Soul City was a

British soul British soul, Brit soul, or (in a US context) the British soul invasion, is soul music performed by British artists. Soul has been a major influence on British popular music since the 1960s, and American soul was extremely popular among some yo ...

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...

run by Dave Godin, David Nathan and Robert Blackmore, from a record shop of the same name in London. It is not to be confused with the US

record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...

of the same name, run by the singer Johnny Rivers. Its first release was Don Gardener & Dee Dee Ford's "Don't You Worry" in March 1969. The label released a further 18 singles, the biggest hit being

Gene Chandler Gene Chandler (born Eugene Drake Dixon; July 6, 1937) is an American singer, songwriter, music producer, and record-label executive. Chandler is nicknamed "the Duke of Earl" or, simply, "the Duke." He is best known for his most successful song ...

's "Nothing Can Stop Me" which reached Number 41 in the UK Singles Chart. Soul City records were initially distributed by

Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in Jamaica by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in 1959, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another ...

and then

Philips Records Philips Records is a record label founded by Netherlands, Dutch electronics company Philips and in 1999 was absorbed into Netherlands, Dutch-United States, American music corporation Universal Music Group. It was founded as Philips Phonograph ...

. The releases were extremely popular with fans of

Northern Soul Northern soul is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England and the Midlands in the early 1970s. It developed from the British Mod (subculture), mod scene, based on a particular style of African American music, Black American ...

and

Motown Motown is an American record label owned by the Universal Music Group. Founded by Berry Gordy, Berry Gordy Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, it was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960. Its name, a portmanteau ...

music. In the 2000s the name and label design was used by another company to issue

records. This company had no connection to the Dave Godin label.

Discography

* SC 101 Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford - Don't You Worry / I'm Coming Home To Stay 7" * SC 102

- Nothing Can Stop Me / The Big Lie 7" * SC 103 Sylvia - I Can't Help It / It's A Good Life 7" * SC 104 Chuck Edwards - I Need You / Downtown Soulville 7" * SC 104DJ Chuck Edwards - Chuck I Need You / Downtown Soulville 7" (DJ Copy) * SC 105 Bessie Banks - Go Now / It Sounds Like My Baby 7" * SC 106 The Valentinos -

It's All Over Now "It's All Over Now" is a song written by Bobby Womack and his sister-in-law Shirley Womack. It was first released by The Valentinos, featuring Bobby Womack, in 1964. The Rolling Stones heard it on its release and quickly recorded a cover ver ...

/ Tired Of Living In The Country 7" * SC 106DJ The Valentinos - It's All Over Now / Tired Of Living In The Country 7" (DJ Copy) * SC 107

Billy Preston William Everett Preston (September 2, 1946 – June 6, 2006) was an American keyboardist, singer, and songwriter whose work encompassed R&B, rock, soul, funk, and gospel. Preston was a top session keyboardist in the 1960s, backing Little Richa ...

- Greazee / Greazee Part 2 7" * SC 107DJ Billy Preston - Billy Greazee / Greazee Part 2 7" (DJ Copy) * SC 108 Shirley Lawson - One More Chance / The Star 7" * SC 109 Soul City Executives - Happy Chatter / Falling In Love 7" * SC 110 Thelma Jones - The House That Jack Built / Give It To Me Straight 7" * SC 111 The Packers - Hole In The Wall / Go Ahead On 7" * SC 112 Chris Jackson - I'll Never Forget You / Forever I'll Stay With You 7" * SC 113 Billy Butler - The Right Track / Boston Monkey 7" * SC 114 Major Lance - The Beat / You'll Want Me Back 7" * SC 115 Mighty Sam - Papa True Love / I Need A Lot Of Lovin' 7" * SC 116 Chuck Brooks - Black Sheep / I've Got To Get Myself Together 7" * SC 117

The Staple Singers The Staple Singers were an American Gospel music, gospel, soul music, soul, and Rhythm and blues, R&B singing group. Pops Staples, Roebuck "Pops" Staples (December 28, 1914 – December 19, 2000), the patriarch of the family, formed the group w ...

- For What It's Worth / Are you Sure 7" * SC 118

Erma Franklin Erma Vernice Franklin (March 13, 1938 – September 7, 2002) was an American gospel and soul singer. She recorded the original version of " Piece of My Heart", written and produced by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns in 1967, for which she was nom ...

- Don't Wait Too Long / Time After Time 7" * SC 119 Allen Toussaint - We The People / Tequilla 7" * SC 120 Chris Jackson - Since There's No Doubt / We Will Be Together 7" (Unissued)

References

{{Authority control Defunct record labels of the United Kingdom Soul music record labels Record labels established in 1969 British companies established in 1969

Discography

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