I don't dispute this was earlyish, but not as early as you think mate.. Even the Torch had been playing genuine NS a year or two before this was released, and the Twisted Wheel for at least 4 years prior.. This wasn't considered rare in NS circles, pretty mainstream in fact, but liked by many..
Bwah! I love George and Paul dancing to Frankie!! I know every generation thinks they had the best time and best music, but, seriously, the 60s were boss!
Nope, they're dancing to something else. But the record was originally released in 1966. The 1970 UK chart hit was a reissue due to massive club demand.
Was in a cafe having a cup of tea in my home town Nottingham , when the cafe owner was changing records on the jukebox, this record was to be discarded , i found a home for it. This was in 1975 , never get tired of hearing this.
~ This record should have been a hit in 1966, thank you Wall Street Journal & The Angels. (First posted 7 years ago in 2011.) Thank goodness I have assiduously maintained a comprehensive Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons library. This song like them all is magnifique, and please check “Beggin’” as well. A HOUSE record before the term was even thought of! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
"Thank goodness I have assiduously maintained a comprehensive Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons library." You're saying there are some who actually don't???
Fantastic song. First time I ever heard it was on BFBS and I thought it was The Four Seasons. Only later did I learn that it was Frankie Valli going solo.
I think the music has been dubbed over a different film. The dancing keeps going out of sync, and also the Beatles look more like the image from around '64, rather than '66. But I could be wrong.
I am pretty sure the "first Northern soul song" has been attributed to several 45s released in the mid-sixties; Leon Haywood "Baby Reconsider" and Four Tops "I Can't Help Myself" are just two.
Hey George i hope your Okeh please look after my dad....who left this earth 15th Dec 2012 but i suppose "My Sweet Lord"is looking after you both....loved this tune first heard it at the Nelson Imperial years before i went to the Casino....great post thanks for the memories!!!
Thanks, Andrew. I wondered if the backing vocals were children or adults with their voices sped up by studio producer Bob Crewe. Sure makes for a very catchy refrain.
That is a popular belief but it is incorrect--those are NOT the "ANGELS" doing backup---the 3 singers are Peggy Santiglia, Denise Ferri and Bernadette Carroll---at the time they were known as Jessica James and The Outlaws---the confusion arises because Peggy Santiglia did sing lead as a member of the "Angels" on "My Boyfriend's Back'. but she then temporarily left that group to join with the other two ---the true "ANGELS" consisted of Peggy and the 2 Albutt sisters--but that trio never backed up Frankie
Hey! looks like George Harrison is dancing like a loon at the very beginning of this clip - such a sweet man! Very 'boppy' number - YES WE ARE READY! Cor blimey it's loud lol
Watching the dancing and The Fab Four doing their bit! Great but where is John? Found George, Paul & Ringo! But no John? Also the girl dancing in the booth/cage is Something Else!
This song is on around February 1966 as of solo career of Frankie Valli. Meanwhile Frankie Valli, along with the 4 Seasons did have two Top 10 songs at the same time and they are: Let's Hang On, and I've Been Working My Way Back To You.
Could be because they are dancing to a different song..the video and the soundtrack are different..the dancers are from various shows and movies from the sixties
was that George Harrison dancing?. I Love this song. I plan to buy an old Dansette record player, like we had when I was a child.. The one's where you could pile up the singles in order to be played. so I can hear these classics as they were intended. don't like Cd's. also, I want a red and cream Lambrette like my Dad bless him had.n Maybe then I could relieve some of my childhood at least. Northern soul is in my blood, and in my heart forever, or until I get my wooden suit.that is. thanks.
'Northern Soul' is a figment of imagination of those sad Northerners who were borne too late to enjoy our Funk, Soul, Blues & R&B. It is simply a collection of our best 60s (and some later) stuff which they later hijacked and rechristened with their own sad title. Mick C. (Very old 60s sarf London mod)
To true Mick we higher up the country were a time scale behind the London scene used to travel down to the city from Sheff & Nottingham to the all nigth club scene Theirs either soul r&b or sixtys mod sounds not N/S a still loving music mad guy cheers to all
Nonsense, the name was given by Dave Godin who owned Soul City record shop in London. Mod scene never has and never will be equal in size the Northern scene. I was part of the Northern scene but I also liked funk and more progressive soul. It must be great being so cool.
