Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Help Me (Get The Feeling) Part 1 Linda Lu A great rocking soul track by Ray Sharpe – but which came first, this backing riff or the same one for Aretha Franklin‘s Save Me. Answers on a postcard please. Strangely enough, Ray Sharpe started out playing Rockabilly music as well as blues. But he was … Read more
Sh’Mon (Part 1 and 2) – Sue 1967 Sh’Mon by Mr Dynamite was a record that got an occasional airing at the Blue Note Club, Manchester. If you didn’t know, you would swear it was James Brown recording under another name.
The Son Of Hickory Holler’s Tramp- 1968 – (written by Dallas Frazier) “Little Green Apples” was O C Smith’s follow up to his hit The Son Of Hickory Holler’s Tramp which was played at the Twisted Wheel and many other Manchester soul clubs for a short while. At one time he was a vocalist with … Read more
For Your Precious Love Oscar Toney Jnr was reputed to have played at the Twisted Wheel in Manchester but I will check this. Good credentials have come once more from a gospel background. For Your Precious Love is very much in the style of a Joe Tex talking number and very sentimental. It could almost … Read more
I Testify A Lasting Love (1968) Otis Clay sang with the Sensational Nightingales – a gospel group, before going solo. A Lasting Love was a popular track when things slowed down at the end of week nights at Manchester’s Blue Note club.
LIGHTNIN’ STRIKES – MGM 1965 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU MINE – 1969 Two Faces Have I – 1964 Lou Christie’s – LIGHTNIN’ STRIKES – became a soul anthem: Yes, very popular tracks played at the Twisted Wheel recorded by Luige Alfredo Giovanni Sacco. Definitely of Italian descent he was born on the 19th of February … Read more
UNSATISFIED / A TIME TO LOVE A TIME TO CRY – London American Message To Martha Always Something There To remind Me MAGIC POTION Lou Johnson should have been a big star in the UK, but his original recordings were always copied by other, bigger stars. Message To Martha was covered by Dionne Warwick and … Read more
Mystery – 1965 USA Shrine Records Eddie Singleton wrote Mystery with Jimmy Armstrong. It appeared on the rarest label of them all – Shrine Records.
The Next In Line, Stateside 1967 Do You Know What Life Is All About I remember that this track by Hoagy Lands was played in London Soul/Mod clubs (The 100). Not certain but think it must have been played at The Wheel, but not sure. It does make it to the Top 500 from K … Read more
Bad Penny Blues (1956) A great rockin’ upbeat blues record by Humphrey Lyttleton that set many English people on the road to the Blues. Played at the Twisted Wheel in 64’/65′ by Roger Eagle the DJ. I don’t think it was the 78 that he played more likely it was on an LP. Bad Penny … Read more