Paolo Hewitt (2000). The Soul Stylists: Forty Years of Modernism. Mainstream Publishing. ISBN 1-84018-228-8. The northern soul scene also spawned lesser chart hits, including Al Wilson's 1968 cut " The Snake" (UK No. 41 in 1975), Dobie Gray's " Out on the Floor" (UK No. 42, September 1975) and Little Anthony & the Imperials' " Better Use Your Head" (UK No. 42, July 1976). The first domestic disco hit, " Kung Fu Fighting" (UK No. 1, 1974), which was created by singer Carl Douglas and producer Biddu in Britain, was influenced by the northern soul scene. [70]

Northern soul reached the peak of its popularity in the mid- to late-1970s. [20] At this time, there were soul clubs in virtually every major town in the Midlands and the North of England. [21] Some nightclubs regarded as the most important in this decade were the Golden Torch, and Wigan Casino (1973 to 1981). [3]The Fall's 1981 song "Lie Dream of a Casino Soul" is about the northern soul scene. [90] Writer and singer Mark E. Smith said in an interview published in the NME on 1 October 1983: "That song actually did create quite a bit of resentment in the North because people thought it was being snobby and horrible about the old soul boys, which it was never about anyway. Because I was brought up with people that were into northern soul five years before anybody down here [London] had even heard about it. But they've all grown out of it, which is what the song is about, but it wasn't putting them down at all. If anything, it was glorifying them, but not in the format of, where are those soul boys that used to be here?" [91] Above & Beyond's 2017 release "Northern Soul" contains lyrics describing Detroit and the northern soul scene and also alludes to the decline of Detroit in the late 20th century. [97] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, popular northern soul records generally dated from the mid-1960s. This meant that the movement was sustained (and "new" recordings added to playlists) by prominent DJs discovering rare and previously overlooked records. 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. The Verve". Musicsaves.org. Archived from the original on 1 October 2011 . Retrieved 5 October 2011. FRANKIE VALLI | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. 4 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 April 2015 . Retrieved 15 August 2019.

a b Pappademas, Alex (23 June 2003). "The SPIN Record Guide: Essential Britpop". Spin . Retrieved 24 July 2016. 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. [4] It was first publicly used in Godin's weekly column in Blues & Soul magazine in June 1970. [5] 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. Godin referred to the latter's requests as "northern soul": The Verve". Musicsaves.org. 15 May 1995. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012 . Retrieved 5 October 2011. a b Barker, Emily (23 October 2013). "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 400-301". NME . Retrieved 22 November 2022. Keith Rylatt and Phil Scott. Central 1179: The Story of Manchester's Twisted Wheel Club. BeeCool Publishing. 2001

In 1972, white soul group the Four Seasons released the song " The Night" from their May 1972 album Chameleon, a disco song which appealed to the northern soul scene, [23] and as a result, it was successfully re-released in the UK in the spring of 1975. [24] Tommy Hunt appearing at a Wigan Casino reunion event in 2002

a b "The Twisted Wheel - Blues and Soul - by Dave Godin". Soul-source.co.uk . Retrieved 15 August 2019. Every Soul Boy & Girl has their favourite sounds, I’m sure that as you read the Top 500 that you were surprised not to see a record that is particularly close to your own heart, I have my own personal favourites many of which didn’t make it either, however you may well find it in this list of 100 spins that nearly made the chart…” The Northern soul subculture has spawned several memoirs, novels and short stories. Maxwell Murray's Classic 45s from Kev Roberts' List of the Northern Soul Top 500". Classic45s.com. Classic 45s . Retrieved 29 August 2013.Russ Winstanley and David Nowell (1996). Soul Survivors: The Wigan Casino Story. Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-126-3. Northern soul with Tony Deller" is broadcast each week on Cambridge community radio station Cambridge 105. [83] David Nowell (2001). Too Darn Soulful: The Story of Northern Soul. Robson Books. ISBN 1-86105-431-9.

From "The In Crowd" to the "Happy People" | Uppers Culture Lifestyle". Uppers.org. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015 . Retrieved 3 June 2015. Andy Wilson (2007). Northern Soul: Music, Drugs and Subcultural Identity. Willan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84392-208-7. Initially, the band tried to record the LP inside the rehearsal room itself, so that "they could record as they had been rehearsing", but, when this approach proved to be impossible, they relocated the recording sessions to rural Wales with producer Owen Morris. [5] Tom Hiney, writing for The Guardian in September 1997, claimed that the band's experience of recording during this period was "intense and morose, but it produced an album that will still be listened to in 30 years' time." [5] Recording [ edit ]Kravitz, Kayley (14 January 2014). "Modern Lists Are Rubbish: In response to Buzzfeed, here's our Definitive Britpop Album Ranking". Vanyaland . Retrieved 14 November 2020.