Gloria Jones - Tainted Love | The Story Behind The Song | Top 2000 a gogo

[@stepchildofsoul]

When I was little in the '70s, we had a neighbour who was a club DJ, and he gave me a few 45s, Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love " among them. When the Soft Cell cover hit, I swore to people that it was an old song, and no one believed me. The 45 had already been lost to circumstances beyond my control, and so I couldn't prove it to anyone. I'm so glad Gloria Jones has come to people's attention again. Her voice roared and she deserves more recognition.

[@sweetcaroline2060]

I'm so sorry she didn't get the credit she deserved for this. It kinda broke 💔 my heart when I heard that. And she's such a lovely, gentle, nice woman. I'm glad she had a good soul mate and she's so proud of her son. ❤ Thank you 😊.

[@fransmith8992]

@@sweetcaroline2060 well, actually , she did not write it. it was written by a man by the name of Ed Cobb of the band 'Four Preps' he deserves the credit.

[@ChucksCherubs3]

@@fransmith8992 Who said she wrote it? 🤔

[@fransmith8992]

@@ChucksCherubs3 the paragraph right under the video

[@ChucksCherubs3]

@@fransmith8992 It doesn't say that at all.

[@jonathonsingleton837]

This is rock history... A story which I never knew. Thanks so much.

[@phoneone1371]

Thats a dude " Big mike Obama style "

[@Jossette888]

@@phoneone1371 When could a man give birth, you racist asshole?

[@ToyHigh]

Love both versions!!!!🎶

[@scorpion777silvermoon3]

I love this song

[@lisaanderson135]

Jonathon Singleton I never put two and two together because I saw the Marc Bolan documentary and I knew that Jones was his girlfriend, but I didn’t know she was the original artist behind Tainted Love! 🤯

[@johnchristie6195]

This story gives me deep thoughts , I met Gloria and Marc for the first and last time that night in Morton’s bar area ,I knew who he was but didn’t know who she was or she sang “tainted love” ,she was thin and bubbly and wore a pair of silk boxing shorts which were the topic of our introductory conversation he was quiet didn’t talk much and didn’t appear drunk ,but I remember they said they live at Richmond. I left Mortons about 2am went home to Kensington . I Woke up later that day ,turned on the TV and shocked to see the bad news of the car accident . Thank you Gloria and Marc for “tainted love” and “get it on” always enjoy it .

[@kehindea]

I've decided to never engage with trolls or stupid people writing stupid comments. Very interesting to hear the original version and kudos to Marc Almond for singing it with Gloria on stage.

[@emboe001]

Yeah but she had no business singing it with a voice like that recently... Or lack thereof. How disappointing!?

[@MsKewi-NYC]

@Tiger Cub WTH Obama got to do with Tainted Love. Everything isn't about U.S. government politics dumbazz. Get lost Snowflake!🤬

[@camptime8212]

Her song was taken WITHOUT HER PERMISSION .

[@chrisclermont456]

Some of the ignorant comments here are astonishing!!

[@Miriam-fk9wr]

I’m with you 👍🏻

[@jamesvigg2680]

Miss Gloria rides in my taxi regularly. She is such a sweetheart!

[@scottsilverman5584]

Please tell her how much i love her song!!!

[@scottsilverman5584]

Pet shop boys tainted love

[@ThiccChickCrisha]

​@@scottsilverman5584*soft cell

[@frakasha24]

It's disturbing how well KZbin knows me, I was today years old when I found out that Soft Cell wasn't the original. I absolutely love this song, thanks for sharing .

[@hr0727]

What?

[@KC-ed1dj]

You found out two years before me! 😄

[@damonmcmurray8669]

Wow, never knew it Tainted Love was a cover of an R&B song. I like the electronic effects on Soft Cells version. Big ups Me.Jones

[@nkwari]

Everything is a cover of R&B, even Country.

[@skylark4901]

Me too! didn't realize, glad I came across this!

