David’s Video Picks
David’s Video Picks
THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS: “Sweet Inspiration” 1968 Video
September 17, 2021 The Sweet Inspirations - Cissy Houston, Estelle Brown, Sylvia Shemwell and Myrna Smith - long known for their work as stellar background vocalists on dozens of hit ...
#65 – “Nina Simone & ‘The Sound Of Soul'”
Monday, May 27th, 1968, London No sooner has 'Lady Soul' Aretha Franklin left the UK for the first time after amazing performances at The Hammersmith Odeon and Finsbury Park Astoria ...
Aretha’s Artistry By David Nathan
MAY 1968 BLUES & SOUL #8 (Scans, courtesy James Vale) Possible first reference to Aretha Franklin in print as 'The Queen Of Soul'; she ...
PHYLLIS HYMAN & GROVER WASHINGTON JR: “Sacred Kind Of Love,” 1989 Live Television Performance
July 30 2021 The UK release of the 9CD box set, "Old Friend - The Deluxe Collection (1976-1998)" on SoulMusic Records which I had the privilege to co-produce with Glenda ...
#64 – “She Reminds Me Of Mahalia Jackson…”
Saturday, May 11 & Sunday, May 12, 1968, London I'm still reeling with meeting Aretha Franklin in person on her arrival in London. This, I remind myself, is the same ...
#63 – “Welcome To Britain, Miss Franklin!”
Thursday, May 10, 1968, Gatwick Airport, Sussex The day has arrived. My sister Sylvia and I are headed towards Gatwick Airport, much smaller than London's main Heathrow Airport. I've been ...
ARETHA FRANKLIN: “Something He Can Feel,” 1976 Live Television Performance
July 16, 2021 Aretha Franklin was enjoying a recording renaissance at Atlantic Records in 1976 when she teamed up with the masterful Curtis Mayfield to cut the LP, "Sparkle," the ...
#62 – “May I Speak To Dave Godin?”
May 1968, London The team at Soul City - myself, Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore - are now joined by sister Sylvia, four years younger than me, who has been ...
#61 – “Nothing Can Stop Me”
April 5 1968, London After our first Soul City Records' release (and sad to say, sales failure!), we bounce back with the UK reissue of a 1965 Top 10 R&B ...
#60 – “Don’t You Worry”
March 1968, London The plans to launch the Soul City Records' label as an adjunct to the record shop of the same name that Dave Godin, Robert Blackmore and I ...
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JUDY CLAY: “You Busted My Mind,” The Swingin’ Time Show, March 9, 1966In sync with the Digital Soul Spotlight on Judy Clay, a very rare television appearance with Judy singing to one of her Scepter recordings, “You […]
ZULEMA: “If This World Were Mine,” November 29, 1972 on “Soul”! TV showIn sync with the introduction of our new feature (“Digital Albums”), here’s an amazing video clip of the late, so talented […]
DEE DEE WARWICK: “I’ll Be Better Off (Without You),” The Bitter End Club, 1968In writing #68 of my ‘Diary Of A British Soul Man’ posts, I referenced the late Dee Dee Warwick, younger sister of Dionne, as one of the […]
ARETHA FRANKLIN: “Television Medley With Tom Jones, 1970”October 16, 2021 As part of the series I have been doing at SoulMusic.com under the title, “A Closer Look,” examining in detail some of the […]
ARETHA FRANKLIN: “A Brand New Me,” Live in Switzerland, June 1971October 1, 2021 As part of the series I have been doing at SoulMusic.com under the title, “A Closer Look,” examining in detail some of the […]
