I didn't know what to expect but wow was I blown away by this incredible concert. The BBC Concert Orchestra and 5 awesome vocalists delivered a truly authentic Northern Soul experience. I had tears in my eyes imagining the original artists, writers, arrangers producers and session players having the opportunity to listen to this 2023 full blown orchestral interpretation of their work in the Royal Albert Hall of all places. The singers were note perfect and the arrangements retained the integrity of the original production of the recordings but amped up x1000. One of the best TV concerts I've watched for a long time.

@marccogen8566

11 ай бұрын

This was amazing! I fully agree.

@kawasaki5187

9 ай бұрын

I'm no expert on Northern Soul so didn't know what to expect, best thing I've seen on telly for ages, loved every minute of it !

@franceswandless9627

9 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree with you more FABULOUS.

@UWConquerors

6 ай бұрын

😊 Totally agree, just brilliant entertainment

@doodah111

4 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more 😃

They need to do this EVERY YEAR

When I can’t sleep or feel low I listen to to this fantastic concert❤❤❤❤❤

Northern soul's national anthem ❤🎉

@jacklomas7773

4 ай бұрын

Takes me back to the wheel.

@relaxationmusic6850

4 ай бұрын

No Footsie by Wigans Chosen Few is cause I'm on the original cover sleeve lol

@richardhebden5603

2 ай бұрын

Indeed it is

Brilliant, just brilliant! Best thing I've seen on BBC this year!

Hallelujah something worth paying the BBC licence fee. Please much more of this excellent Saturday night viewing 😀

@SpeedTriple59

11 ай бұрын

Like f#ck is it..

@lappylappy7269

11 ай бұрын

Yes il happily pay my direct debit ……..This month !

@user-jr1gc7mw5x

11 ай бұрын

Lol still not paying the bbc

@bobbytreetop1701

10 ай бұрын

@@SpeedTriple59had a bad day hun 😢

@monkeytennis8861

7 ай бұрын

​@@user-jr1gc7mw5xOK edgelord

Fantastic night. I can't believe I was there for only 8 quids! Had the time of my life dancing with Mark and his gang

@ianblackwell8874

11 ай бұрын

How much I envy you, to be a part of something that good and to witness six amazing singers. I have just watched it again on the BBC iplayer. The last time I was at the Albert Hall was to see joolsholland and his rhythm and blues orchestra, amazing venue.

@jorjicostava6657

11 ай бұрын

@@ianblackwell8874 I'm so happy to have attended this. I'm not from the UK so I obviously can't visit the country as much as I'd want to, but I was at the right place at the right time. I'm 21 too and there's no northern soul club in my area so that's the closest I could get from the real stuff. I truly feel blessed

@ianblackwell8874

11 ай бұрын

A memory you will not forget 😀

Brilliant to hear Northern Soul with a full orchestra backing! Great music, could listen for hours, gets everyone dancing, all ages! Loved it!

Cant believe how they put these Northern Soul classics over, so brings back my youth.

Bieng into northern since i was 15 and now im 61 and still go to gigs. Its in my blood. I watched this on television and it knocked me over. The vocals incredible and the orchestra was off the charts. This could be made into one of the best gigs ever , say 4 times a year ❤KTF

Absolutely brilliant found this to watch whilst looking through channels trying to find something to watch , this was the best I ve seen on t v in years , the music and singers fantastic , loved the bloke in brown suit , but they all had great voices , thankyou bbc ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@ianblackwell8874

11 ай бұрын

💯 guy in the brown suit has an amazing voice but all are very talented.

@alangreenley3257

11 ай бұрын

lisen to bruce springteen sing this, bloody fantastic

@markgraves7279

11 ай бұрын

​@@alangreenley3257Totally agree 👍

The vocals were 100% brilliant.

