In response to a post from The Soulman, who wanted to verify the lyrics for Siing In The Snow ( A record I HATE with a passion), I came across the following site
Nigels Golden Days
This guy has compiled a list of the top 20 for every week in the 70s and 80s, in addition to this he makes comments on every record. Here is a comment for weekending 19th April 1975 on the afore mentioned record.
While agree with his comment on the actual record, read his comments i have highlighted in red - What do you think, does this guy know something we don't or should he just get out more?
13 Wigans Ovation Skiing In The Snow
This was the year that the Northern Soul sound of Wigan Casino became popular in the singles chart, at least for a few months anyway. Skiing In The Snow was a song with vocals, and if it wasn't for the inclusion of the word 'Wigan' in the name of the band, you'd be hard pressed to identify it as 'Northern Soul'. It had peaked at number 12. As I typed most of this in April 2000, I had recently been copying some Northern Soul singles onto CD for a neighbour. And, after listening to over 25 of them, I will go so far as to say that this particular genre is the most over-rated pre-90s music. It's so bloody boring and repetetive.
I later discovered that it was in fact a cover of a Northern Soul classic, but was hated by the hardened Northern Soulers. Northern Soul was not meant to be on Top Of The Pops !
QoF
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