Here is one that might shock a few people.
The whole Northern Soul 'phenomenon' completely passed me by and to be honest Biglad if that's the best of it I can easily see why. Not for me I'm afraid
Cracking bit of Brit Northern Soul
I listened to the two I didn't know much about - Jenny Wren and Dana Gillespie. Thought they were both excellent, tending to the pop end of soul. Helen Shapiro with a bit of Detroit thrown in. Worth listening to.
I know next to nothing about the culture of Northern Soul but it's obviously an intoxicating and enduring thing if you've been bitten by the bug. I remember watching those George Gentley police dramas which were pretty good at tracking the zeitgeist of the sixties and one of the episodes centered on the Northern Soul culture in the North East. I'm sure Big Lad would have lots to correct about how it was done - but I remember really enjoying it.
I missed NS and Soul at the time but, oddly enough, Im listening to more of it now.
Would never have thought Long John and Rod were Northern Soulers.