Sandi Sheldon - You're Gonna Make Me Love You

Along with Leon Haywood's "Baby Reconsider", this song, "You're Gonna Make Me Love You", by Sandi Sheldon, on the legendary Okeh label, was one of the major records to turn an underground scene about Motownesque rare soul, into what we truly know as Northern Soul today. It was so supremely rare and brilliant in its obscurity, to create a whole generation of fans and record collectors. Sandi Sheldon was Van McCoy's girlfriend. Her real name was Kendra Spotswood, under which she first recorded for Van, on the Tuff label. Then she recorded for Phillips as Kenni Woods, and then as Sandi Sheldon on Okeh, also becoming lead singer of Van's girl group, The Vonettes, on Cobblestone Records. I was desperate to track her down for The Strange World Of Northern Soul documentary, and this took years to do, because, along with Tobi Legend and Dean Parrish, she was one of the three names who'd made massive Northern Soul classics, who had remained the most elusive to find over the years. So I finally did locate who she was through Van McCoy's sister, Mattie Taylor. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a truly warm and lovely person, and was so excited to come to England in 2002 and perform , for the first time, a record that had become almost a religious experience for fans of Northern Soul over the previous thirty three years prior to that. And of course we re-recorded it and filmed it for posterity.

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• Northern-Soul
• Motorcity
• Van-McCoy
• Classic
• Sixties-Soul
• Twisted-Wheel
• Diva
• Girl-Groups

[phatton1054]

There is a song I have heard on an oldies station in detroit,called "Can't he take a hint, by Kenni woods. Is this the same lady? the song is great

[IanLevine]

Yes it 100% absolutely the same lady. Also recorded as Kendra Spotswood, as The Fantastic Vantastics, and as The Vonettes.

[budynasdaasd]

She kicks ass;-)!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[baconsplace]

simply wonderful.

[marcN19]

This music is called Northern Soul and is very big in England

[cmulwee001]

Kendra "Kenni Woods" Spotswood was the original artist to record "We're Acting Like Lovers", before the Spellbinders made it a hit. Her version is on Before They WEre Hits vol3.

[SkunkFreak]

nice <333

[rhythmsearch]

Wonderful track & video.

[Back2BackClassics]

Very awesome, thanks mate!

[Nalawole]

Great record, helped made Wigan Casino the best nighter. Bit different without that echo on her voice but great to hear it again. Really in the mood to start it all over again, if only I was 18 again!!

[phatton1054]

Thanks Ian. If anyone can post "Can't he take a hint: it would be appreciated.