Northern Soul Classic

[StockportCountyLad]

@keepingthefaith72 I went to a Ns night with my mum and dad a few weeks back, got to admit, i bloody loved it, ill be sure to check that out, the next one i goto i want to be able to dance haha

[StockportCountyLad]

im aged 18 years old, and all this modern music doesn't interest me, northern soul is where its at, if only modern music could compete with this

[keepingthefaith72]

@StockportCountyLad Stockport has always had a large N/Soul following so your in the right town... The Masonic hall opp. stockport college has a N/Soul nite not sure when but its on Friday nite if you wanna try it. Do a search on youtube for " Northern soul the film dance club " it shows young lads like yourself learning N/Soul dancing ...

[hocko3456]

Can you name the tune please. sound like jr walker

[keepingthefaith72]

@hocko3456 Willie Mitchell - That Driving Beat.....

[u33416]

P FUNK da man

[57dogsbody]

MR. P Funk has taken Too many bombers- fact!

[99wardie]

@57dogsbody ...Fact ?...clarify...where you there ?

[exsugarbabe]

This is a rave with way better music, clothes and dancing! Send me back in time now! Lovely fancy footwork.

[RitmoNo1]

Always found the "soul shuffle" the most impressive to see done well. It takes a lot of practice at first and you really have to be fit (as well all know). I was never light enough on my feet to maintain it for long - plus I didn't take anything to assist me either. Seen some spectacular "shufflers" in the past - epsecially to tunes like: Creative Source - Don't be afraid to take my love; Brainstorm - Loving is really my game. Pity that only a few good dancers of the many are caught on film

[scarthogirl]

@RitmoNo1 l just went to dance ,listern to the music ,meet great people ,and l can say hand on heart l never took pills to dance the way l did ,only a few people did ,most could dance all night without any form of pills and the like ,,l am not the only one who feels that we should all be put in the same class as them who did

[RitmoNo1]

@scarthogirl Amen to that! A natural high kept me going as well - I was there at the end of the night too!

[scarthogirl]

@RitmoNo1 nice one my friend

[cogelliott]

Thank God for Blueys, Dex,'s, Green and clears, Black bombers and all the other lovely colours that kept us going all night long all those year ago. Best times of my life..Keep the faith from one of Dobie Gray's people... The in crowd!!

[Sarazeff]

i think we would need the medics if we tryd to dance like this now lol but its great to know that we did :)))

[0aliunal]

i wanna dance like the guy in 1:16

[gigglie001]

Some lovely footwork here!

[Drummernorthernsoul5]

bits of Otis Redding - Satisfaction in there

[jasonpfinch]

put it in! busts the old knee dancin like this / the kids just seem to me skidding and skating round the floor

[jasonpfinch]

put it in! busts the old knee dancin like this

[davefromtnorth]

Gutted, I didn't go this night as I thought the lights would spoil the atmospherere.

[davefromtnorth]

Gutted, I didn't go this night asI thought the lights would spoil the atmospherere.

[UnionjackatHWP]

That 1st time the cameras came Id gone upto the Mecca 1st like alot of times and we heard the cameras were coming. We had a load of green n clears off one of Colins mates, Id got a big bag of speckly blues and we all tried to out dance each other. The problem was with all the onlookers we didnt have the room to kick out like we normally did. I remember that night well. Mainly cause we turned the car over on the way home to Peterborough.

[jp00w5941]

@UnionjackatHWP wot no bombers? xx

[pgoossens100]

at :42 it looks like he is jerking. haha. dancing just alters already done movements these days

[TheJAKETHESNAKE6969]

top tune

[bevfl1]

Ahh!! happy days, when we were all young, thin, fit and flexible. :-)

[MrJonDole]

That brother sure got the moves! :) Keep the Faith!

[northernsoul1974]

Sweet!

[rolekul]

All staccato!!!  WAY TO GO!

[cloudbustingstar]

Great record, Having a dance round the house. Alway keep northern faith

[ThisAlbion]

That black dude is proper cool.

[scarthogirl]

this part of film was used in the film soul boy very good mix ,,,so l am on here and soul boy dancing nice one

[keepingthefaith72]

@scarthogirl Which one are you ?

[scarthogirl]

@keepingthefaith72 ,,,,,1.13min,s right hand side,cream skirt ,cream top ...took me ages to learn how to dance to this record one of my fav,s and so great to look back and say was there and realy was ,not like some who just want to be on the bandwagan .

