Re some of the posts above;
Well I really enjoyed it - the orchestra were superb (class musicians) and most of singers were great, the guy with the hat a little weak on landslide and out on the floor. But to see these songs performed live in this venue/ full orchestra on the telly 50 years after they were released-if I'd written them I'd be over the moon. And I watched it with a glass of wine or two in front of the telly and bidding on ebay with my i-phone.
Wasn't Levanna on to show NS is still going and enjoyed by people under 50? she's always seems to be smiling and enjoying herself, she may not be Keb Darge in the dancing stakes, but not many people are. What's wrong with using social media/you tube and yourself etc to promote venues ? times have moved on since adverts in the back of Echoes.
Has a new sub-genre been discovered? We've had oldies, 60's newies, modern, crossover, garage soul, funky gospel, tunes by forward thinking dj's (what?).
Bourgeois Northern Soul - it has a certain ring to it and sounds slightly elitist.
Got to go now ; got a dinner party to arrange and put in some practice for the world championship. p.s. does anyone know where you can buy one of those t-shirts that some of the prom crowd were wearing?