Godin referred to the latter's requests as 'northern soul': In a 2002 interview with Chris Hunt of Mojo magazine, Godin said he had first come up with the term in 1968, to help employees at Soul City differentiate the more modern funkier sounds from the smoother. It was first publicly used in Godin's weekly column in Blues & Soul magazine in June 1970. The term 'northern soul' emanated from the record shop Soul City in Covent Garden, London, which was run by the soul music collector Dave Godin. ( July 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ġ960s The original release of Gloria Jones' ' Tainted Love'

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This section needs additional citations for verification. Later on, certain clubs and DJs began to move away from the 1960s Motown sound and began to play newer releases with a more contemporary sound. This meant that the movement was sustained (and 'new' recordings added to playlists) by prominent DJs discovering rare and previously overlooked records. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, popular northern soul records generally dated from the mid-1960s. Featuring spins, flips, karate kicks and backdrops, club dancing styles were often inspired by the stage performances of touring American soul acts such as Little Anthony and the Imperials and Jackie Wilson. This scene and the associated dances and fashions quickly spread to other dancehalls and nightclubs like the Wigan Casino, Blackpool Mecca (the Highland Room), and Golden Torch ( Stoke-on-Trent).Īs the favoured beat became more uptempo and frantic in the early 1970s, northern soul dancing became more athletic, resembling the later dance styles of disco and break dancing. Northern soul is associated with dance styles and fashions that grew out of the underground rhythm and soul scene of the late 1960s at venues such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester. The recordings most prized by enthusiasts are by lesser-known artists, released in limited numbers on labels such as VeeJay, Chess, Brunswick, Ric-Tic, Gordy Records, Golden World Records (Detroit), Mirwood Records (Los Angeles), Shout Records and Okeh.

The Northern soul movement generally eschews Motown or Motown-influenced music that has had significant mainstream commercial success.

It developed from the British mod scene, based on a particular style of Black American soul music with a heavy beat and fast tempo (100 bpm and above). Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and The Midlands in the early 1970s.

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