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Hiya Pete, getting me Ben E kings and King Solomon Burkes confused obviously, still in rehab after my 50th saturday but well spotted that man. Will give the next episode a coat of looking at and let you know if I agree !!! Taff

A far better programme on UKTV Documentaries today (repeated tonight) Soul Deep, part of a series apparently. Had Ben E King, Staples, Sam Cooke, Bobby Womack, Solomon King and dozens of brilliant archive clips. They also defined the origins of the term crossover far better than anyone on here! Was the term applied to anyone off the gospel circuit that crossed over to sing secular music which was considered a no no. Even Sam Cooke apparently went under the name of Dean Cooke with his first releases because of the grief he knew he'd get. Noticed at the end that it had the bbc logo in the credits, maybe someone there does know what they are doing, worth catching as I'm sure the future editions will be. I was also at the Barbican concert and if it came over as brilliant on the telly, then the camera does tell lies ! Taff

Went to the Soul Brittania concert at the Barbican last night, being transmitted as part of this series on Feb 16th. Madelline Bell, Geno, Jimmy James, Eddie Floyd and Sam Moore all performing against a backdrop of soul vids - wigan shots and scooters aplenty. Madelline did a reasonable version of picture me gone having been introduced as the darling of Northern Soul Too many of em on one after the other and a crappy cod committments finale with em all on stage. Less would have been more with none at all of Eric Burdon even better. Never seen Geno live before - he stole the show last night - top man and a nutter to boot ! Taff