Simply Red

Something Got Me StartedMoney’s Too TightSAY YOU LOVE MEAll Around The World Simply Red were a Soul group formed in Manchester in the 1980’s. It is true to say their sound borders on mainstream commercial pop music. Mick Hucknall is without doubt a white boy with soul. It is interesting thatmany ears after the soul … Read more

Rolling Stones

Taking their name from a lyric in a Muddy Waters, song The Rolling Stones were very popular at the Old Twisted Wheel. Most of their early records were copies of USA blues and Soul artist originals. Every Mod had to have their first LP – often they walked around with it tucked under one arm! … Read more

Manfred Mann

54321 – 1963Oh No Not My BabyDo Wah Diddy DiddyCock A Hoop – (a ‘B’ side)I’m Your KingpinDon’t Ask Me What I Say Bearded beatnik South African Manfred Mann (Manfred Lubowitz), started his group with Mike Hugg and lead singer Paul Jones who currently sings with the Blues Band and presented the UK Radio 2 … Read more

Long John Baldry

Let The Heartaches Begin Long John Baldry played live at the Old Twisted Wheel, Manchester. He was part of The Steampacket and other groupings, notably Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger, Rod Stewart. Steampacket was allegedly formed one night at the Twisted Wheel after watching Brian Auger playing a set.  He tended to sing most of the … Read more

The Kinks

YOU REALLY GOT ME All Day And All Of The Night Ray Davis wrote some of the best UK blues and Rock all in a completely English way,”You Really Got Me” was a blaster of a track and a big hit in Manchester at the time, and often played intermittently in the latter 1960’s. It … Read more

John Mayall

Life is Just a Slow Train Crocodile Walk Crucial to the early 1960’s Blues Revival and still doin’ it. John Mayall was born on the 29th November 1933 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, and later lived in Burnage/Longsight in Manchester (same area that Oasis came from). When we last saw him he was still touring  at over … Read more

Georgie Fame

YEH,YEH yeah and unless you were there at the Twisted wheel and certain London Mod clubs at that time you would not believe how H U G E a song by Georgie Fame this was. Georgie Fame’s version of the John Hendricks jazz standard “Yeh Yeh” became a number one hit single in the UK … Read more

The Fortunes

Caroline You’ve Got Your Troubles 1964 – The pirate Radio station Radio Caroline’s theme tune was a song by The Fortunes – a sixties pop group who produced some very melodic songs. At this time the only place (apart from Radio Luxembourg), to hear ‘ soul music’ on the airwaves. Formed in March 1963.

The Foundations

Baby Now That I’ve Found You – Pye 1966 (UK no1) Build Me Up Buttercup – 1968 The Foundations were a British Band active in the late sixties. Although they were termed a ‘soul’ band, in fact they were more middle of the road pop based and viewed very much as an inferior product by … Read more

The Equals

Baby Come Back The Equals had a future super star as lead singer – Eddy Grant. He left the Equals for a solo career in 1971. He recorded  Funky Like a Train in the 1980s which was a hit for him. In 1965 Baby Come Back made it on the Manchester and general UK Soul … Read more