'Northern Soul' is a figment of imagination of those sad Northerners who were borne too late to enjoy our Funk, Soul, Blues & R&B. It is simply a collection of our best 60s (and some later) stuff which they later hijacked and rechristened with their own sad title. Mick C.
Bullshit. I was in London in 1971 and it was all Tamla Motown and Reggae (confirmed in Blues & Soul mag). The Southern funk obsession came later. The South missed 1,000s of great Soul records just because you were so arrogant as to think you couldn't possibly have missed anything significant. It was the same in 1977 when old big head Chris Hill and Robbie Vincent came to the Ritz in Manchester. Colin Curtis and the other DJs humiliated them by playing the hottest new imports and the crowd already knew them. :-D
@@drwhatson By 1971 you'd missed, it but just re-categorised it as some sort of Northern ownership of our funk souls. Your very own 'new genre' Absolute twaddle! Mick from Hooe (Ujnabbed to live longer.
@@MickfromHooe Rubbish. Most of the records played in the North after c.1971 were incredibly obscure imports, which I know for a FACT were never played in London. How? Because there were often only a couple of those 45s even in the country. I also knew quite a few Londoners who were '60s Mods and had travelled up to the Wheel and continued at later clubs. What "funk" was played in the '60s until JB came along? None. It barely existed until JB.
One of the best tunes ever ❤
I only knew the cover of One Way System for so many years... Finally heard the great original! ❤
One of the first REAL Northern Soul songs that was loved by so many (and still is).
I don't dispute this was earlyish, but not as early as you think mate.. Even the Torch had been playing genuine NS a year or two before this was released, and the Twisted Wheel for at least 4 years prior.. This wasn't considered rare in NS circles, pretty mainstream in fact, but liked by many..
@@tollyt7465 Unique in the fact Frankie Valley was in with the in-crowd I would say! prior to black artist US imports!
Wheel sound 100" defo not n.s. paul from wakefield
Well, it was massive tune BEFORE it was rereleased in 1970.
I love the piano middle 8...😊
yeah it's like a herd of elephants... brilliant!
100% class. Love the lads dancing at the front
3....
Pure class song from a pure class singer....
God this is soooooo good, the sound, wow!
Bwah! I love George and Paul dancing to Frankie!! I know every generation thinks they had the best time and best music, but, seriously, the 60s were boss!
Ringo
I don't think they were dancing to Frankie. That song came out in 1970 and the Beatles had split up by then.
Nope, they're dancing to something else. But the record was originally released in 1966. The 1970 UK chart hit was a reissue due to massive club demand.
I think the dance scene is from A hard day's night.
what a banging tune eh ? many thanks for posting this frankie valli classic it really is a stroll thru my yesterdays well done vinny you're the man !
The swinging 60's, best decade for music, fashion, youth. Long live the Mods!!
It came out in 1970.
Lov it ❤
Was in a cafe having a cup of tea in my home town Nottingham , when the cafe owner was changing records on the jukebox, this record was to be discarded , i found a home for it.
This was in 1975 , never get tired of hearing this.
This takes me back to the Jazz Club in Dudley back in 1970 - Bliss!!!
This blew the Twisted Wheel away
Love it
~ This record should have been a hit in 1966, thank you Wall Street Journal & The Angels. (First posted 7 years ago in 2011.) Thank goodness I have assiduously maintained a comprehensive Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons library. This song like them all is magnifique, and please check “Beggin’” as well. A HOUSE record before the term was even thought of! Cheers, DAVEDJ ~
Loved this when it came out.Got good airplay here in New York.
"Thank goodness I have assiduously maintained a comprehensive Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons library."
