Manchester Soul Clubs

Manchester Soul Club Venues;   The GENESIS of Northern Soul By far the most influential of all the Manchester Soul clubs was the Twisted Wheel. The Blue Note was probably second. The Jigsaw Club was not fully dedicated to soul, Rowntrees was but only on Sunday lunchtime sessions. The Bolton Boneyard was amazing, but did not … Read more

Jungfrau Club Manchester – Sixties Dance Club

The Jungfrau Club , Cathedral Street, Manchester The most famous place in Manchester as far as my friends and I were concerned was Harry Hall’s bike shop. Harry had managed the British team in the Tour de France, and helped, but failed to save the life of Tom Simpson. A few doors along was the … Read more

Flamingo Club

BLUES, Blues, Blues, R ‘n B, SOUL, Soul, the MOD SCENE and all that. The Flamingo Club was the place to be. Just about everyone played live at the Flamingo lots of American Blues greats, and lots of UK blues acts. Most found their way on the tour circuit to the Twisted Wheel in Manchester … Read more

American Soul Venues

American Soul Venues – In the late 1950s and early 1960s many cities in the US had theaters that were originally used for vaudeville. When this form of entertainment died, due in no small part to the runaway success of television, many of these venues went over to music acts. Performers such as James Brown … Read more

Oh Boy Shindig And Hullabaloo

Music TV Programmes of the past that featured Soul Artists – Oh Boy, Shindig! and Hullabaloo Oh Boy Shindig And Hullabaloo: Shindig and Hullabaloo were USA TV shows that had soul acts appearing. Oh Boy! was developed to compete with BBC TV’s Six-Five Special which was almost like a teenage magazine programme with items on … Read more

Mystic Knights Of The Mau Mau

The Mystic Knights Of The Mau Mau are (in their own words): ‘A cultural organization dedicated to preserving and presenting the rich history of American roots music. Through festivals, special events, concerts and outreach activities featuring musical living legends, we honor influential artists and educate audiences about their massive contributions to American culture’. The Ponderosa … Read more

Marquee Club

Marquee Club Just about everyone played here – Soul, Blues and Mod Bands. London’s Marquee Club , the Flamingo, and the 100, were live performance venues for UK groups, Blues R n B and Soul and Pop artists in the 1960’s. In the early to mid 1960’s it was a very  influential Mod club. The … Read more

Manchester Lincoln Memorial

Manchester Lincoln Memorial – The Lincoln Memorial, Manchester stands on what used to be The Twisted Wheel Club, Brazennose Street the place were the DJ Roger Eagle singlehandedly turned on a generation to Black American Music. The Abraham Lincoln Memorial, MANCHESTER, UK It all began here. Abe Lincoln stands almost on top of the cellar … Read more

Hideaway Club

Hideaway Club – Surprisingly this Soul Club in Manchester was in the Waldorf Hotel  right next to the (now demolished) location of The Blue Note Club.  It then moved to the Deansgate, 321 Deansgate ManchesterThe Waldorf was always a popular haunt of Blue Note goers – particularly when they lost their drinks licence. The Hideaway … Read more

Fox Theatre Detroit

The TAMLA MOTOWN REVIEW toured the USA in 1964 and came to England and Manchester in 1965 and appeared of course, in the USA