[@elcajoia619]

@@skylark4901 One of my 80's favorite, Seattle scene back then was one of the best in the World at that time, never knew this story. www.seattlepi.com/local/article/Former-home-of-Skoochies-DV8-Cirque-Playhouse-3894066.php

[@niggato23]

Yesterday, all my troubles seem so far

[@edwardk6464]

Love both versions of this song equally! Gloria has a wonderfully powerful voice and such groove in her version, but at the same time love the icy synth sounds of Soft Cell and the lower key change works soooo well for Marc Almond's voice

[@jons.6216]

The Soft Cell version was all over the place in my senior year of high school and later on it closed bars weekly! It took me years to discover the original and I'm glad I did!

[@DiabloOutdoors]

That was very awesome form Soft Cell to invite her on stage to sing with them. Bravo!

[@MarkGelderland]

Yes, but unfortunately her voice is totally gone

[@DiabloOutdoors]

@@MarkGelderland not totally

[@MarkGelderland]

@@DiabloOutdoors OK, almost

[@hardcorehopefoundation9925]

I always love her version so much. She is such a great singer and this song is so good. I found a copy of her single at a Goodwill store back in the 90's and absolutely fell in love with it.

[@XleilaniX]

First heard this with Marilyn Manson. I love the original version. Thank you for featuring this. Thank you, Gloria Jones.

[@mattstockton2433]

Can't believe I never knew this wasn't a Soft cell song. Brilliant original. Thanks

[@mwsaab9]

Wow - what an amazing story. I never knew before that Gloria Jones and Marc Bolan were a couple!! Love it.

[@idemandabetterfuture]

There's also a David Jones tie-in.

[@danielpujol8266]

@@idemandabetterfuture Given your profile name, (one of my absolute top favourite Bowie songs. It's criminal and such a waste that wasn't a single!!!) you must mean Bowie. [I'm partly asking that, as non Bowie fans don't all know his real name was Jones - so may not know who you were referring to]. So... what WAS the "tie-in" then? You didn't even say. Thanks.

[@idemandabetterfuture]

Yes, I was referring to David Bowie. For anyone interested look up David Bowie / Marc Bolan and the Gloria Jones / Marc Bolan. There's also a tie-in with Gloria Jones' son and David Bowie. Nice to find someone else who appreciates I demand a better future. There's some depth to that song. @@danielpujol8266

[@idemandabetterfuture]

Ahh, MrAussieUK downthread fills in some of the story.

[@JamJells]

Always loved this song. Great history and Kudos to Gloria for hanging in there with this golden gem. Wonderful!

[@colinthomas9527]

I liked soft cell version with out knowing the history behind the song. Thank you for this gem of a history video

[@veronicamoss2597]

What a beautiful sad. Inspiring tale of life's triumph and sadness and Spirit of love this is. God bless her and her family 🙏

[@Vic-j9p]

I grew up in the 60s I was 6 years old when tainted love first came out. My sisters played it often. Loved it then and still do. Love Northern soul. Marc and you were great together. Keep a little marc in your heart.🎉🎉🎉

[@shirleya3615]

Always Loved This Song! Those Were Some Really Good Dancer's On The Dance Floor! 🎵🎶🎤🎼♥️

[@Bananadiva1]

Tainted Love has to be one of the greatest soul songs so it was inevitable that one of the greatest souls singers recorded it. True musical perfection!

[@thesoultwins72]

I am an absolutely massive fan of Gloria Jones and not only have an original copy of 'Tainted Love' [on the Champion record label] but was lucky enough to hear it when it was very first played on the Northern Soul scene in the spring of 1973 by acclaimed NS DJ Richard Searling at the ill-fated Va-Va's nightclub in Bolton. It literally blew the roof off! Sadly Va-Va's was raided by the police and closed down in July 1973 after only a few months. [I was there that night too!]. I have been a devoted Northern Soul fan since 1972 and whilst I have heard [and bought] some incredible NS records during that time, 'Tainted Love' has to be one of the most 'spine-tingling' sounds I have ever heard. As Searling had the only copy of 'Tainted Love' in the country at the time, we all had to wait until September of 1973 to hear it again when he became resident DJ with Russ Winstanley at the infamous 'Wigan Casino'. Once more, it took the roof off and its association with the Casino was permanently established. I also have an original copy of Ms Jones' LP 'Come Go with Me' released in 1966 by her record company 'Uptown' [a subsidiary of Capitol/EMI]. I really love 'Come Go with Me' too - which was a massive Blackpool Mecca and Catacombs play in 1972/73.