You're saying there are some who actually don't???
Fantastic song. First time I ever heard it was on BFBS and I thought it was The Four Seasons. Only later did I learn that it was Frankie Valli going solo.
awesome sound!!
no 1 for one week in 1970? Great memories of under 18s Friday night disco when I was 12
Woooooooooooooo 👊🏻👌👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️dancing to this go go go dancing Aussie guy 😉🏃I’ll be running 8k to this Saturday morning.
Fantastic :) happy days ♡
so takes me back, get goose bumps
2022. still amazing!!!
a living legend
class song n the Beatles being there is a bonus
I think the music has been dubbed over a different film. The dancing keeps going out of sync, and also the Beatles look more like the image from around '64, rather than '66. But I could be wrong.
It different film clips, you must be taking some really good drugs!
It was different scenes from different movies, the one featuring The Beatles of course being A Hard Day's Night
By popular consent the first Northern soul song, the harmony, orchestration and arrangement
I am pretty sure the "first Northern soul song" has been attributed to several 45s released in the mid-sixties; Leon Haywood "Baby Reconsider" and Four Tops "I Can't Help Myself" are just two.
Frankie says - You're Ready Now, O and Frankie Grease is still the word !!!!!! ♥
Hey George i hope your Okeh please look after my dad....who left this earth 15th Dec 2012 but i suppose "My Sweet Lord"is looking after you both....loved this tune first heard it at the Nelson Imperial years before i went to the Casino....great post thanks for the memories!!!
Fence-climbers and flares - where is my time machine?
back-up vocals: The Angels (My Boyfriend's Back)
Thanks, Andrew. I wondered if the backing vocals were children or adults with their voices sped up by studio producer Bob Crewe. Sure makes for a very catchy refrain.
Wow!!! I never knew that.
That is a popular belief but it is incorrect--those are NOT the "ANGELS" doing backup---the 3 singers are Peggy Santiglia, Denise Ferri and Bernadette Carroll---at the time they were known as Jessica James and The Outlaws---the confusion arises because Peggy Santiglia did sing lead as a member of the "Angels" on "My Boyfriend's Back'. but she then temporarily left that group to join with the other two ---the true "ANGELS" consisted of Peggy and the 2 Albutt sisters--but that trio never backed up Frankie
I bought this around 1970. Stil got it. Gx
I still dance that way.
Ringo's dancing probably best glossed over!
Great..song..Great times.
Wow all I can say ,,
Gem tuneeeeeeee ktf
This comes on and I dance like a loon!..
Hey! looks like George Harrison is dancing like a loon at the very beginning of this clip - such a sweet man! Very 'boppy' number - YES WE ARE READY! Cor blimey it's loud lol
I spot Ringo Starr too !!
Lorraine Ashby 0:45 Mc Cartney too...
:)
😂 Brilliant
Always loved Frankie
Im ready even at 62
Very classic!!!!!
Dig the bell bottoms, used to wear them at school yonks ago!
my Voice on google was on by mistake and this started playing and I am in love with this song
Classic song that captures the excitement of the age, please don't call it Northern Soul, the term hadn't been coined back then.
anston youth club danced every night 73 to 79 golden years pete bullock
kep on keepin on.
The days of class and respect..sadly gone now
Frankie, Northern legend..#KTF
...yes so it is, Ringo too!
Northern soul classic brillllllll
👏👏👏👏👏👏
One of the first 45's I bought. Used to leave the arm off the record player so it just played and played and played ................................
The clips of The Beatles George & Ringo dancing have been borrowed from The Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night.
Yes
Watching the dancing and The Fab Four doing their bit! Great but where is John? Found George, Paul & Ringo! But no John?
Also the girl dancing in the booth/cage is Something Else!
dance all night to Frankie Valli
Yes me too He’s great x
👌
Tuneage,remind's me of 1979
In my top 10✊
This song is on around February 1966 as of solo career of Frankie Valli. Meanwhile Frankie Valli, along with the 4 Seasons did have two Top 10 songs at the same time and they are: Let's Hang On, and I've Been Working My Way Back To You.
