Peoples Current Top 5

[Nick®]

Nick's Current Top 5

1. Charles Drain - Is This Really Love
2. Bobby Sheen - Sweet Sweet Love
3. Corey Glover - Little Girl
4. Pat & The Blenders - Just Because
5. Jackie Wilson - I'm The One To Do It

[captaindancealot]

Hmm tough one but here goes....

1. Bobby hutton.......Lend a hand
2. Gentlemen & their lady.....Like her
3. Bill withers..........Harlem
4. Delrays incorporated...........Destination unknown
5. Fantastic puzzles.........Come back

[Alan]

My top5 plays at the moment

1, Isley brothers - Why , when the love is gone
2, frank Howard - I'm so glad
3, Bill Bush - I' m waiting
4, Brenda Holloway - Just look what you've done
5, Barbara Lynn - Your losing me

Hi all nice site Nick keep up the good work.

Alan (Nottingham)

[kingspinner]

this is hard!!!!
1 Lovin Rules - patti Labelle and the Bluebelles
2 Butch Baker - Workin' at the go go
3 The Spellbinders - Help Me (get myself back together again)
4 I Feel An Urge Comin' On - Jo Armstead
5 Bobby Parish - NightOwl

these below were contenders, sorry nick! but hey you started it!!!!

jeanette white - music !!
micky lee lane - hey-sah-lo-nay
the marketts - stirring up some soul


thats the most trying thing, to have decide!! i am sure you will all agree?

[jerseysoulbhoy]

Looking For You - Garnett Mimms
You Busted My Mind - Judy Clay
Nitty Gritty City (Instrumental) - The Swans
Say You'll Be Mine - Rosebuds
Look Back Over Your Shoulder - Archie Bell

[Edgey]

Top 5 right now

Montclairs - Hung Up On Your Love (all time fave)
Bobby Womack - So Many Sides Of You
Ray Pollard - The Drifter
Mr Day - Soul on Wax
The Dells - Your Song

[Edgey]

5 minutes later !!!!

Tyrone Barkley - Man of Value
Millie Jackson - House for Sale
Sheryl Bedel - Giving it All To You
Johnny Bristol - Love No longer Has A hold On Me
Gil Scott Heron - The Bottle

Bubblin under :-

Angie Stone
Clarence Carter
Watnauts etc.......

HOW CAN ANYONE HAVE A TOP 5

TOO MANY GOOD SOUNdS OUT THERE !!!

Can anyone tell I used to be a Cleggy regular?

[captaindancealot]

Hmm Cleggy top 5
J.J Callier.......Pusherman...............................Poke
Bill purcell.......Heartbeat................................Soul sam
Seven seas....Fight the power........................Poke
Cleveland eaton....Bama wama boogie...........Paul rowan
Boogieman Orch....Lady,lady,Lady...................Anyone

Hehe me too

[Sister Dawn]

How hard is this to pick your 5 fav all time northern sounds... Well heres mine
Sam Dees... Lonely for you baby
Brenda Holloway... When i'm gone
top one of the month... The Drifters.... Pour your little heart out... Excellant tune
Holly St James... Thats not love
Ronnie Mc Nier... Sittin in my class

Phew......

[djcallum]

The Pioneers----My good friend James
Avons---Since i met you baby
Tyrone Barkley----Man of value
Flame'n' King----No happy day
Archie Bell----Look back over your shoulder
They are my top five records
i have 1 a4 sheets of paper with all the songs on i like but all though it is top five i can only put the ones i like on it. I find it a shame i wouldnt be able to play them all at one venue or even fit them all onto here it would be to much for people to read any way

[Soulfulrob]

My Top 5, difficult to really select a top 5 as records come and go, but here's the ones that make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. In no particular order -

1. The Younghearts - A Little Togetherness.
2. Marlena Shaw - Lets Wade in the Water.
3. Sam Moores - Plenty Good Lovin
4. Joe Tex - Under Your Poerful Love
5. Marvin Gaye - This Love Starved Heart of Mine (Is Killing Me) ;D

Well there you go.

