What a great tune this is! Taken from his 2015 album River Of Soul which appears to have been released by CD Baby.
He's a new artist to me but must have been around for quite a while as he was inducted into The New York Blues Hall Of Fame in 2013. Don't confuse him with a country singer with the same name active between 1967-76.
He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, moved Houston and then New York. He's lead for The Original Blues Brothers Band which is led led by Stax legend Steve Cropper and Lou Marini who released The Last Shade Of Blue Before Dark in 2017.
Discogs list a 12" from him (probably from 80s) - I Found Love (When I Found You) on Nyota - the only release on the label listed so perhaps a self-release? No label scan except for the picture cover and no credits available.
Bobby Harden Website on here he has lots of live footage from performances.
He's released 2 albums
2002 - Soul Purpose
2015 - River Of Soul
Bobby Harden & The Soulful Saints [2020] - Runnin' (To Get To our Love [Dala DALA-103]
Release at the end of last year around Nov 2019 is his first 45 and the third release on Datone imprint Dala is a neo Northern Soul track. This seems to be a single-sided 45.
Here's a couple of stand-out tracks from Rivers Of Soul
Pure And Simple Love
Modern Soul Stepper.
Not Ready
You'll Never Walk Alone
A nice sul version of this 'standard'
Let's Get Real
What Do You Call It? (I Call It Love)
From Soul Purpose
1 comment:
Been a lurker for some time, thank you for your posts, really appreciate it, some great links to investigate, I’m old school northern soul fan but there’s so much rare stuff out there to discover, I’m currently buying up the ‘eccentric soul’ vinyl releases, hoping to get a gig playing some of the rarer tunes rather than the ‘top 500’ once lockdown is over, best regards, tim
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