Deptford Soul City

Deptford Soul City

May 23, 2023

Dave Godin, David Nathan and Robert Blackmore embarked on the Soul City project in 1966. It was the beginning of a three year journey which would see Soul City open up the world’s first exclusively Soul music record shop outside of America, intially in Deptford, South East London, and then Covent garden, and a start a label which gave Gene Chandler his first UK hit, and whose other releases were central to the development of Northern Soul.

Peckham Soul’s Craig Jamieson has complied a mix including Billy Butler, Major Lance, Allen Toussaint, Staples Singers, Bessie Banks, Sly and the family Stone, Bobby Womack, Staples Singers, Willie Tee and other tracks that capture the labels finest moments and music associated with the project. To check out a fascinating interview with Soul City's David Nathan go to www.peckham soul.co.uk.

  • Dont You Worry - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
  • Nothing Can Stop Me - Gene Chandler
  • The Beat - Major Lance
  • The Right Track - Billy Butler
  • I'll Never Forget You - Chris Jackson
  • One More Chance - Shirley Lawson
  • The House That Jack Built - Thelma Houston
  • Stand - Sly & the Family Stone
  • For What It's Worth - Staples Singers
  • We The People - Allen Toussiant
  • Go Now - Bessie Banks
  • All Over Now - Bobby Womack & The Valentinos
  • Walking Up A One Way Street - Willie Tee