....now for a picture of them?

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On 1/17/2018 at 09:54, Henning v Herzen said:

I'm a huge lover of this genre and my collection grows and grows. :) Especially i love the Carolina/Virginia area. I did 2 mixes a while ago for those who are interested. Feedback would be very welcome....

 

 

What is the 2nd track on the Blue-eyed Soul mix?

 

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10 minutes ago, MGM 1251 said:

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The Impact Express on the Seaside,Oregon, based Lavender label must surely be a blue eyed group.....couldn’t put a vintage on the disc,and there couldn’t of been that much soul coming out of Oregon...

45 is from 1966. Originally called the Impacts (they had another on 'Lavender' as The Impacts prior to this release)...

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1 hour ago, Soul-Slider said:

45 is from 1966. Originally called the Impacts (they had another on 'Lavender' as The Impacts prior to this release)...

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...cheers for that,bud...I always thought it was a bit later(69-70)....flip good too,same style of “rocky”soul....:thumbsup:....

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1 hour ago, MGM 1251 said:

...another one that fits the bill...5B289035-1F5F-4392-9BA4-8F6C8C27AD3C.thumb.jpeg.ee4b48e601c6bc1d259089a9675c57fa.jpeg

...I believe they are blue eyed,from Philadelphia,perfect NS with Hammond keyboard,stabbing trumpets and superb backing vocals..:thumbsup: ..

Yeah, I have that 45. I been trying to find out about these guys, I'm not 100% sure they are a blue-eyed group? The other 'Casinos' on 'Terry', Airtown' and 'Fraternity' are a white group from Cincinnati whilst as you say these are from Philly. 

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9 minutes ago, gointoagogo said:

Edie Walker - Good Guys - now this is a guilty pleasure from way back!

 

Covered up as somebody Valentine if I remember correctly?

 

Just found it on youtube lol - played out as Patience Valentine in 70s

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2 hours ago, Dayo said:

How about Stella Starr?  Was she a white singer? In some ways I prefer the production on her version of Bring Him Back. More oomph! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anLB5456t9w

Stella Starr was born in Johannesburg, you can actually hear her African tinged English on the flip of 'Bring Him Back' with the J.J Barnes Ric-Tic track 'Say It'.

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7 hours ago, maslar said:

Is pop-soul real soul music? Not really.

Sorry mate I cannot agree with that at all.

Soul music is any music that has a soulful feeling/sound.

The term Soul Music was used way back in the 20's and had nothing to do with the 60's

Also about the term Blue eyed Soul.

Georgie Woods, a Philadelphia radio DJ, is thought to have coined the term "blue-eyed soul" in 1964, initially to describe The Righteous Brothers, then white artists in general who received airplay on rhythm and blues radio stations.

It had nothing to do with sounding black.

There are many records from back in the day that were promoted as soul even if they did sound like pop music and this was from Motown, Fame, Stax, Chess etc etc etc.

Northern Soul however is a different animal all together. Northern Soul is first and foremost a dance orientated movement and therefore encompasses a wide range of sounds.

This is where Northern Soul differs from the Blues & Soul of the 50's and 60's

So is pop soul real soul? Most Definitely it is.

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7 hours ago, maslar said:

T. Also, it's notable that white artists who actually did get played on black radio stations in the States in the 60s eg Bobby Gentry and Lulu aren't mentioned at all on this thread. 

As someone who listened to black radio stations in the 60's, I don't remember Bobbie Gentry or Lulu receiving much airplay at all. As far as I can tell, the only Bobbie Gentry 45 that ever hit the Soul charts was "Ode To Billie Joe" which was all over the radio. I think Lulu might have made the Soul charts twice(?) and I'm guessing with "To Sir With Love" or with "Oh Me, Oh My...". If there were more , I stand corrected and learned something today.

     Also, on the other side- The Pointer Sisters won a Grammy in 1975 for "Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal" for "Fairytale". I doubt if anyone considers the Pointer Sisters Country artists. 

      There were lots of records you would never think would make the Soul Charts that received airplay.  Legendary Chicago deejay  Herb Kent  had his "Dusties" show on weekends and while 95% was what you would expect. there were some surprises. These  songs were also played- Tommy James and The Shondells- "Crystal Blue Persuasion", Tito Puente-  "Ti Mon Bo", Martin Denny- "Quiet Village" among others. These two really surprised me - Frankie Avalon- "Venus" and Percy Faith "Theme From A Summer Place". 

               I guess Blue Eyed Soul is getting to be a confusing term. 

 

   

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12 minutes ago, the yank said:

If ABC released its 45's in order, Eddie Bishop was released right around the same time as Ray Charles' "Let's Go Get Stoned"- so early/mid 66 would be a good guess.

Actually...I got it wrong....Lulu’s version was also ‘66....9B540DCA-3A52-4D00-93AA-98CB66E5AD38.jpeg.f702c0b056231b039933d514bd167711.jpeg

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