[@seducedbysasquatch]

their performance together on stage was so sweet. you could see marc's excitement to perform with her, and gloria's joy seeing her song inspire a new wave of music :).

[@daleshelden8394]

I was born in 1980 but this song still resonates with me,love you forever Gloria.

[@FacheChanteDeux]

&Rip to the amazing Marc Bolan.

[@bradchan2113]

@NEGUS MBARKA WTF is your problem..You need to get on your meds.

[@FacheChanteDeux]

This was so interesting. I really like the original, but I have a soft spot for the soft cell version. I love what they did with it.

[@donbrashsux]

Marc and Gloria..Music History ..period

[@mrrolandlawrence]

bolan is and was a legend

[@Fandango541]

I am so glad to know this! I loved this song the moment I first heard it. I love the original version just as much! I'm so happy and encouraged to know the two artists found love, had children, and she is finally getting the recognition she so deserves! And she is so right, had she known how much the Brits loved her song she would have been a major star so it's wonderful to know she has a career and is the star she is. Beautiful!

[@Lantanana]

I'm old enough to remember this song, and I LOVED that song!

[@colinthomas9527]

For a few years in the 90s I use to drive pass a spot in Barnes London and always saw reefs and flowers and old candles in a particular place just off a side road the road when I enquired what happened I was told that was where Mark Bowland passed away. His fans where so loyal. I’m shore to this day there will be flowers there.

[@iggytse]

Wow I never knew soft cell tainted love was a cover.

[@rickshearer]

What a wonderful sight to see the son singing with his hit maker mom!

[@suep3806]

She's not a hitmaker. She was a session singer...not a star. She's a nothing who killed the talent.

[@rickshearer]

@@suep3806 OK Sue.

[@danielpujol8266]

@@suep3806 Ohhhh, OK, Karen. *yawn* Now get back under your bridge....

[@missvida6251]

Had no clue she was with Marc Bolan. That us amazing

[@123itisnotme]

Fantastic. This is the best story in this channel yet!

[@scaveng3r1]

Lady .... great story thank you very much I had it to wait over 30 years to find out the soft cell was singing a cover song ... GLORIA YOU ARE AMAZING....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@boris1387]

Favourite northern soul song for 40 years❤️ unbeatable ❤️

[@kevingoins9858]

In between Tainted Love and meeting Marc Bolan, Gloria was a writer for Motown. She'd co-authored "If I Were Your Woman" for Gladys Knight & the Pips.

[@tashaladytee]

Which Stephanie Mills, Alicia Keys and others remade. Knowing the original artists are so important.

[@1talldaddy]

and also co wrote "Love Child" for Diana Ross ans the Supremes

[@jasfan8247]

Relief to see these titles she co- wrote. There is rumour the backup musicians were some Funk Brothers moonshining here. Jamerson and Benny Benjamin. Ed Cobb recorded them. He also wrote for Motown. A liitle bit hurts- Brenda Holloway. And she wrote You made me so very happy🎢.recycle

[@stuartbrixton6260]

Yes she wrote quite a few songs with pam sawyer, often under a pseudonym

[@thefollowing8127]

What a great story of love and life.

[@7th_Heaven]

This story is legendary. Barter trade leads to a roll out and then reboot leads to a multi decade template

[@ryanmurphy4748]

I always liked the Soft Cell version of this, and didn't know of this original, until I heard a dj play it at The Lexington in London about 10 years ago. It struck me hard, I immediately ran over like yo bro who's this??? He was really knowledgeable, quickly filled me in. Such a fabulous record.

[@djshaunreed8215]

What a legend she is!❤ I wonder what she thought of Marilyn Mansion's version of Tainted Love.

[@Alleykattt]

What a beautiful legacy! Love this!

[@patricianelson8]

I played Tainted Love so much! Wonderful lyrics!

[@cesarbaca]

I never knew there was an original version. Both versions are great. Awesome song

[@lucluc9541]

MARC BOLAN & T.REX FOR EVER !

[@kimberlyjayroe8214]

I never knew any of this. Great story. Thank you!