Best thing I have seen on TV for years. So true to the music. More of this please.... keep the faith (indeed I do)

@suebradford5758

10 ай бұрын

😊I got Tingles✝️ when I read your Comment 👍...In ded I did 🙏❤✝️

@g3ges3

10 ай бұрын

KTF mate

I was dancing and crying at the same time, absolutely fantastic!

Best thing on the BBC for decades, outstanding show from start to finish

Beyond brilliant. It shows the Proms are all about music.

Never thought I'd find myself saying this -THANK-YOU BBC. This was the best Saturday night entertainment I've seen in years. The energy. The quality. The atmosphere. All brilliant! and worth every penny of the licence fee just to be a part of it. So glad it wasn't tucked away on BBC4. I realise it can probably be seen again via BBC I player, but why not show it again on BBC1, maybe between Christmas and the new year? I'm sure it would get a big audience. Come on schedulers - be brave!

Fantastic keep the faith 👍

@PeteTildesley

11 ай бұрын

Always keep the Faith from me cut my teeth at the home The Twisted Wheel blue Note many more the Cats one of many 👞👠🧿

Awesome! Do I love this? Indeed I do.

Wow that was absolutely brilliant , well done guy's.

Best thing on bbc this year after watching the film northern soul the week b4 ,fantastic 😊😊😊❤❤❤

Just loved this tonight dancing round in front of the TV at a big volume HAPPY DAYS

@ginawebb3697

11 ай бұрын

Same it was like being there in my own front room.

Northern Soul will live on for ever. So easy listening music.BRILLIANT.KTF.

Best proms night I’ve ever seen, brilliant.

Oh my goodness. I enjoyed this immensely. Beautiful. Frank Wilson will be looking down feeling so proud. KTF. ❤

@Julia-fo4tk

Күн бұрын

A very rare record.

I love Northern Soul and amazing to see an old friend Pete Callard playing lead guitar. Had to send him a screenshot to confirm it was him. It was and he said it was a fab concert to do ❤ full show on bbc iplayer he added.

Oh BBC, More of this PLEEAASSSE

Indeed I Do.... Respect Wigans Chosen Few !

Brilliant 👏 we need more of this 😊

@ynh661

11 ай бұрын

I actually felt like I d been to that concert , I was buzzing , it was brilliant , all I ve done since is listen to the songs on youtube 🥰🥰🥰🥰

The drummer is pushing the beat brilliantly.

wow I absolutely loved this. All the singers were great. Bless you BBC and Stuart Maconie. Hx

The sound quality and pitch is fantastic...bring it on.. they've done justice to this anthem 😊

They should tour

Just the best music. This is what it's all about! Get boppin'!

What a brilliant evening . Well done BBC Chris h

Love love this song KTF Northern soul tell my end😊

Absolutely Fantastic

Northern soul music the greatest ever gets everyone dancing and for once the BBC got something right

WHERE ARE MY FLARES? GET ME OUT ON THAT FLOOR! KEEP THE FAITH God Bless Frank Wilson.✊👏👏👏❤❤❤❤

This is brilliant.best thing I seen

Brilliant version of this classic. Such a feel good song. Well done all.

Found this when flicking channels! Why wasn’t I there?!! Amazing, wonderful, uplifting, count me in for the next one ❤❤🎉

@sensemaya1

11 ай бұрын

Me too - and then I went on hour + and watched it again. Superb!

What a Joy to watch more of this please. Go on tour and release a Cd I'm sure it will be a hit. Loved it

Brilliant, a great cover with huge respct given to the original . Very talented vocalists !

Full marks for capturing the fervour of the original recording!

When I first heard this song it was on a commercial then I pulled the song up on KZread and saw it was by Frank Wilson. The song sounded like something Motown would put out but it was just Frank sitting at his piano with a tape of the orchestra playing. I don't know how I'd never heard it before that commercial. Great song.

