The Modfather
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Northern Soul:Living for the weekend. Documentary on BBC4 9.30 tonight.
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Northern Soul
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Beach Hut
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Looks very good as BBC FOUR do outstanding music program's, will record it for later.
The Modfather
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Looking forward to this. Mrs is out so can watch it in peace with a few beers 
portlock seagull
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- Jul 28, 2003
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Did southern soul ever exist? And if so, did it come without a big fat chip on its shoulder?
Beach Hut
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Not as such although many of the 80's British Soul bands were Southern based.
Eric Potts
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Some US Southern Soul can certainly be classed as Northern Soul
scooter1
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Will record that, and the Motown hing afterwards
Ernest
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Like WHAM
Beach Hut
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Silly boy
Spun Cuppa
Thanks Greens :(
Wake me up before you go, go...
Vegas Seagull
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- Jul 10, 2009
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This the half hour one?
Leekbrookgull
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Just out of interest,where would you ''put'' Diana Ross and Stoned Love,Northern Soul or Tamla Motown ?
red star portslade
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Who cares. Great ****in tune!
The Modfather
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Yes Southern Soul as a style does exist, Unlike Northern Soul a term first used by Dave Godin (from Kent) See the BBC programme for explanation of how NS got it's name.
Southern Soul describes Soul music recorded in the Southern States of America. Usually a mixture of Country and Soul Music styling, Quite often ballads but not exclusively, as more up tempo examples have been picked up In the northern soul scene. Famous Studio's that pumped out many classics of the genre include Stax, Goldwax & Hi in Memphis, Fame & American in the Muscle Shoals Area, Miami had the Criteria Studios and New Orleans had Marshall Seehorn & Allen Toussaint with their Sea-Saint Studio.
Famous records that crossed to POP were
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman
Dorothy Moore - Misty Blue
Al Green - Tired Of Being Alone
William Bell & Judy Clay - Private Number
Lee Dorsey- Working In A Coal Mine
Otis Redding - I Can' turn you lose
Otis Redding - Dock Of The bay
Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally
Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
Clarence Carter - Patches
Records that are both Southern Soul & Northern
Jams Barnett - Keep On Talking
James Carr - That's What I Want To Know
and many more
Southern Soul has it's own Yahoo forum for the real devotees of the genre, of which I'm not a member but that doesn't stop me occasionally peeking in, just like NSC.
Every Anorak to his own.
Leekbrookgull
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Agreed on the great song bit red star,however Was'nt Ross a T/M artist and if so i thought N/Soul was never really their brief ? That's if you consider Stoned Love to be N/Soul.
Mr Bridger
Sound of the suburbs
Fred Perry subculture film explains northern / southern soul
wigangull
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Northern Soul All-nighters at the Wigan Casino were absolutely great.Dancers would come from all over ...memories