[@moonraker30]

I grew up with Soft Cell’s version, when I heard Gloria Jones’s version in a commercial I was hooked

[@optimisticwhovian1726]

Didn't realise she had a relationship and child with Marc Bolan, there's a great cover done by Australian band The Living End too which does the song in a more rockabilly skiffle band style, I think its only a live performance though not a studio recording.

[@theronedawson3236]

This was a fascinating story about how the song came about how to people from two different worlds came together. This should be a movie.

[@lisawallace921]

Yes so true

[@chantelleadlington]

Lol 'came together' he was having an affair with gloria, his wife left him which devastated him then gloria wouldn't leave him alone so he was basically stuck with her

[@mebeingU2]

That's awesome! I never knew of this great song's history!

[@christopherramon-reid2000]

me neither! I really like this a lot. Cheers to Marc Almond for paying respect to the original.

[@jacksdjfam]

That was completely amazing! Best video ive seen on here in ages

[@helidude3502]

Wow ! Lots of information in just a few minutes. I never knew that was a cover. Her original is great also. Seems for what it lacked in credit to her or monetary rewards, it opened a much bigger door in life. Definitely a strong woman.

[@christohr9957]

Bolan was the man for few short years ...RIP

[@stevewinston3265]

@NEGUS MBARKA shut up nigga!!!

[@chrisclermont456]

@NEGUS MBARKA What exactly did Marc Bolan plagiarize?

[@Ndlanding]

@@stevewinston3265 We'll be having less of your wicked tongue, Winston!

[@Ndlanding]

@NEGUS MBARKA We'll be having less of your wicked tongue, Negus. And no more CAPS, please.

[@rainbowthesaurus6253]

@NEGUS MBARKA He isn't a plagiarist, he was in a relationship with her and had a son with her. Plus it's likely he payed royalties before that, but please fucking do your research before making such moronic accusations.

[@gd1335]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@ronbooiman7906]

Fascinating.... I had no idea about Grace Jones history. Thank you for sharing

[@mreunome]

Not Grace......you mean Gloria. Grace is a whole other story...lol

[@Ndlanding]

Excellent video about a song which was good, but made great. Thank you. It's one of my fave 80s songs (I hadn't heard the original version before the Soft Cell one.)

[@keywestconch8]

I'm in love with this song! Good for you Miss Gloria, for your success and for your beautiful son.

[@suep3806]

She's not a miss she's a MRS twice over, but Marc had one wife who was NOT HER. This swamp donkey left her child and husband and killed Marc Bolan.

[@chrisclermont456]

Gloria Jones wrote some major hit songs for Motown in the late 60s and 70s. I had the pleasure of working with her in the studio. She is a lovely person. Here is more info on her: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Jones

[@sophievankampen5331]

When i watched La La Land in 2017 my whole vision of music changed!!! I became OBSESSED with music of the 60s/70s/80s/90s! I LOVE THIS SONG and i never knew this song wasn’t originally from Soft Cell.... But now i know and i love both versions! I’m 15 years old and me and my family love to listen you ‘older songs’ i grew up with ‘old’ songs!!! But when i ask other people of my age if they like this song, they say ‘NO’. Most of them don’t even know this song..... it’s so sad 😞 I wish people would make songs like these again, songs about Love/Life/Growing up or something and not about S*x/Drugs/gangs.....i also really wish they had Disco’s like in the 60s!!! Anyway i have a couple of friends who like these songs as well and i’m really happy about that, we can talk about songs and sing along 😂 Love Sophie💕

[@hollyprincipato3287]

Sophie Vankampen....The old songs told a story too. That's what I miss most. I am 58 and have listened to a lot of great music over the years. Keep the old ones alive. They are classics now. A big thanks to MS. Jones and Soft Cell for this song. It is a simple story that they both convey through this song. I am a stickler for originals....but this shows both song versions were probably what we need to hear. Beautiful song....by either artists.

[@sophievankampen5331]

@@hollyprincipato3287 yes that us true. One of the reasons why i love listening to older songs is because they tell a story. Most of them have a meaning, and that is just beautiful. Since i found out that Soft Cell aren’t the original creators of this song, i have been listening a lot too the original. I love them both! Take care❤️

[@botabob]

Did not know Soft Cell covered Tainted Love - What an interesting story - TY for letting me add this great song to my “Covers Playlist”.

