UNSUNG HEROES OF SOUL #1960s

The Flirtations were a female trio from South Carolina who made their best recordings in England and have been longtime favorites of that country's Northern Soul scene.

In 2004, Betty Harris returned to the music business after a 35-year absence. I helped spearhead her career revival.

Based in New York City, Chuck Jackson was one of the first artists to record songs written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

For twenty years, Walter Jackson's mellifluous baritone graced the Chicago soul scene.

Bettye LaVette wallowed in obscurity for forty years until her career finally took off in the 2000s.

Barbara Lewis is a purveyor of “smooth soul” who wrote several of her own hits.

The Platters were the #1 vocal group of the 1950s, but you might not think of them as a soul act. However, the '60s were a time of change and the group kept up.

In the early 1960s, the Radiants made a series of recordings for Chess that helped expedite the transition from doo-wop to soul.

Freddie Scott had a top ten pop hit in 1963 and a #1 Rhythm & Blues hit in 1967. As Bill Dahl wrote for the "The Best of Freddie Scott" CD, “[He was] blessed with sleek pipes that grew grittier as the [1960s] progressed.”

A Louisiana native who recorded in Los Angeles, Bettye Swann wrote her own #1 Soul hit in 1967.