Tag Archives: Northern Soul

Rightly revered for the storming protest classic “War,” Edwin Starr didn’t actually need another hit to accomplish legendary status in soul circles, therefore electrifying was that single performance. Starr 1st produced his name as “Agent Double-O-Soul,” so when his agreement was used in Motown, he immediately became among the roughest, …

Spirit singing Steve Mancha was created Clyde Darnell Wilson on Xmas, 1945 in Walhall, SC. He just resided in God’s nation five years prior to the Wilsons transferred to Detroit, MI to make use of the high having to pay jobs starting in the town for African-Americans. By 1960, Wilson …

Soul-blues vocalist Ted Taylor unleashed his stratospheric, falsetto-driven tone of voice on a multitude of material through the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s, his gospel traditions never definately not the top. Taylor first inserted the studio room as an associate from the Cadets and Jacks, a LA R&B vocal group with …

Gene & Eddie were an R&B vocal duo from Sterling silver Spring, Maryland who have fell lacking nationwide popularity, but enjoyed regional achievement in the mid-’60s and afterwards developed a following among enthusiasts of classic spirit rarities. Gene & Eddie had been Eugene Alton Dorsett and Eddie Greatest, Jr., a …

Gloria Ann Taylor (who all also recorded seeing that Gloria Taylor) never quite achieved the achievement she deserved seeing that an R&B vocalist, but years after she retired from professional executing, Taylor became a cult heroine among enthusiasts of spirit and disco dusties, with a global viewers enjoying her music …

b. 1949, London, Britain. This singer-songwriter’s 1st success was included with the duo Truth, who experienced a UK Best 40 hit having a cover from the Beatles ‘Lady’ on Pye in 1966. He documented single for Pye and its own subsidiary Dawn in the first 70s, under his personal name, …

Devotees of classic spirit and R&B, the Mighty Sceptres certainly are a Cornwall-based combo led by Nick Radford and Angeline Morrison that mixes great rhythms from the ’50s and ’60s using the sultry vocals of Ms. Morrison. Nick Radford is definitely a musician and visual artist who in addition has …

Melvin Davis by no means scored the crossover hit that could have made him a celebrity, but few performers on Detroit’s spirit music picture had a far more impressive réamounté than Davis, a singer, songwriter, drummer, and bandleader who caused everyone from Smokey Robinson and David Ruffin to Wayne Kramer …

b. Stephen Jameson, 1949, London, Britain. This singer-songwriter’s 1st success was included with the duo Truth, who experienced a UK Best 40 hit having a cover from the Beatles ‘Woman’ on Pye in 1966. He documented single for Pye and its own subsidiary Dawn in the first 70s, under his …

Hard-singing soul/blues vocalist Johnny Williams’ biggest strike was “Sluggish Movement, Pt.1,” a 1972 TOP R&B solitary for Gamble & Huff’s Philadelphia International Information. He also documented edges for Epic and Chicago Spirit maker Carl Davis’ Dakar subsidiary, Bashie. Created Johnny Lee Williams on January 15, 1942, in Tyler, AL, he …