[keepingthefaith72]

@scarthogirl I see you .. great dancing ... bet you cant dance like that now .... :-)

[scarthogirl]

@keepingthefaith72 ,,,l do try sometimes l do ,when l watch this l back at wigan ,can go there every night justput this on

[MrTubbymarshall]

@scarthogirl nice moves honey, do you still go when you can, or are you "semi-retired" these days? they were happy times weren't they??

[scarthogirl]

@MrTubbymarshall best time of my life ,sometimes go to a few northern does,thanks for the commentKTF

[nottinghamman93]

@scartho

Great film! At the end credits, theres a black haired girl and a blond women, the girls my girlfriend and its her aunty...shes a great dancer! Got to keep the scene alive!

KTF

[Venom2NasTy]

The lesbian from Skins (us) Brought me Here.

[error32767]

Yes, Northern Soul can be traced back as one of the many ancestors of house music. Read the book 'Last Night A DJ Saved My Life' - it's all in there.

[hbbvivo]

wow ! These footwork movements almost look like steps in house dance!

Did this influence house dance??? Anyone know??

[tavocementero]

FANTASTIC !!!

[FaBouLoZ]

 funk!!!! - Let's work it all out;-)

[SatheMeister]

Marvellous!

[tubbymarshall]

thats feelin the beat if ever i saw it. proper enthusiasm and lovin it. oh to be young again.....and fit.

[salishaw]

You have to be in shape to dance like this!

[keepingthefaith72]

@salishaw We used to dance like that all night long in those days .... wouldnt like to try it now though ... lol

[jp00w5941]

@salishaw no,these guys weren't trained dancers or doing it for a living-just full of various types of speed

[fairyfeet1970]

memories!! all the great sounds of northern soul, I still like to play the ol' northern soul that takes me back waaay back ha!

[mrsaddlebag]

I have got Northern Soul -Keeps on Burnin .

Thats the one with Frank Wilson on .

[keepingthefaith72]

@mrsaddlebag Frank Wilson is a top sound allways fills the floor ... there`s no turning back now mrsaddlebag ... when N/Soul gets in your blood thats it!..

[mrsaddlebag]

Purchased anothe Northern Soul cd .-Northern Soul - Floorshakers !-20 Anthems and rarities from the RCA vaults.

I like Frank Wilson -Do i love you .(indeed i do ).

Without too much trouble could someone reccomend another compilation of this brilliant music .

There are so many on Amazxon and Play.com .

[mrsaddlebag]

Jpoo and ktf72. What is really great is looking at the weekends .That STILL happen .You may not be on the right side of forty but boy they still enjoy the music and the meeting up .Some great dancing still being done .I have listened to some fine music this weekend .More to come .

[TheDinzdale]

Absolute class, good work fella. ktf!

[mrsaddlebag]

At the age of 60+ i have this week bought my first Northern Soul cd .Another is on it's way next week .What great music .Oh what did i miss as a teenager .?

[keepingthefaith72]

@mrsaddlebag You know what they say .. Its Never Too Late ... your in for a treat discovering all those great Northern soul sounds ... Ktf...

[jp00w5941]

@mrsaddlebag U missed some good nights out babe! Wigan Casino,Twisted Wheel and Blackpool's very own Highland Room xx

[maxmc]

@mrsaddlebag  I SAW PRINCE BUSTER PLAY IN BELFAST AT AGE68,,, HE HAD A LINE OF FEMALE TEENAGERS 20 FEET LONG WAITING TO DO BAD THINGS TO HIM..... HE IS MY HERO

[TooDarnSoulful]

@mrsaddlebag

I do wish I had a time machine ...to take you right back to those day's ...brilliant music, brilliant people. brilliant times ....:)) keep the faith

[Bu11dog1964]

@mrsaddlebag This music has been here for quite a while now and will always be here, your never too old to be Keepin The Faith as long as you love the music you can feel the faith. Keep stompin guys....

[mairuz1]

Does it matter if you can dance or not....its the music that counts......~~

[doh1959]

i know the films not good quality but if i was on it id really stand out because id be the only cunt who cant dance

[keepingthefaith72]

@doh1959 Pmsl ... Wouldnt have mattered if you could dance well or not .. just being a Northern soulie was enough .... Ktf..

[trimmytrab]

@doh1959 Great post, pal. But yer man's right, just turn up and do it - biggest nobbers are those who stand at the side sneering at others but doing nothing themselves.

