Saturday 17 December 2011

Northern Soul Classics - I Can't Satisfy - The Impressions

The Chicago Sound of The Impressions (Curtis Mayfield, Gene Chandler, Jerry Butler) was a foundation for many of the artists that were to follow. The Impressions, collectively and individually, were responsble for many great Northern sounds, as well as many other songs that have since been covered by pop artists like Rod Steward. There is an old piece of VT somewhere from an early 1960's "Ready Steady Go", where the Beatles were being interviewed, and commented that the Impressions were an influence on them - though listening to this classic track it makes you wonder how they could then produce Yellow Submarine!

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