Joey Heatherton

When You Call Me Baby  Is this Soul music? Surely it’s 1966 derivative pop music, ignored by any sixties Soul scene, but strangely not the 70’s Northern one! A busty lady, actress and appeared topless in Playboy Mag. She recorded the 45 When You Call Me Baby in 1966 for DECCA. How on earth it … Read more

The Adventurers – Easy Baby

A Good Girl Is So Hard To Find/Easy Baby – 1967 Apparently this ‘B’ side track by The Adventurers was first played at the Va Va Club Bolton by Richard Searling and 307 on Kev Roberts Top 500. Okay, it’s a bit derivative but really it’s not bad at all. This group shouldn’t be confused … Read more

The Nomads

Somethin’s Bad Nothing to do with the Stax white band blue eyed The Nomads ? The Memphis Nomads, these Nomads sang Somethin’s Bad. Kev Roberts puts them at 256 on his Top 500 of Northern Soul. See more Nomads: The STAX NOMADS

Richard Searling (DJ)

Richard Searling (DJ) is an important ‘Face’ on the Northern Soul scene. He started out at Bolton’s Va Va Club in the seventies. DJ @ THE WIGAN CASINO One of his vinyl discoveries.

Bobby Sheen Dr Love

Dr Love This was Bobby Sheen singing his FIRST solo hit on the Soul scene. Something New To Do (1972) A slow classic – who said that Northern Soul was all fast tempo only for rapid dancers? This song was also recorded by Prince Philip Mitchell. Bobby Sheen’s version of Dr. Love gets to 236 on … Read more

Billy Prophet

What Can I Do? Yes indeed, a great record by Billy Prophet. This ex-singer of The Jive Five‘s solo was a flop, but got recognition years later on the Northern Soul scene. It stands at 231 on Kev Roberts Top 500.

Prince Phillip Mitchell

I’m So Happy (1979) This track by Prince Phillip Mitchell is really excellent. 225 on the Top 500 of Northern Soul. 1968 – Keep On Talking – this is the original but on that Top 500 it’s the version by James Barnett that gets the entry. One On One is another good song. And he did … Read more

Eula Cooper – Let Our Love Grow Higher

Let Our Love Grow Higher Try It’s a brighter day when you hear this really great early 70’s piece of Northern Soul by Eula Cooper. It’s a happy song sung with a powerful voice. It gets to position 210 in Kev Roberts Top 500. Apparently it was very rare when first found by Ian Levine and played exclusively … Read more

The Tempos

Countdown (Here I Come) Countdown by The Tempos lives up to its name: Rapid Northern Soul ‘guided missile’ of heaving beat: on the Canterbury label USA – Soul City UK and on that re-release the flip side was: A Little Togetherness – The Tempos – a different Tempos or AKA The Younghearts.

Johnny Caswell

You Don’t Love Me Anymore (1966) You Don’t Love Me Anymore by Johnny Caswell is 152 on Kev Roberts Top 500. Written by Leon Huff.