Soul, Blues, Sixties Music Database
Rhythm and Blues
I’m Hurting Billy Gales released this track with a shouting intro a lot like Mohammed Ali or Amos n’ Andy it evolves into a typical sixties R&B style Soul number. There is a slight Little Richard feel to it, definitely one for the R&B aficionado.
My Babe – 1959 Ron Holden with the Thunderbirds sang this track with gusto. Many Soul Club goers regarded this recording as Rock and Roll music but what’s really the difference? Many Rock and Roll songs were popular for both Mods and Rockers – Chuck Berry and Little Richard for example. This 45 was dug … Read more
One Whole Year Baby A song that Georgie Fame had in his repertoire when he played at the Twisted Wheel.
I Worship The Ground You Walk On Walter Rhodes sang this deep Soul ballad, lamenting the loss of love. I Worship The Ground You Walk On was also recorded by Etta James and Jimmy Hughes.
Brian Smith – Blues photographer, was a friend of Roger Eagle and it was Brian who photographed many of the artists appearing at The Twisted Wheel, at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester and other places. The list of photographs of these artists ties in with their performances at ‘The Wheel’ and you can see the … Read more
Come Back To Me With an underlying beat sounding much like a Mary Wells song, try this number by La Wanda William.
Rockin Robin – (1958) Pretty Little Girl Next Door (1962) Rockin’ Robin by Bobby Day was in the soundtrack to the film American Graffiti and a version was made by the Jackson Five. Less known is the (dated to modern ears) 1962: Pretty Little Girl next Door.
BABY PLEASE DON’T GO Jo Ann Henderson was a Jazz Blues singer from the late 1940’s early fifties. This record was updated by the Northern Ireland group Them in 1965 with Van Morrison singing lead vocals. It was a standard that many blues artists used to sing including Muddy Waters and Joe Turner. It reached … Read more
It’s Your Voodoo Working A great Northern Soul find by Charles Sheffield, and Voodoo hoodoo seems to be a theme in some Soul tracks, but most are in Blues, e.g. Screaming Jay Hawkins. Love Potion number 9 etc.
We love black ethnic music: Blues Soul, R&B Funk, it’s all here. But Hip Hop? Rap? Sorry, but there ain’t no Hip Hop Soulbot stuff here. The original hip hop artists started out sampling using their roots. These came from our beloved Black America Music. The original hip hop artists used the soul roots – … Read more