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Torch memories with 'kingspinner' Colin Curtis

Richard's guest Colin Curtis chats about his life and the music that helped shape it.

2 hours

Music Played

  • Jamo Thomas

    I Spy For The FBI

    • Polydor.
  • The Artistics

    Hope We Have

    • Coral.
  • Chuck Jackson

    Good Things

    • Wand.
  • Leon Haywood

    Baby Reconsider

    • Fat Fish.
  • Bobby Hebb

    Love Love Love

    • Sunny.
    • Philips.
  • The Invitations

    What's Wrong With Me Baby

    • Stateside.
  • Charles Wright

    Keep Sayin' (You Don't Love Nobody)

    • Philips.
  • Dee Dee Sharp

    What Kind Of Lady

    • Gamble.
  • Bobby Wells

    Let's Copp A Groove

    • Beacon.
  • The Exciters

    Blowing Up My Mind

    • RCA.
  • Earl Jackson

    Soul Self Satisfaction

    • ABC.
  • Major Lance

    You Don't Want Me No More

    • Okeh.
  • N.F. Porter

    Keep On Keeping On

    • Lizard.
  • First Choice

    This Is The House Where Love Died

    • Scepter.
  • Luther Ingram Orchestra

    Exus Trek (instrumental)

    • HIB.
  • Sam & Kitty

    I've Got Something Good

    • Four Brothers.
  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    The Bottle

    • Strata East.
  • Lou Edwards and Today鈥檚 People

    Talkin' 'Bout Poor Folks Thinkin' 'Bout My Folks

    • Columbia.
  • The Carstairs

    It Really Hurts Me Girl

    • Red Coach.
  • The Montclairs

    Hung Up On Your Love

    • Paula.
  • Linda Jones

    Just Can't Live My Life (Without You Babe)

    • Warner Bros..
  • The Moments

    I've Got The Need

    • Look At Me.
    • Stang.
  • Frankie Beverly & The Butlers

    If That's What You Wanted

    • Gamble.
  • Towanda Barnes

    You Don't Mean It

    • A&M.
  • Delilah Moore

    It Takes Love

    • Middle Earth.
  • The Heartstoppers

    Brainwashed By Love

    • The Heartstoppers.
    • All Platinum.
  • The Nights

    (When You Dropped Your Guard) Love Knocked You Down

    • ABC.

When Richard met Colin Curtis

When Richard met Colin Curtis
Richard chats to legendary DJ Colin Curtis, one of the 'kingspinners' at Tunstall's Golden Torch all-nighters and later the Blackpool Mecca during the 1970s, and who helped define the Northern Soul scene.听
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Colin grew up in North Staffordshire and began his music career in the 1960s while still at school - it now spans six decades.

Broadcast

  • Sat 28 May 2016 18:00