Where are they now?

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Have you ever wondered what  happened 

to the singers and performers of all this classic Soul we love so much?

I have too!

If anyone else has any information about any other Soul artistes; I would love to hear from you with a view of posting the info on this page.

Well now thanks to a friend of mine,  I am now able to dedicate this page to all the great Soul Singers and Bands who we take for granted are still singing and performing.  Not all these Artistes are, In reality most of the tracks we shake our little [or in my case Big] butts to on that suspended wooden dancefloor week in week out were recorded in studios in the early sixties and have been around many years! anyway here is a few lines about their present whereabouts.  

[ I hope to be adding information about more Northern Soul artists soon]

Who

Barbara Pennington 

L J Johnson

Evelyn Thomas

William Bell [Stax]

Booker T 

Mabel John

Marvelettes

Various 

The Temptations

The Originals

What

Twenty four hours a day 

Your magic put a spell on me

Weakspot

Private number [with Judy Clay]

Time is tight / Green onions

Various Stax

Please Mr Postman plus others

 Motown Artistes

 Aint too proud to beg.

soon!

Where

Chicago; Armed guard putting cash in ATM's 

Post Office worker in the US

Living in Florida, still singing.

Now has his own website" Wilbe productions"

Is now touring with "Crosby, Stills & Nash"  [site]

Now is "Dr Mabel John" and runs a hospice in LA

[Click here] Information is too much to write here

Click here!  For Motown Bands

Click for - The Temptations latest.
 

 

Who

Shorty Long

Sam Cooke
Otis Redding

Darrell Banks

Marvin Gaye

Jackie Wilson

Rufus Thomas
 
 
 

What

Here comes the judge 

Another Saturday night

Sittin' on the dock of the bay

Our Love [is in the pocket]

Numerous incl; How Sweet it is

Higher and higher / Soul galore

Walking the dog / Funky Chicken
 
 
 

Died

Died in boating accident, Gt Lakes, Michigan 1969

Shot dead in LA Motel in 1964 [official family site]

Died when his plane plunged into frozen lake in1967

Shot dead [In suspicious circumstances] in 1970 

Shot dead by his father in 1984

Heart attack in 1975 died  in 1984

Died  Dec 15th 2001 of old age
 
 
 

 

Who

Chris [aka Connie] Clarke 

Mel Britt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

What

My sugar baby

She'll come running back

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Where

Member of management at Motown

Alive and well and living in Grand Rapids, Michigan

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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Important;

This information is supplied to me by a very reliable person who wishes to remain anonymous. In some cases information is supplied by the actual people, it is possible that some of this information could be a bit out of date. If you know any of this information to be incorrect please inform me as soon as possible and I will have it  checked out.  Please understand that my source does not see or hear from these people sometimes for quite long periods of time; therefore you can understand it is sometimes impossible to keep up to date totally. All this information is supplied to me with the belief  that it is correct and this site will take no responsibility for the information being incorrect,  Thanks!

Some of this information has been taken from the book "The Northern Soul top 500 by Kev Roberts"  which is available to buy from  http://Soulmotion.co.uk