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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.

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Sat 28 May 201618:00
BBC Radio Stoke

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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‐Heron

    The Bottle

    • Strata East.

  • Lou Edwards and Today’s 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. 

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 201618:00
    BBC Radio Stoke