[touretteman]

@doh1959

LMFAO! I'm nearly sixty years old I can dance better than that lot

Great piece of film though and superb track

Cheers for that

[D3XTPLUS]

Top movers!

[daqhibs]

Wigan was but now wigone RIP but keep the faith

[shorelineboy]

great makes me want to drag my creaking bones on the dance floor. 

[MrTeircel]

ive heard wigan has reopened is this true.halycon days they were

[philwear]

did we ever discover who p-funk was?

he left me for dead when i was a po-boy at sam's in 75

[clineyboy2k9]

would it be possible to buy this song on I tunes.

regards Sid

[keepingthefaith72]

@clineyboy2k9 Dont see why not ..Sid .. if you cant you should be able to find it on a Northern soul compilation Cd ... Ktf

[sachifre]

@clineyboy2k9

Willie Mitchell's album is on iTunes and this is on it.

[kimmynurse111964]

great times great music

[vnicepce]

..thanks, I should have guessed it was that....that's fast footwork time!!!!!

[vnicepce]

NIce footwork, but which song were they dancing to all those years ago?

[keepingthefaith72]

@vnicepce Original track was Frankie Crocker - Ton of Dynamite another awesome instrumental...

[Bu11dog1964]

@vnicepce

Willie Mitchell -That Driving Beat

[hbk441]

Great track - I just posted this on my Facebook page for soul lovers, "Soul Evolution" check it out sometime :D

[hoopoe222]

I'm sure the guy with the dark t shirt at the start is Pete Ricketts from Wolverhampton

[rawlygal]

I keep watching this. Fantastic footwork from P Funk. Wonder if he is on arthritis tablets now.....like me!!! GREAT DANCER!

[rawlygal]

P Funk's a brilliant dancer!!

[rawlygal]

OOOOOOH LOVE IT!

[rawlygal]

Check out the dancer at 1minute 20secs FABULOSO!!!!

[TheLeftfieldster]

Makes me want to go out and buy some Lionels to dance in

[1962sharif]

thank you keeping the faith72 thank the shivers started the perfect song when ik was a teenager thank you again can i ask r u male or female and r u in uk or usa peace and keep the faith

[1962sharif]

hi anybody out there i am trying to find the song by little richie (i am not sure what the name of the song is) the chorus in the song gos something like this (and it looks like feels like and got the ear marks o ya ya its just another heaert break for me) can any body help and is it in you tube YOUR TRULY NORTHERNSOUL STILL KEEPING THE FAITH

[keepingthefaith72]

@1962sharif Hi Sharif ... your thinking of .. Little Richie - Just another Heartache

great track .. and classic northern .. Ktf..

[ronniesma]

Amazing track, feet won't stop when I hear this - just not as quick !! lol !! KTF

[ronniesma]

What an amazing track, just want to dance !! ktf

[joinphil]

yes Wigan was treated like the centre of the world , it was in the Casino Days , I was lucky to be thre for that era .

[lizfturnerfromleeds]

still loving this remember liz from Leeds went around with the Donny crown to cleethorpes still influences me now still dress in northern style!!!!

[keepingthefaith72]

@lizfturnerfromleeds Me too Liz ... woudnt have it any other way ... Ktf

[poppins1963]

soul tune !!

[1962sharif]

The moor i see this video the more i dance at 50 still bussing top class music ill wll keep the faith

[kajunmoon]

hell ya I love the clothes ,the dancing and the music of course.

[keepingthefaith72]

@kajunmoon The clothes used to be a big part of the northern scene at one time .. you could always tell a soulie walking down the street .. in fact I am still influenced in the clothes I wear today from those early days ... Ktf..

[foxydn4]

ha ha! yeah; i leave em all behind!

[foxydn4]

i dance like this in my dreams

[keepingthefaith72]

pmsl ... bet your awesome ... :-) .. Ktf

[MsSkislope]

don,t u just wanna get up and dance.

[keepingthefaith72]

@MsSkislope roll back the carpet ... and get stomping ... lol .. Ktf

[MsSkislope]

don,t u just wanna dance

[kajunmoon]

I love this video!! I have to watch it everyday.

[kajunmoon]

Thanks for answering...incredible ,,

was there a name for this dance?

[soulchosen]

Stomping

[kajunmoon]

incredible dancing..what did they call the dance they were dancing??

[john111257]

now this is the bizz...sorry for willie..poor guy..do your stuff in heaven..

