Major Lance - Ain't No Soul (Left In These Old Shoes)

When you hear the name "Major Lance" or "Okeh" they mean just one thing and that's pure unadulterated Northern Soul. The "Major" was a man of many talents and could pack a punch out on the stage, in a recording studio, where he was always in his element performing and recording Northern Soul and also in the boxing ring. As an accomplished amateur boxer, the Major could move around the dance floor pretty well too and was well known to millions of viewers as a regular dancer on the US TV "Record Hop" show. I am not sure of the exact year in which the "Major" was born in Mississippi, having seen it recorded as 1939, 1940, 1941 and 1942 !!! The general consensus seems to favour April 1941 and later he would move to Chicago to continue his musical career. The name "Major" surprisingly was not a nick-name, but his actual name, which he would make famous on the Soul circuit and in particular the Northern Soul scene and later the US "Beach" scene, until his premature death in September 1994.

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• Old
• Shoes

[TheOkehman]

I remember going back to a guys house in Skipton en-route to Burnley after Wigan Casino one Sunday.....and there prominent nailed to his wall was a pair of his old well worn dancing shoes!! with a sign depicting "Aint no Soul in these old Shoes"....a fitting epitaph to a legend! on the scene, unfortunately i never saw him live....but i chose Okehman as my moniker and it is is my salute to him and the classic label....see you at the All- Nighter party up there one day Major.

[OldGoldSoul]

MAJOR LANCE DIED IN 1994 R.I.P.

[TheRikerman]

doesnt this remind you of dodgy clubs wonderful music and lost youth

[bobmonkhouse50]

Better than the Kenny Bernard version but both are great tunes and guaranteed to get me on the dancefloor, I also used to have this 'Live At The Torch', what a night that must have been. Rambling on, I tried to get to see Major Lance a number of times at The Casino and it was always cancelled, the reason, or so I was told, was that he was bust for drugs at The Torch!! C'est La Vie!!

[machloop]

I have a copy of this somewhere recorded 'live at the Torch' - a fantastic memory of an amazing place.

[venusclare]

Great Share Andy!! also like the version by Ronnie Milsap...xx

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