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Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s. It developed from the British mod scene, ...
McLean became a YouTube star after uploading numerous videos of her dancing to northern soul music. [1] The videos were filmed by her mother, Eve Arslett, and both were stunned by the popularity of the videos, some garnering nearly a quarter of a million views. [4]
Northern Soul is a 2014 British historical film directed by Elaine Constantine.It tells the story of two young Lancashire teenagers, Matt and John, whose lives are changed forever by the discovery of African-American soul music and the dance culture that grew up around it in Britain.
In an attempt to capitalise on the song's popularity in the Northern soul subculture and 'put Northern soul on the music map for the industry', [14] Russ Winstanley met up with a pop group from Wigan called Sparkle, [15] [7] who renamed themselves Wigan's Ovation and covered the song (with slightly modified lyrics) in 1975.
Ian Geoffrey Levine (born 22 June 1953) [1] is a British songwriter, producer, and DJ.A moderniser of Northern soul music in the UK, and a developer of the style of hi-NRG, he has written and produced records with sales totalling over 40 million. [2]
This category contains musicians whose recordings and/or performances were part of the Northern soul movement that emerged from the British mod scene in northern England in the late 1960s. Pages in category "Northern soul musicians"
The success of "The Snake" on the northern soul nightclub circuit has led to it being ranked 4 of 500 top northern soul singles and for it to appear on over 30 pop and northern soul compilation albums. [6] [7] [8] The song was re-released in 1989 as a B-side to a re-release of "Just Don't Want to Be Lonely" by The Main Ingredient. [2]
The B-side was a true Northern soul favourite, "Seven Days Too Long" by Chuck Wood. When "Footsee" was featured on BBC Television's Top of the Pops, dancers from the Wigan Casino gave a demonstration of the Northern Soul style of dancing, in the absence of a real group to promote the record. [4]