[kajunmoon]

What year was this filmed and where?

[keepingthefaith72]

@kajunmoon

It was filmed at the Wigan Casino northern soul allnighter in Wigan England

[keepingthefaith72]

@keepingthefaith72

forgot to mention it was done in 1977

[kajunmoon]

What year was this?

[sweetdick314]

House Dancing's ROOTS!!!

[artisanni]

wow some real nifty footwork on here - impressive

[MrMikthedig]

the girl after about a minute into this vid.on the right side of the screen in skirt and white top is my sister jackie o'neill from dudley

[titanfan458]

@ MrMik: There's another clip of this from rallyR1 on "Wigan Casino Out Takes P-3" last 2 mins. near the end, and in color. Looks like your sis could really step, BTW!

[MrMikthedig]

the black guy is the late pete ricketts from dudley

[jamesthemod]

I can hear where The Rolling Stones got the inspiration for 'Satisfaction'. Love this music.....

[titanfan458]

Sad news to report that Willie Mitchell passed away yesterday a a hospital here in Memphis at the age of 81. He had suffered a broken hip last September followed by a cardiac arrest in December. He will be missed.

[jth626]

@titanfan458 wow that is sad news

[Blackpool77]

@titanfan458 that is sad news . Willie RIP

[wimboes50]

Absolute classic Willie Mitchell. All the stick he got at the time of release about ripping 'Satisfaction' but an amazing track

[TheSoulboy111]

great times at the casino, never to be forgotten.keep the faith,

[lastbus]

The driving beat along with The champion by Willie Mitchell are both absolute classic old scholl NS stompers

[magiclard]

I heard this so many times this years after an absence of twenty yrs the knees are knackered but I keep on going

[hoopoe222]

This track is "That driving beat" by Willie Mitchell and this is the original and ,as far as I know ,only version

[keepingthefaith72]

Hi Hoopoe ... nunkiesteve was asking what track was the guys in the video dancing to... which was Frankie crocker .. I just replaced it with Wille Mitchelll .. hope this clears it up .... Ktf

[hoopoe222]

Ah I see. :)

[titanfan458]

KTF, Greetings from Memphis. I have to watch this at least once a week for a pick-me-up. It is killer! Smokin' hot footwork. The tune is a great fit for the vid - i wouldn't have known except for reading some of the older posts and catching the title-ing right at the start. I know the song had to come out before '86 - I've got it on a Willie Mitchell Best of album from around '77, I think. It sounds way earlier than that - like early '70s or even late '60s. Anybody got a firm fix on this?NC

[keepingthefaith72]

Hi Titanfan .... I thought I had lost my copy of Willie Mitchell but just found it ... The release date was 1965 a good year for music and it is the B side to " everythings gonna be alright " hope this clears everything up ... Ktf..

[titanfan458]

Many thanks, KTF72! I thought it was from way back - has that sound alot like Sam the Sham's Wooly Bully. I wonder who played sax on it-could have been James Mitchell (Willie's brother) or more likely Wayne Jackson of the Mar-Keys(Memphis Horns). Anyway, monster tune and classic video!

[nunkiesteve]

Hi KTF 72, This single wasn't released until 1986 so what record were these guys dancing to? Or am I mistaken??

[keepingthefaith72]

Frankie loveman Crocker - ton of dynamite .. was the original track .... Ive redone the the vid with this as it was .. just do a search if you want to listen to it ..

I tried putting in the link to it but youtube wont let me ...

Ktf

[soulchosen]

P Funk is the man! ktf

[brindlog]

allways loved this tune!

[quadrophenia3]

Rock and roll meets MC Hammer!

[321dojo]

can anybody tell me the b side to Judy Street .What.

[waynemanc]

now why do i get the impression that this is a windup lol!! The b-side is you turn me on

[criztafer]

just think wigan use to be the centre of the world. fuckin hell that's a scary thought

[thatwilldonicely]

@criztafer and heres me thinking people only went to Wigan to find the fxxxing pier!!

[scarthogirl]

@criztafer was too

[scarthogirl]

@criztafer it was too for me ..................

[KRBOSS1974]

gosh i miss those days

[Bu11dog1964]

Wish I could of been there in the day,but a little before my time. My inspiration came from a lot of people from Widnes who went to the Casino and taught me the dance moves and lead me on to KTF til this day. Thx to Al Kinsella my true inspiration. Cheers Bud.