[@baronvg]

Good video. I didn’t know any of that stuff with Marc Bolan.

[@funeralbillii9172]

Then you still don't know anything. She completely glossed over the fact that she killed Marc Bolan and now lives a very easy life because of his royalties.

[@MsKewi-NYC]

@@funeralbillii9172 Do you care to expand on how? Plus she doesn't look that rich especially if she's still out working/ singing. 🤔

[@AFloridaSon]

@@MsKewi-NYC She did not kill Marc. Three cars were returning from a nightclub, headed to Marc's place. The first car was Marc's brother. The 3rd car was driven by a local singer, Marc and Gloria was in the middle. Marc and Gloria had a son together, Roland. If you listen to very much T Rex, Marc wrote every song, and many of them mentions vehicles, or parts of vehicles. However, Marc had a fear of driving, and he never learned to drive. Although there was drugs and alcohol in use, Marc was actually cleaning himself up. He had worked with Gloria, but fell madly in love with her. Everyone in the 3 cars had been partying quite heavy. The 3rd car stopped, and once Marc's brother realized there were no headlights behind him, he went back. Since Marc could not drive, even though he owned the car, Gloria had been driving. Gloria was no more guilty than Marc, or Marc's brother. But that short time with Gloria, gave Marc something he had always wanted, That love connection, that barely any human seems to get. Marc died *_exactly_* on month to the day, after Elvis died. However, Marc had a screwy will, made before the birth of Roland, and it says his (Marc's) money would go to charity. He and Gloria planned to be married, but Marc was waiting for his divorce to finalize. And, a new will was supposed to be made, but he died before it happened.

[@AFloridaSon]

@@funeralbillii9172 *BULLSHIT!* Even Marc's son with Gloria, was impoverished by Marc's death. Marc's friend, *_David Bowie_* help them out financially. Gloria's singing voice was destroyed in the accident, so she could barely make a living. *YOU disrespect Marc, by disrespecting his son and the love of his life.* Read a book and get some knowledge.

[@stevewinston3265]

@A Florida Son ✊🏾

[@Danny-fs1hk]

What a great story!!

[@erikmouthaanfanclub7105]

Och blijft toch een van men favorieten platen!

[@renatacantore-gross8842]

Thank you for telling us this remarkable story. It matters. I Love this song !!!

[@PinkPants]

Very interesting story ! Thanks for sharing !

[@Br0ok3lynn]

Wow! Mind blown! Brought tears!

[@veronicad.c.7223]

I just love, love, love this story. Thank you so much 💘 I 💕Marc forever.

[@somerando4354]

I love every version I"ve heard, it's one I absolutely have to sing along with. I also love the dancing in this and the Memorabilia video, wish I could do those spins and get down on the floor like that. so cool!

[@b1lly.j0]

Theese people are absolute legends.

[@sugarbaby547]

Didn't know soft cell did a remake. I always loved that song...even today.

[@MegaSpiritualWarrior]

That's incredible!

[@MissPerriwinkle]

awesome song !!!!!!

[@garyjonathan9931]

love aeeing Gloria and Mark singing it together!

[@flowerpot3855]

The Queen of Northern Soul !!

[@booth2710]

Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet is my very favorite song and it is through this song I learned about Gloria.

[@joannephillips6781]

Wow so cool! Great to see her story.

[@mickavellian]

ONE OF THE GREAT SONGS of the New Wave era,. Who knew!

[@andreajlanningsongwriter8543]

OMG I thought this was a British song. How little I know!!!! They did a cover of your lovely song.

[@LaughingStock_]

I'm a hardcore soul fan - but Soft Cell elevated a merely good song to a masterpiece. That's the mastery of a stellar arrangement.

[@chloewebb5526]

The thing is, I feel like it sounds so out of place in the 60s, making the old version sound so haunting. Plus I grew up in Detroit in the 90s, constantly enamored by the reminders of motown and what Detroit used to be like - so I think my opinions automatically biased lol

[@danielpujol8266]

@@chloewebb5526 Yeah, I think it's aged incredibly well for a mid '60s song. Feels later. Partly thanks to her attitude and passion in the vocal, I think. But also that bold, relentless stomping feel to the rhythm section. Speed it up a bit and it could almost be a Punk song from the late '70s.