A year BBC have put it back on Iplayer they shouldnt take if off Darrell superb. We need this bunch of singers to tour

I love Northern Soul Music I have this song on my iPhone playlist I used to sing it when visiting my late mother in the nursing home. She had cancer and dementia but music seemed to make her smile and ‘come alive in a funny sort of way’ I also love Dobie Gray ‘out on the floor’ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😍😍🇬🇧🇬🇧👍 👍 🙏🙏

Well done BBC. Great live show. I remember the all nighter's in Wigan and Manchester in the 70's.

Great rhythm section and the brass was great too and the mix is perfect.

Just complete uplifting of the soul....for all those unable to experience such happiness...Do I love you - indeed I do..!

Absolutely fantastic performance.

Couldn't agree more....fantastic

Absolutely Fantastic, what a song what a performance Wawww

Absolutely brilliant concert loved ❤every minute.

This was the best thing I’ve seen in ages. Would have loved to have been there. I’ve watched it twice on the TV already and I will save it . Well done everybody and also Stuart maconie for this magical night

It was a great club classic, like most of these songs, before Northern Soul arrived on the scene!

Remember dancing to this in Top Rank back in the early seventies! How time flies. So glad nearly everything from the '70s is back in fashion again. Great Times.

Love it 👏👏👏👏👏

fantastic x thank you x

This has been such a very slow burner for me but now I regard it as one of the best efforts in a truly amazing, magical evening. Like so many Ive returned so many times to all the individual performances without tiring of things or feeling I"d imagined that a concert could be this good. Congratulations and huge thanks to every single person concerned for this.

@noakley1

9 ай бұрын

Completely true. I lived through the Northern Soul era, and danced pretty well. But when I play the music to my kids (30s) they just don't get it at first. So I play it again, and again. Finally they LOVE it!

Just listened to this is on sounds but I wanted to watch it too!

Awesome 👌

Great……Just Great and outstanding……well done.

Brings back memories of Wigan Casino

Oh wow, sublime

Loads of memories flooding back from my youth amazing

❤ PHENOMENAL !!!!!! ❤ABSOLUTELY ... ❤ PHENOMENAL !!!! L❤VE ... L❤VE ... L❤VE

Awesome K.T.F.

Goosebump time..

Love this !!

Wow !

Watched this great memories of Northern Soul singer's were fab!🤗😁

@johngray3585

3 ай бұрын

I totally agree 💯% Shirley 😊

Outstanding version of a stone cold classic.

Best song ever. Brilliant singers singing it so good. 👏 ❤

@chrisgraham9778

21 күн бұрын

Agreed- indeed I do....

Mesmerising!! Absolutely brilliant.

Brilliant show. Began to lose faith with the usual bottom of the barrel influencer superstars and biased news programs Well done BBC perhaps now a Motown version.

This was truly brilliant the orchestra and singers were spot on with the song KTF, more of this please 👍😊

Absolutely brilliant 👍

Love this Song

Amazing ❤

Superb! 23.07p.m.

Awesome!!!

Just superb

BBC Orchestra Having A Blast

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Keep the faith !

❤ the words of true soul men and women. Magical stuff ✨ MM

Watched it all last nite Fakkin ACE it was to !!!!

Wow you have done Northern Soul proud each and every one of you ❤❤❤❤❤ Danny soul man would have loved this sadly he's not on this earth anymore

Oh it was wonderful a video that we could buy please best thing on TV instead of usual crap Chris B

Really enjoyed this. Didn't know a lot about Northern Soul and was a bit sceptical of a Proms take on it, but it worked well. Loved the Frankie Valli song.

The icing on the cake would have been Dean Parrish singing im on my way RIP

I remember watching and thought it was tremendous

I'm 78 years of age and I love it keep rocking

Thanks so much for this..❤

Wow fantastic

Someone certainly put a lot of time and trouble into writing out these arrangements - very accurate reproductions of the original recordings. Plus, the musicians playing and singing it are brilliant.

@AdventureConcerts

3 ай бұрын

Arrangements by Joe Duddell and Fiona Brice

Superb 😊

Wow