Name: Les Hare
Nights: Northern Funk

Top Ten:
MEMPHIS SOUL STEW - KING CURTIS - ATLANTIC
A record that still sounds as fresh today as when I heard it in the '60's

YOU DIDN'T SAY A WORD - YVONNE BAKER - PARKWAY
James Bond type backing on a Wigan casino classic that has stood the test of time

HARD TO HANDLE - OTIS REDDING - ATCO
Covered by the Black Crowes but it hasn't even come close to Otis's original

I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL - BOBBY BYRD - MOJO
Loads of great stuff from James Brown and his mates but this one just about takes the top honours for me

MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU - PATTI JO - WAND
Big 'Mecca' tune , Curtis Mayfield classic

I'M MR BIG STUFF - JIMMY RICKS - BIG DEAL
Big voice male cut to Jean Knight

REASONS - MINNIE RIPPERTON - EPIC
Touch of class from the late Minnie

WIGGLE WAGGLE - HERBIE HANCOCK - WARNER BROS.
Much sampled intro then a wild jazz number, who would have bought this as a single in 1970?

I DON'T WANT TO SEE MYSELF - TERRY CALLER - ERECT
Great to see Terry getting the recognition he deserves

COME GET TO THIS - MARVIN GAYE - MOTOWN
Time to get mellow with the greatest of them all also Green Onions, James Brown, Wack Wack, Jackie Wilson, Philly, etc, etc.

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