[@jerrygoldfarb7739]

Met Gloria at a party at a bar on E. 14th St. in Manhattan in 2012 when I was visiting NYC-had no idea of her history-she was to me just a very nice, open woman whom I immediately connected with-when I found out the next day who she was I was gob smacked- have been in touch on and off since then-a truly wonderful and giving person who didn't think she was anything special-to hear her talk about Marc and the tragedy she went through was very moving-must email her and tell her what I happened upon while surfing KZbin-

[@briantbethea]

Thank you for sharing. I never knew this. Wow.

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

I knew about Gloria Jones, but I had no idea that she was in a relationship with Mark Bolan AND had his son!

[@gustavefrankfurter6462]

WOW! I didn't know that factoid either! Thanks for the info.

[@Peppers19781978]

@@gustavefrankfurter6462 She was drunk when he was killed and was facing charges, a court date, but fled the country back to the U.S. so the death was ruled accidental.

[@Lorenzo-cp7qs]

@@Peppers19781978 How does that monster sleep at night?

[@richardkeating3575]

@@Lorenzo-cp7qs I think that nobody held it against her. She was his wife, they were out together celebrating her return from working in the U.S. and had just had a baby together and they were both a little drunk, in a very small car and unfortunate enough to run off the road at a notoriously dangerous bend in the road that had claimed many lives before theirs. I was, and still am, a huge fan of Marc Bolan but never for a fleeting moment did I think anything nasty about Gloria, who was also badly injured and damaged her voice in the accident. I just felt sorry for her and her son for having lost her husband, his father and her means of earning a living all on that one terrible night.

[@Lorenzo-cp7qs]

@@richardkeating3575 She killed him.

[@Andy-kw5nw]

OMFG........I never knew about this WOW. What a story!

[@dusseau13]

I still miss Marc. He had so much more to give us. He and Jimi are jammin while I tap.

[@rupertgrech7097]

What a great story!

[@InkyDaCaT]

Wow I did not know any of this?? Thankyou Gloria! 💗N🎶(and team)

[@georginamannor8603]

Wow i didn't know all that, amazing!

[@m0L3ify]

That song was way ahead of its time

[@johnnyismac]

Absolutely awesome track that is forever)/!

[@rvegas81]

Just discovered this through the radio!!

[@CheerUp111]

Thanks Gloria.

[@499PUCK]

Those social clubs were called, Northern Soul. These clubs were in the northwest of UK. The idea was to have a place to dance. Liverpool was a large shipping hub that made exchange of music easy. The Northern Soul clubs played music not heard on the BBC.

[@thesoultwins72]

@499PUCK...….WRONG! The 'Social clubs' Gloria Jones referred to were actually 'Youth Clubs' and the idea was that anyone could bring along their own records and play them. In fact, 'Northern Soul' [as famously 'christened' by London-based journalist, record shop owner/producer, Dave Godin] was not even recognised until several years later. It is claimed that the term was actually created by Godin in 1968 to describe this new form of soul music that his record shop staff were getting increasing requests for from visiting northern football fans. However, the term 'Northern Soul' was first used [officially] by Godin in 1970 in the 'Blues & Soul' magazine, which he wrote for. Up until that point in time, we simply referred to it as 'Uptempo' Soul - mainly due to the fact that it had a more strident, 'stomping' beat compared with the predominantly mid-tempo Soul [Black] music being produced by the Motown and Stax / Atlantic record labels. Indeed, even when 'Northern Soul' began to establish itself, many of the seminal clubs accredited with it's growth - such as the 'Twisted Wheel', Chateau Impney, Up the Junction, Oldhill Plaza, Mojo and Golden Torch - did not refer to it as 'Northern' Soul. [I still have my original copies of 'Blues & Soul' magazine from the early '70's advertising these clubs as playing 'Uptempo' Soul Music]. Your ridiculous pronouncement that Northern Soul clubs were all based in the 'north-west of the UK' is also completely inaccurate - many 'Soul' venues were in the Midlands as well as across the entire north of England [from Manchester to Sheffield]. Indeed, my first introduction to what became known as 'Northern Soul' was in early 1971 at the local Labour club in Colley Gate, West Midlands. The Labour club would hire different DJ's every week, and one night the DJ started playing records that we had never heard before - which totally blew us away. [the Shakers, Soul Brothers Six, Sam & Kitty, First Choice, Father's Angels etc]. We asked the DJ what this music was called - he dismissively replied, 'Tunstall Sounds'. [Tunstall, Stoke was the location of the legendary 'Golden Torch Ballroom'/'The Torch' - which was one of the very first Northern Soul 'All-nighters']. In conclusion, 'Northern Soul' [in it's purest form] originated in 1970 and to all intents and purposes, died in 1976. It is sad that there are so many misleading untruths about it and that people who were clearly never a part of what was an incredible and never to be seen again 'underground' youth culture - promote such unfounded 'myths'.

