Thelma Jones
Thelma Jones burst onto the NYC scene with a smash hit Never Leave Me which launched her career with Barry records before moving to Muscle Shoals after Barry records’ demise. Salty Tears brought Thelma to…
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Hi, I am the drivetime presenter on the commercial UK station Radio Newark and host of a weekly (mainly 70s) soul show on 4 UK networks. Besides playing great underplayed soul music from 1968 - 1983, I intend to share my interviews with the stars of yesteryear who are still doing it today giving an insight into their colourful lives and introducing their new work.
Patrinell Staten Wright
Patrinell Staten Wright, recording under her maiden name, took Seattle by storm with her self-penned ‘Little Love Affair’. Widely considered to be one of the truly ‘holy grail’ tracks on the UK soul scene, her…
Gilbert Stokes (El Chicano & The Latin Soul Dance Band)
Gilbert Stokes was born and raised in East LA. Making music from a young age he went on to become front man for Gold and Platinum winning group El Chicano during their Columbia years and…
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Arenita Toni Walker (The Lollipops, Godmoma, Love Anonymous)
Arenita ‘Toni’ Walker’s debut single on local label Impact, a self-penned track called Step Aside Baby, was very successful for The Lollipops in Detroit, contributing the Motown’s decision to buy the label in 1968 securing…
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Candi Staton
Candi Staton’s long career has produced hits like Nights On Broadway, Stand By Your Man, You Got The Love and of course, Young Hearts Run Free Candi has been inducted into several Hall’s of Fame…
Bonnie & Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters
The Pointer Sisters achieved mainstream success during the 1970s and 1980s. Their career spanned four decades and their repertoire has included such diverse genres as pop, disco, jazz, blues, soul, funk, country and dance. The…
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Gloria Scott
Gloria Scott’s is a name synonymous with Northern Soul, with her Barry White produced anthem (a case of) Too Much Lovemaking continuing to pack dancefloors across Europe. Her first venture into the recording studio was…
MIchael Hepburn & Nate Phillips of Pleasure
Mentored by Wayne Henderson, the group Pleasure infused soul, funk and fusion becoming a cult group on the underground black music scene of the late 70s in the UK and the US. They’re now back…
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Samm Culley (Skullsnaps / Diplomats / Fatback and more)
Samm Culley’s career began as a keyboard player for Tiny Tim & The Hits where he met fellow singers Tom Price and Bill Collier. The trio soon left Tiny Tim and along with Irvin Waters…
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Billy Prince of The Precisions
Not many groups can say that their parent label created a subsidiary imprint purely for their songs but that’s just what Sidra did for The Precisions and group member Billy Prince, who sang lead on…
Joe Bataan
Latin soul legend Joe Bataan was born Bataan Nitollano in 1942 to African-American/Filipino parents. Growing up in Spanish Harlem he inevitably fell into gang culture. Having briefly led a local Puerto Rican street gang named…
Joe ‘Pep’ Harris of the Fabulous Peps and The Undisputed Truth
Joe Harris cut his first 45 as a schoolboy with Little Joe & The Moroccos and went on to lead the Fabulous Peps and sing with the Ohio Players before Norman Whitfield took him to…
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