Young Farmers club night! Rock on !
Tune
Wow... 1969 man. Beats the shit out of today.
Ahaha, I dance like those two lads to the left at 0:30
feel like dancing
+Sarahsblues you asking, I:m dancing
I think it only peaked at Number 11..
Great song, bless they hearts they have no rhythm in this video tho they're dancing all off beat lol
Leigh Brown that's the true dance lol
Could be because they are dancing to a different song..the video and the soundtrack are different..the dancers are from various shows and movies from the sixties
HAPPY BLACK FRIDAY!
the beatles dancing
Husbands Bosworth village hall, New Year’s Eve late 70’s
Bought this mint condition original sleeve for 50p get in!!!
@anstonian Great comment :-) ...by the way i live in Anston , how mad is that ? Also just sold my 1964 red and cream Vespa 2 months ago :-0
was that George Harrison dancing?. I Love this song. I plan to buy an old Dansette record player, like we had when I was a child.. The one's where you could pile up the singles in order to be played. so I can hear these classics as they were intended. don't like Cd's. also, I want a red and cream Lambrette like my Dad bless him had.n Maybe then I could relieve some of my childhood at least. Northern soul is in my blood, and in my heart forever, or until I get my wooden suit.that is. thanks.
it most certainly was George Harrison!
Is that George Harrison dancing on the video - at around 10 seconds?
Yes and Paul McCartney and Ringo.
Where's Frankie ???
Mullet a'go go👁👁👁👁👁✌
The youngsters dancing here in this clip look bored.
not a tattoo in sight
ycw nelson lanc
ska
'Northern Soul' is a figment of imagination of those sad Northerners who were borne too late to enjoy our Funk, Soul, Blues & R&B. It is simply a collection of our best 60s (and some later) stuff which they later hijacked and rechristened with their own sad title. Mick C. (Very old 60s sarf London mod)
To true Mick we higher up the country were a time scale behind the London scene used to travel down to the city from Sheff & Nottingham to the all nigth club scene Theirs either soul r&b or sixtys mod sounds not N/S a still loving music mad guy cheers to all
You,ve spelt born wrong
Nonsense, the name was given by Dave Godin who owned Soul City record shop in London. Mod scene never has and never will be equal in size the Northern scene. I was part of the Northern scene but I also liked funk and more progressive soul. It must be great being so cool.
'Northern Soul' is a figment of imagination of those sad Northerners who were borne too late to enjoy our Funk, Soul, Blues & R&B. It is simply a collection of our best 60s (and some later) stuff which they later hijacked and rechristened with their own sad title. Mick C.
Mick, I imagine you are a sad old southerner. When it comes to music, the north is the powerhouse.
Bullshit. I was in London in 1971 and it was all Tamla Motown and Reggae (confirmed in Blues & Soul mag). The Southern funk obsession came later. The South missed 1,000s of great Soul records just because you were so arrogant as to think you couldn't possibly have missed anything significant.
It was the same in 1977 when old big head Chris Hill and Robbie Vincent came to the Ritz in Manchester. Colin Curtis and the other DJs humiliated them by playing the hottest new imports and the crowd already knew them. :-D
@@drwhatson By 1971 you'd missed, it but just re-categorised it as some sort of Northern ownership of our funk souls. Your very own 'new genre' Absolute twaddle! Mick from Hooe (Ujnabbed to live longer.
@@MickfromHooe Rubbish. Most of the records played in the North after c.1971 were incredibly obscure imports, which I know for a FACT were never played in London. How? Because there were often only a couple of those 45s even in the country.
I also knew quite a few Londoners who were '60s Mods and had travelled up to the Wheel and continued at later clubs. What "funk" was played in the '60s until JB came along? None. It barely existed until JB.
Horrible dancing. Hard to believe we were THAT BAD!
Check the punk version by Slaughter and the dogs.... awesome in a different way....
Couple of Beatles in there 😮