Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
It’s An Uphill Climb To The Bottom A Twisted Wheel weekday Ballad. Not You is featured in the introduction the the book: The Story Of Northern Soul by David Nowell. An account of how Soul music hits you gets under your skin reaches your emotions and touches your heart and Soul. He says that its … Read more
Meet Me Half Way Obscure and very rare, records such as Meet Me Half Way by Lillie Bryant were soon deleted from sale as they made no impact upon the pop charts, and may have been, to some extent, ignored even vilified by DJ’s as being ‘inferior’ copying, or cashing in on the Motown sound. … Read more
World Of Happiness (2012) What’s going on here: Ann Robinson – World Of Happiness Just exactly the same! I bought the Shirley Turner vinyl 45 from Beatin Rhythm in Tib street Manchester (a great Soul record shop). Is it a method of releasing Ann Robinson’s (c) recording by not infringing it? Or was Shirley’s the … Read more
You Didn’t Say A Word (1966) Cameo Parkway USA – London UK I love this record by Yvonne Baker. Another Soul story about the human emotional condition, and it just kicks along. It was one of many that we missed at its time of UK release but was unearthed in the 70’s by the Northern … Read more
Competition Ain’t Nothing Babe – USA Backbeat / UK ACTION Little Carl Carlton released Competition Ain’t Nothing – a recording that was played at the end of many sessions at the Twisted Wheel. For us Wheelers his very best ever is: Nothing No Sweeter Than Love Carl Carlton went on to release Everlasting Love and many … Read more
Opportunity- Dimension 1964/ Colpix UK But I Do Gotta Find a Way Hearts Of Stone (1954) Amazing what you could get for three pence from the deletions box at Moston Lane Manchester’s record shop in 1964. Sandra Bears, Grace Ruffin, Margie Clark and Carrie Mingo from Washington formed the group called The Impalas who then … Read more
THE IN CROWD (1965) See You at The Go Go Dobie Gray made one fantastic record, long before Drift Away, his hit of 1973, and Out On The Floor (1975) – The In Crowd. When this came out in 1965 it proved to be massively popular with the soul mods – he was talking about … Read more
The Upset CHILLS AND FEVER – 1965 Black Atlantic UK/Lloyd/Dial: USA (Written by Clarence Reid) It’s My Baby – USA, Lloyd Records 1966 Paul Kelly, a Miami soul singer, was a big star in 1966 in Manchester at the Twisted Wheel Allnighters but I doubt he ever knew it. Someone who did know Paul Kelly’s … Read more