Hank Jacobs - Elijah Rockin’ With Soul / East Side - Repro 24

Hank Jacobs – Elijah Rockin’ With Soul / East Side - Repro 24

Hank Jacobs was an accomplished West coast keyboard player who had an instrumental hit with ‘So Far Away’ in 1964. He became a Los Angeles session man who worked on many recording sessions with arranger Arthur Wright with whom he had four releases on Alton Scott’s Call Me label. 

‘Elijah Rockin’ With Soul’ created a buzz on the UK soul scene and its urgent beat was perfect for Northern Soul dancefloors. The recording session was augmented by the cream of LA’s musicians. 

The uber-cool ‘East Side’ with its mid-tempo groove was initially his best-known track, having been appreciated by the Lowrider and Popcorn scenes since its release.