I 2013 skrev jeg om den britiske kriminalserie Inspector George Gently og dens lydspor. Og lige nu genudsender DR1 netop denne serie og selv om jeg ikke følger den slavisk eller har planer om det, så havde jeg sat mig for at se netop det afsnit, jeg skrev lidt om dengang. Ganske enkelt, fordi jeg ikke blev helt færdig med det lydspor – sporet af den i England og Storbritannien så populære ”northern soul”, som i de tidlige halvfjerdsere udsprang af mod-scene og dyrkede den mest dansevenlige og tempofyldte – og ofte overhørte – del af den sorte, amerikanske soulmusik. Og

afsnittet citerer venligt fra denne nordlige souls kilder. Ud over de allerede velkendte sange med Dionne Warwick, Four Tops og Bill Withers, som jeg nævnte dengang, så er der en række knap så kendte, men ikke desto mindre lytteværdige numre med. Og heldigvis har jeg denne gang fundet en komplet liste – inklusive andre af datidens hits – på www.imdb.com:

I Say a Little Prayer

• (uncredited)

  Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

  Performed by Dionne Warwick

• Baby, Do The Philly Dog

• (uncredited)

  Written by Sherlie Matthews Fred Smith and Walter Ward

  Performed by The Olympics

• I’ll Do a Little Bit More

• (uncredited)

  Written by Fred Smith

  Performed by The Olympics

• Seven Days is Too Long Without You, Baby

• (uncredited)

  Written b J.R. Bailey and Vernon Harrell

  Performed by Chuck Wood

• Sweet Was The Love

• (uncredited)

  Written by Deke Richards

  Performed by The Four Tops

• Tighten Up

• (uncredited)

  Written by Archie Bell and Billy Buttier

  Performed by Archie Bell & The Drells

• Heaven Must Have Sent You

• (uncredited)

  Performed by The Elgins

• God Save the Queen

• (uncredited)

  Traditional

  Performed by a mob of racist thugs

• Going to Send You Back to Georgia

• (uncredited)

  Written by Johnnie Mae Matthews and Jake Hammonds Jr

  Performed by James Carr

• Let’s Get it On

• (uncredited)

  Written by Marvin Gaye and Ed Townsend

  Performed by Marvin Gaye

• Apache

• (uncredited)

  Aritten by Jerry Lordan

  Performed by The Shadows

• Spirit in the Dark

• (uncredited)

  Written and performed by Aretha Franklin

• Stronger Than Love

• (uncredited)

  Written by Clarence Shields

  Performed by James Carr

• Cuckoo

• (uncredited)

  Written by Gary Burger, Larry Clark, Dave Day, Roger Johnston and Eddie Shaw

  Performed by The Monks

• Lean On Me

• (uncredited)

  Written and performed by Bill Withers

• One more lonely night

• Performed by Maurice Hayes

Og er man mere end almindelig interesseret i denne stil, så er der siden dengang kommet adskillige opsamlinger, f. eks. 100 Northern Soul Claissics, som på fire cd’er kommer godt rundt i krogene.

Her er doo-wop-gruppen The Olympics (1957-) med et af deres andre, kendte numre: