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| Frederick Thomas... |
 Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:02 pm |
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The term Northern Soul was termed by Dave Godin, a journalist for the
"Blues and Soul" magazine back in 1968. Godin came up with the term
when helping employee's stock music on the shelves of his record shop
in London England. As newer music Rhythm and Blues (R&B) music was
arriving, he wanted to be able to differentiate the smoother sounds of
early R&B from the newer funkier sounds that was hitting the
airwaves. The term northern soul now refers to the golden oldies of
Rhythm and Blues that are played at many of the most popular
nightclubs in Northern The United States was flooded with R&B
musicians, however, in England opened another new venue for R&B
artist to make it big, and big they did England today.
Back in the 60's when most clubs where changing up their beats to the
more modern genres of music, many Northern England nightclubs chose to
keep the rare soul music beats. This has not slowed business down for
these well-established clubs today, if anything it brought in more
patrons then ever before. Patrons knew what they liked and did not
feel the need to follow the fads of the time.
Northern Soul music played a huge role in the beginning of the DJ
culture in England. The United States was filling up with R&B
artist and England opened up a whole new venue for artist to not only
collect on but for some make it big in the music industry who wouldn't
of had a chance otherwise in the States due to the huge amount of
R&B artists already circulating. Artist like Tammi Lynn, The
Fascinations, The Velvelettes, The Tams, and many others made top hits
in the UK due to the love of the Northern Soul.
So just who makes up the Northern Soul genre one may ask, the answer
is simple yet vast, as thousands make up the Northern Soul genre. This
genre includes top R&B artist to one hit wonders. Northern Soul
music isn't a style, voice, musical instrument choice, or even topic
of song, northern soul music is a feel, a beat, and the ability to
dance to it. Some of the Northern Soul choices are very rare and even
hard to come by today, others more popular, some had a slow groove
beat while others have a upbeat tempo.
Remember Kool and the Gang, Bill Withers, or Gwen Guthrie; they all
added to the Northern Soul movement in northern parts of England as
well as several hundreds to thousands of more R&B artist. Names
such as Randy Crawford, Bobby Womack, Gerald Levert, and even the
O'Jays still play a part of the dance floors in nightclubs around the
world. More current artists such as Kenny G, Whitney Houston, and
Chaka Khan also play a large role of the northern soul genre. If the
feet can be put to the beat of the Rhythm and Blues, more then likely
it has become a part of the Northern Soul genre.
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| Conkers... |
| Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 9:25 pm |
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"Frederick Thomas" <ebroddeaykhm at (no spam) hotmail.com> wrote
Quote: The term northern soul now refers to the golden oldies of
Rhythm and Blues
Or that newfangled modern stuff, ...as us blues lovers call it  |
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