Knight, David (22 January 2008). "Duffy's Mercy by Daniel Wolfe". PromoNews. promonews.tv. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011 . Retrieved 19 July 2009. David Nowell (2001). Too Darn Soulful: The Story of Northern Soul. Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-431-9.

Playing live became our forte,” Jones says, recalling how A Northern Soul was largely written in six weeks on the road, the group firing on all cylinders, treating audiences to new songs the day they were written. “We’d read about The Stooges going in and recording an album in six days and that was what we wanted to do.” Larkin, Colin (2011). "Verve". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th conciseed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8. Mike Ritson and Stuart Russell (1999). The In Crowd: The Story of the Northern & Rare Soul Scene, Volume 1. Bee Cool. ISBN 0-9536626-1-6.Moloko "Familiar Feeling" - YouTube". YouTube. 8 April 2006. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007 . Retrieved 29 May 2014. Following their performance at Lollapalooza in 1994, [4] The Verve returned to their Wigan-based practice room to begin writing and recording songs for their second studio album. [5] Commenting on the effect that working in the "dark rehearsal room" had on the band's songwriting process, frontman Richard Ashcroft stated: [5] Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott. Central 1179: The Story of Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club. BeeCool Publishing. 2001 Northern soul has influenced several notable musicians. In his 2008 article about Northern soul for The Times, Terry Christian wrote: "There's an instant credibility for any artist or brand associated with a scene that has always been wild, free and grassroots". [ citation needed] Ian Levine | DJhistory.com". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013 . Retrieved 29 October 2013.

Although Wigan Casino is now the most well-known, the best-attended northern soul all-night venue at the beginning of the decade was actually the Golden Torch, where regular Friday night soul "all-nighters" began during the latter months of 1970. Chris Burton, the owner, stated that by 1972, the club had a membership of 12,500 and had hosted 62,000 separate customer visits. [22] This compilation is a great place to start your Northern Soul dance extravaganza, with classics like Tainted Love by Gloria Jones (AKA the Northern Soul song everyone knows), Nothing But a Heartache by The Flirtations and Do I Love You (Indeed I Do) by Frank Wilson the perfect introduction to the high tempo soul played in The Twisted Wheel and Wigan Casino! Australian DJ and PBS FM radio presenter Vince Peach [84] absorbed the northern soul culture at the Twisted Wheel, where he also DJed, [85] and took it to Australia in 1982. He started a dedicated Northern soul radio programme called Soul Time in 1984, [86] which continues and is believed to be the longest-running Soul program in the World. [87] Some northern soul records were so rare that only a handful of copies were known to exist, so specific DJs and clubs became associated with particular records that were almost exclusively in their own playlists. Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott wrote:By 1968 the reputation of the Twisted Wheel and the type of music being played there had grown nationwide, and soul fans were travelling from all over the United Kingdom to attend the Saturday all-nighters. Until his departure in 1968, resident 'All Niter' DJ Bob Dee compiled and supervised [12] the playlist, utilising the newly developed slip-cueing technique to spin the vinyl. Rarer, more up-tempo imported records were added to the playlist in 1969 by the new younger DJs like Brian "45" Phillips up until the club's eventual closure in 1971. [13] [14] After attending one of the venue's all-nighters in November 1970, Godin wrote: "it is without doubt the highest and finest I have seen outside of the USA ... never thought I'd live to see the day where people could so relate the rhythmic content of Soul music to bodily movement to such a skilled degree!" [15] The venue's owners had successfully filled the vacancy left by Eagle with a growing roster of specialist soul DJs including Brian Rae, Paul Davies and Alan 'Ollie' Ollerton. Kravitz, Kayley (14 January 2014). "Modern Lists Are Rubbish: In response to Buzzfeed, here's our Definitive Britpop Album Ranking". Vanyaland . Retrieved 14 November 2020. This double album includes Drift Away and Gray's follow up album Loving Arms, named after his popular cover of the soul standard.

The Northern Soul Show | Every Sunday on Affinity Radio, Remarkable Radio & UKWA 87-88FM". northernsoulshow.co.uk . Retrieved 2 January 2016. Chicago label Vee-Jay Records became a major soul label with Jerry Butler, Gene Chandler, Dee Clark, and Betty Everett hitting singles on both the pop and R&B charts. Vee-Jay was also the first label to nationally issue a record by Gladys Knight & the Pips. Dave Haslam (2002) [2001]. Adventures on the Wheels of Steel: the rise of the superstar DJs. London: 4th Estate. ISBN 1-84115-433-4. Your computer may be infected with malware or spyware that makes automated requests to our server and causes problems.

David Nowell The Story of Northern Soul, p. 79 Anova Books, 1999, ISBN 1907554726, accessed 11 May 2014 Northern soul is a culture based on chance finds, crate-digging and word-of-mouth recommendations. That’s why it would be redundant to fill this list with the titles everyone knows, although it would be churlish not to include some obvious selections, like Out on the Floor, for starters. Andy Wilson (2007). Northern Soul: Music, Drugs and Subcultural Identity. Willan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84392-208-7.

Other major northern soul venues in the 1970s include the Catacombs in Wolverhampton, Va Va's in Bolton, the Talk of the North all-nighters at the Pier and Winter Gardens in Cleethorpes, Tiffany's in Coalville, Samantha's in Sheffield, Neil Rushton's Heart of England soul club all-dayers at the Ritz in Manchester and the Nottingham Palais. [31] As the 1970s progressed, the northern soul scene expanded even further nationally. There was a notable scene in the east of England: Shades Northampton was one of the leading venues in this area of the country during the early 1970s until it closed in 1975. Later came the all-nighters at the St Ivo Centre in St Ives, the Phoenix Soul club at the Wirrina Stadium in Peterborough and the Howard Mallett in Cambridge. [32] Other towns with notable northern soul venues at this time included Kettering, Coventry, Bournemouth, Southampton and Bristol. [21] 1980s and later [ edit ]By the early 70s, northern soul had the power to turn little-known oldies into hit singles. The Fascinations were a girl group whose original lineup included a pre-Motown Martha Reeves; Girls Are Out to Get You featured Donny Hathaway on piano, and was written by Curtis Mayfield, who released it on his own Mayfield label in 1971. Despite that impressive pedigree, it made little impact at the time. However, its euphoric woo-oos and concise gone-in-120-seconds punch made it a floor-filler on the scene. It was opportunistically re-released by Polydor subsidiary Mojo in 1971, propelling it into the UK Top 40 and prompting the Fascinations, who had disbanded two years earlier, to briefly reform for live performances. In America, Holland-Dozier-Holland's successful acts on '70s Invictus Records were Freda Payne and Chairmen of the Board. They also released Parliament's first album, Osmium. [19] The label was distributed by Capitol Records from 1969 to 1972 and then by Columbia Records from 1973 onwards. The single enjoyed a third life in the early 80s, when the Soul Supply label reissued it at a crucial moment. The Wigan Casino had closed in 1981, and despite regular meets in Rotherham and Stafford for the staunchest keepers of the faith, there was a sense that the original movement had entered a decade-long slump. However, a new generation, too young to have frequented the Casino themselves, were curious to find out about the scene that had inspired 80s pop heroes like Soft Cell, Dexys Midnight Runners and the Style Council. Under My Thumb, along with a sudden spate of Kent/Modern various artist compilations, ensured that every youth club disco in Britain had some authentic northern soul for little mod kids to shake a tapered, not flared, trouser leg.