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Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s. It developed from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of Black American soul music with a heavy beat and fast tempo (100 bpm and above).
Out of a playlist of hundreds of Northern Soul songs I have finally compiled what I believe to be the best SONGS of Northern Soul. Songs that have a truly great quality to them. All the...
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Top 500 Northern Soul Classics (1-50) 8.1M views • 50 tracks • 0+ hours Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England in the late 1960s. The music that...
- 'Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)' by Frank Wilson. This is the only single Wilson recorded, and just 250 copies were made, most of which were destroyed. A decade later a copy surfaced and the enthusiastic reaction encouraged Motown to rerelease the song.
- 'Out on the Floor' by Dobie Gray. This wasn't Gray's biggest U.S. hit—that was 1973's "Drift Away"—but in Britain it became a Northern Soul standard. The versatile Texan performed soul, pop, and even musical theater in a production of "Hair" before tilting toward country.
- 'You Didn't Say a Word' by Yvonne Baker. Baker's tune became known as "the James Bond song" because its melody resembles the 007 theme. Earlier she had performed with the Sensations, a group that attracted attention because it was one of the first to include a female lead vocalist and male background singers.
- 'The Snake' by Al Wilson. Wilson got his break when early pop icon Johnny Rivers signed him to his new label, Soul City Records. Wilson’s first single was a hit in 1968, and five years later his “Show and Tell” reached No. 1 on Billboard.
Listen to the Northern Soul Essentials playlist on Apple Music. 50 Songs. Duration: 2 hours, 13 minutes.
Jan 12, 2008 · Northern Soul Songs. Criteria: This top 100 was put together by Kev Roberts as part of the Northern Soul Top 500. It's based on the records that were most popular in Northern Soul Dance Clubs in The United Kingdom from the mid-1960s and beyond. Background: Northern Soul - In 1967 an underground movement developed via 'The Twisted Wheel Club' in ...
