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ADY CRAMPTON CHATS TO THE STARS

Jimmy Sterling

Jimmy Sterling

Jimmy Sterling’s career started at a very young age as a backup drummer for a variety of local groups around Detroit. He also performed with Motown elite’s Edwin Starr and Jimmy Ruffin giving Sterling the opportunity to meet his musical idol David Ruffin who greatly...
Ben Pirani

Ben Pirani

Soul music is many things to Ben Pirani: It’s positive and it’s hopeful. It’s a soundtrack for struggle, which is where soul music came from in the first place. That the struggle has been happening largely in the black community is not lost on Pirani, who is white —...
Lorraine Silver

Lorraine Silver

Lorraine Silver secured a recording contract with UK label PYE aged just 13 and went on to record the Wigan Casino favourite ‘Lost Summer Love’ Still performing to an enthusiastic crowd, Lorraine tells Ady about her brand new release and her upcoming UK...
Spyder Turner

Spyder Turner

Spyder Turner is well loved on the northern soul scene.  He caught the eye of MGM records in 1967 and released several 45s and an LP including his big hit Stand By Me plus the popular crossover track I Can’t Make It Anymore.  Through the 70s and 80s Spyder...
Kris Peterson

Kris Peterson

Kris Peterson, the blue-eyed soul singer from Detroit, began her singing career with the Nodells and saw the issue of her first single in 1965.  Known in northern soul circles for her floor-filler ‘Just As Much’, Kris went on to release her LP ‘A...