Northern Soul: Living for the Weekend (2014)

7.0/10 • 60 min • Documentary Music

Overview

The northern soul phenomenon was the most exciting underground British club movement of the 1970s. At its highpoint, thousands of disenchanted white working class youths across the north of England danced to obscure, mid-60s Motown-inspired sounds until the sun rose. A dynamic culture of fashions, dance moves, vinyl obsession and much more grew up around this - all fuelled by the love of rare black American soul music with an express-train beat.

Cast

Shaun Parkes

Self - Narrator (voice)

Marc Almond

Tony Blackburn

Elaine Constantine

Lisa Stansfield

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