[robthegob72]

almost impossible and if iwas to do it again in an hour or so would probably be different
Deena Barnes If you ever walked out of my life
Barbara Mills Queen of fools
Sam Cooke Sugar Dumpling
Bobby Paris Night owl
Coasters Crazy Baby

[chevez]

Seriously now, rather than dwell on the worst ones elsewhere, here are five I do go out with the hope of hearing (no particular order)

Joseph Webster, My Love is Strong.
Joe Jama, My Life
Jean Carter, Like One
Sam & Dave, You Aint No Big Thing
Luther Ingram, Baby Don't You Weep

Early 60's to mid 80's

Freddy

[wolvestony]

After 27 years of listening to Northern Soul, there are some records, which I never tire hearing:

1. 'It realy hurts me' - The Carstairs (Head and shoulders above anything else)
2. 'She'll come running back' - Mel Britt
3. 'I really love you' - Tomangoes
4. 'Shoes' - Bobby Bland
5. 'Call me Tommorrow' - Major Harris.

Five records is nowhere near enough. I've had to leave out The Van Dykes, Salvadores, Herbert Hunter, Platters (Washed Ashore), Bobby Hutton and loads of Motown, headed by the Four Tops 'Can't seem to Get You Out Of My Mind'.

[Mick Hammonds]

Thought i would stick my ten cents in. Hard to pick just five but here goes:
1. Triumphs...I'm Coming To Your Rescue.
2. Superlatives...I Still Love You.
3. Jades...I'm Where It's At.
4. Montclairs...I'm Hung Up On Your Love.
5. Mr Floods Party...Compared To What.

[gypsygeoff]

Nightmare this
My man is a sweet man--Millie Jackson
Win place or show----Intruders
Love on a mountain top---Robert Knight
I got a feeling---Barbara Randolph
Having a party---Sam Cooke
Plus another 500 or so depending how much I have had to drink.

[youngsoulie]

Lonne Givens --- Hold On To The Blues
Marvin Gaye --- Lets Step It On
Melvin & Bryan Davies --- I Need My Baby
Barbara Tucker --- You Want Me Back (Philly Mix)
Richard Derbyshire --- This I Swear ;D ;D ;D

[mcblade]

Very difficult to pick 5 best (or 10 for that matter) but here's 5 that float my boat:

1. Tough Girl - Billy Arnell (can't find a DJ that's got it)
2. Make Sure - The Dells
3. 1000 Wonders - Archie Bell
4. Hung up on your love - Montclairs
5. Date with the Rain - Eddie Kendricks

Putting this little summary together just get's me thinking about those I forgot like virtually anything by Brenda Holloway, Marvin Gaye, Isley Bros, Esther Phillips, Jackie Wilson et alTEXT

[Dave]

OK , I'll Join in,

Jnr Walker - I Ain't Going Nowhere - Memories of Leeds '75 - What A Night

Dells - Run For Cover ,Sent a certain newark dj into raptures when played at Barrow Hill - Mort many thanks for keeping this one on your playlist for so long - always a floorfiller on the east mids circuit,I never tire of this one

Sapphires - Gotta Have Your Love - Memories of the best venue i've ever been to - Va Va's at Bolton

Sherry's - Put Your Loving Arms Around Me - Time for Janjones to float over the floor again !!!!

Saxie Russel - Psychadelic Soul - as a certain skegness dj and record dealer once said - This has everything a true northern sound should have in it

[makemvinyl]

5 up and coming records
sez me
01 Alon records double sider
Sooner You Realise
Beggin for your love
ELDRIDGE HOLMES

02 Album Track Home Cooking
Sweet Daddy Deacon
JUNIOR WALKER

03 Decca Records ( usa )
Mr Green Mrs Green
GLADYS TYLER

04 President Records ( UK )
Stormy Weather
SOUL MERCHANTS

05 Impact Records
lonely Summer
SHADES OF BLUE

All good dancers and the Gladys Tyler currently on Steve Jeffries list at 400
bit ott that ,
jr walker track on album easy to pick up fdr around a fiver
Soul Merchants track goes out at around 20 if you can find a copy only ever seen 2
Eldridge holmes RnB track beggin with a haunting harmonica and a cracking uptempo dance beat
the sooner you realise a midtempo soulful dance tune in the vein of something new to do
about 75 quid if you can find a copy again only ever seen 2
Shades of blue is a b side on their follow up track to Oh How Happy entitled ( With this ring )
and was written by Edwin Starr who was a vocalist and manager of the group around the time he joined motown
Anice mid to uptempo dancretrack
there a 5 to look out and listen for rather than try and select a top 5 out of thousands of soul tracks ive collected over the years
Marva Josie & Dont theres a song and a half
bye
Doug Hall