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Moloko's "Familiar Feeling" video is set against a Northern soul backdrop and directed by Elaine Constantine, a longstanding Northern soul enthusiast. The video was choreographed by DJ Keb Darge, who rose to prominence at the Stafford Top of the World all-nighters in the 1980s. [93] [better source needed]
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] In 2013, she danced to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" in one of those music ...
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]
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.
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.
"I'm on My Way" is a song and single by American soul singer, Dean Parrish. Written by Doug Morris and Eliot Greenberg , it was first released in the US 1967 without any chart success. [ 1 ] It was released in the UK in 1975 and found chart success due to its popularity with the Northern soul scene.
Judy Street (born c.1949) is an American singer best known for her popular northern soul single, "What". Born in Indiana, her father was a concert pianist, her mother a flute player in a marching band. [1] After being discovered singing in a bar in Phoenix, Arizona, Street was given a recording opportunity.
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]