[mavedro]

YEAH move your feet, I just love It!!!!

[forestgumpaed]

i was looking for my brother amongst the dancing ,his name was dave goodall.(a,k.a. RED)from telford shropshire.he was a regular way back when and didnt i know about it.class posting.

[liamb84]

this is were i got my insperation from wen learning to dance to northern

with bein so young i never got chance to got to wigan but wish i did

KTF !

[TheBecciboo]

P Funk has got the moves and is also my dad :) Bit weird watching my dad dance like that! I will have to get him to teach me!

[keepingthefaith72]

Just heard off your Dad ... bet he was shocked seeing him self on youtube .. Ktf..

[MrFrankiecrocker]

Mesmerising. Not in usual spot front left that night; number of regulars absent - didn't want cameras in. Jethro best dancer (placing 3rd behind Caesar

'74); remember him in full length top-coat, green & white striped shirt and cords with umpteen pleats and a yard wide spinning around in the Beachcomber - hope your'e Okeh wherever you are. Sandy may have won a dancing competition but his moves were choreographed in the gym, not heartfelt on the floor - Northern Dancers do it on their feet...

[JackMDT8888]

Jethro...old mate of mine from '74 onwards...love of MkII Jags understandable....but Grandfather clocks was a bit odd!

Real name wasn't Jethro...Jeff Jones....killer dancer and top guy....from way back... Catacombs, Torch, Function at the Junction....I hear he's in L.A. now...gotta be better than Wolverhampton or Telford....easy to wind up about his appearance on ToTp with....I think either Wigan's Ovation or Wigan's Chosen Few...wind up for years from that..still one of the BEST. Jack...Ktf SKF

[Islwynpaul]

don cha just love this, I can't thank u enuff for this.

[billeybop]

P

FUNK can move for a white boy. Shiiitttt I can move like that at 331/3 speed! hahaha. They' re having fun.

[RicTic66]

@billeybop Dave (P-Funk) could "move for a boy" of any colour...As could many of the dancers at Wigan,Blackpool,Stoke,Cleethor­pes ect ect ect .



[billeybop]

Loved it! Full of energy and enthusiasm

[soulhoney56]

WOW ....they can sure dance !!

[suckmychuddies]

I met Junior walker in London at the now defunct Astoria theatre... He said to me "Get out of my dressing room".... Classic...

[EddieHittor]

I met Junior Walker and dya know what he said to me? He said "I wish you would stop fkin quoting me all the time"

:0)

[mrbillhicks]

Do you notice that everyone here is having a great time posting thier comments on good music and musing on days gone by and then along come Eddie Hittor (not his real name) Eddie is that chap who has nothing to say but still says it...

[keepingthefaith72]

Bill ...if your not happy with his comments I`ll delete them ...

[walesfan1]

I adore this Willie Mitchell sound. Can anyone point me in the right direction of similar tunes from this era ? Mighty appreciated.

[keepingthefaith72]

Hi Walesfan1... check out The Champion- Willie Mitchell ... just as good and probably better than this track ...

[walesfan1]

Thank you Mr keepingthefaith72. I just purchased a Willie Mitchell best of, so I know of the Champion etc, but I'm looking for other artists with similar tempos, e.g. Footsie , Wigans finest etc. My mate and myself are going to do a Northern soul bash here in sunny South Wales, he's the expert in the soul department, but I was hoping to find some manic stomping tunes. If only I could dance like the guys in the Willie Mitchell clip. Keep up the good work pal.

[keepingthefaith72]

check out Frankie (loveman) crocker - Ton of Dynamite or Velvet satins -Nothing can compare to you ... for stompers ..

[walesfan1]

You are the main man ! That frankie Crocker track is just up my street, I liked it so much I just bought the track on Northern soul 70's floorshakers from amazon for approx 4 quid, worth the money just for that track alone. If I need any more help, I know who to ask, YOU !! Thanks again fella. Top Bloke !!!!!

[smeggars]

go on h.m.v site and buy willie mitchells cd m8, fuckin brill

good luck

[JOHNNYSOUL66]

get junior walkers greatest hits.

[keepingthefaith72]

Johnny soul .. do you remember Takis on the corner portland st /Oxford road

[JOHNNYSOUL66]

no sorry ktf72. went to the jigsaw, wheel, and stax club in town.

[keepingthefaith72]

I used to go to Takis and top of the town at around the same time as the wheel .. used to see lots of wheel goers on piccadilly train station late on ..