Purists look away now! 'The Boss' does soul. What a furore there was from
the Northern Soul fraternity (and not in a good way) when he pre-released
the first track a few weeks back which was a cover of the Northern Soul
rarity by Frank Wilson. Yet I have just been reminded of the album's
release on Friday by a post by NS 'Godfather' Richard Searling posting
Springsteen's version of "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" originally recorded by Frankie Valli but possibly better known from The Walker Brothers cover?
Each song will be familiar to anyone who has listened to soul music for
any length of time so you don't need me to spell them out for you but the
album includes well known songs from the likes of Jerry Butler, Lionel
Ritchie, Tyrone Davis, Four Tops, Temptations, Jimmy Ruffin, The Supremes
and he even has a go at an Aretha Franklin song.
Sam & Dave's Sam Moore features on two songs "Soul Days" (thanks to Bill Buckley SoulAndJazzAndFunk for pointing out that this was a song sung by Dobie Gray on an album of the same name in 2000 as I didn't recognise it), and a cover of
William Bell's "I Forget To Be Your Lover".
Some work better than others and no doubt the album will sell by the shed
load because of who he is. Not that he needs the income with well
over 2bn streams on Spotify for his top 10 songs alone. That equates to
approx. $68m in streaming fees and that's only from Spotify and doesn't
include other streaming platforms, downloads or physical sales and live shows ... let's
just say he's worth a bob or two (one source estimates $650m)!
Whether you like his music or not, as they say, he is laughing all the
way to the bank! A pretty sad state of affairs when you consider the
number of streams achieved by indie soul artists creating original new
music, but let's not go there!
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Classic Soul / Blue-Eyed / Cover Versions |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Columbia Records |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 11/11/2022 |
| Price: | £11.99 |
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