Favourite Northern soul records?

[Northernsouloldies]

The genre of Northern soul records and dancing has been with me for 40yr plus. I'm always keen to hear stuff I've not heard before. Some of my faves.
Betty lavette.. Check on what my condition my condition is in.
The vibrations.. Cause your mines.
The velvellettes.. These things will keep me loving you.
Martha and the vandellas.. One way out.

The Poets - She blew a good things
Little Anthony and the Imperials - Better use your head.
Frank Wilson - Do I love you.

Northern Soul and Motown, for me, is joyous and uplifting. The music of my youth growing up in the midlands and then London where I fell in love with funk and disco. It’s a challenge to not smile and keep my feet still when I hear Northern Soul and takes me back to Village discos. 🎶 💃

Turning' my heartbeat up by the MVTs. What a belter.

MVPs, sorry!

Love on a mountain top by Robert Wilson.
7 rooms of gloom by The Four Tops. Always sing it before cleaning my house 😁

Not strictly northern soul but should be:
There there my dear - Dexys midnight runners. Stomping!

Stop And You Will Become Aware - Helen Shapiro
I Travel Alone - Lou Ragland
If You Ask Me - Jerry Williams
Can't Help Loving You - Paul Anka

Let me give you my lovin' - Maxine Brown
You're gonna love my baby - Barbara McNair
If I could only be sure - Nolan Porter

I'm not a proper soulie, only discovered it in my late twenties via Kent records and a club I went to, but there's no music more uplifting for me (and it's partly how DH and I met, so there's that!)

Thanks to all who contributed. I will leave you all with this great record.
The young hearts.... A little togetherness.
K T F. 😁

A house for sale.Millie Jackson was one of my favs..not been to an allnighter in years but my fav was Aberdeen😆

The Music hall niters could hold their own. Amongst other niters I done across the UK.

Perhaps I'm being unkind but I've seen a few videos of folk at Northern Soul dances and many of them look extremely awkward doing their moves, whilst a handful are getting down. I fully acknowledge I too would be among the awkward squad. I love the music but the dancing appears to be...painful!

It wasn't always like this you have to take into consideration the age of the dancers now anything from 50s to late 60s it's a far cry from when we were teenagers /early 20s thin, fit, and for a lot of us fuelled by amphetamines to dance all night or weekend and travel stupid distances to go to all niters. Age has caught up with us. 😁

Nothing but a heartache the flirterations

@Northernsouloldies Fair point but a lot of the more youthful dancers fall into the awkward category. Anyone with mobility problems can be excused!

Take a look at the Wigan Young souls on you tube far from awkward. 😁.

Ghost in my house
The night
Give me just a little more time

Man of value Tyrone Barclay
I need you - Shane Martin
I dig your act - the O' Jays
Girl across the street - moses Smith
Woman love thief- Stemmons xpress
I walked away- Bobby paris

If someone more tech minded than me could do a Spotify playlist with these on, I'd be eternally grateful! 🙏

Cry for Me by Solomon Burke

Here you go folks. KTF.

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Definitely The Night.
I have found my people on here 😊

@LunaNorth you are a genius, thank you!

Oh my gosh Madeline Bell. Someone mentioned her in one of the first few posts. I saw her live at Ronnie Scott’s in about 1994 and she was AWESOME 💥

Some good real niter records there. 😁

Beautiful day Solomon burke.

San Remo Golden Strings - Festival Time.