[@499PUCK]

TheSoulTwins en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_soul

[@thesoultwins72]

@@499PUCK …..You do realise that Wikipedia is NOT an authoritative or definitive source don't you? It is a forum contributed to by often misguided and misinformed people such as yourself using wildly inaccurate 'hearsay' and rumour.

[@thesoultwins72]

@@caspar9794 …...Hi Caspar. Yes it's a fair point you make and perhaps I did over-react slightly. But I get a bit irritated by the nonsense that is purported to as 'fact' by various people who clearly know next to nothing on the subject. I was fortunate enough to actually experience and grow up during this period and without wishing to sound arrogant - consider my first-hand recollections of those times a bit more accurate than Wikipedia or some 'bandwagon-jumpers' misguided views. A classic example of this is Pete Waterman - who for some inexplicable reason is featured in virtually every single documentary on NS and considered an 'expert' on the topic. Yet to the best of my knowledge he was never even there! [he was a 'pop' DJ at a mainstream club in Coventry and his only concern was to become famous!] In my opinion it is extremely lazy of documentary-makers to continually seek out these 'sources' simply due to the fact that they are now 'celebrities' - yet the likes of Tony Jebb, Keith Minshull, Pep, Colin Curtis, Soul Sam, Oscar Michael et al who were an integral and important part of the growth of NS are totally ignored. Nearly everyone that posts comments etc on here about Northern Soul is referring to the mid/late 1970's onwards. Whilst I respect and admire their passion and love for the music it has to be accepted that to all intents-and-purposes, Northern Soul [in its purest form] essentially died in 1976. I am not alone in this belief - I still have a good many friends ['Soul Boys'] from those early days that completely ignore and steer well away from the modern iteration of NS and forums such as YT because of the sheer volume of rubbish that is put out there by these well-meaning but misinformed 'fans'. But returning to the original 'theme' of this stream, and to repeat, in those early days, most people referred to NS as 'uptempo soul' or 'rare soul' [a term used by luminaries such as ex-VaVa's and Wigan Casino DJ, Richard Searling]. Similarly NOT all of these clubs were located in Northwest UK. [eg; the legendary Chateau Impney is in Worcester and there were other lesser known clubs in places like Bridgnorth and Cradley Heath in Shropshire and the West Midlands respectively]. Finally Caspar, thanks for your kind words - I am not sure if I am a 'subject-matter expert' on the topic. but it's nice of you to think so! I do consider myself as a 'real' [Northern] Soul fan, ex-DJ and fervent rare records collector. I am extremely proud that I was there and very fortunate to have been educated by and friends with people who were instrumental in the development of the NS scene. Thanks!

[@backacheache]

@@thesoultwins72 I wonderful thing about Wikipedia is it can be corrected, could you scan those adverts to be used as evidence in the article?

[@pandabearmadness6263]

I love this song so much

[@veilbreak5867]

That dancing was epic!

[@reggiemassey6003]

A friggin awesome story

[@humbertoluiz1975]

So good! Thank you!

[@belia1313]

Such a down to earth lady ♥

[@rabbitss11]

Mark Almond can spot a great song, not just this one but songs like The Days of Pearly Spencer, etc

[@TheBudgie29]

I bought My copy of Tainted Love (Original) from Wigan, and I still have It and love It.

[@susantyrellfans]

The song's writer, Ed Cobb, also wrote Dirty Water and some others that were recorded by The Standells.