Richard Temple - That Beatin' Rhythm

Another legendary Northern Soul smash that we filmed for "The Strange World Of Northern Soul". This is Richard Temple singing his absolute Northern Soul anthem, "That Beatin' Rhythm". This record first broke in 1971 at the legendary Catacombs Club in Wolverhampton. No-one believed the name because the club was located on Temple Street, but it was the real name on the record. As fine a piece of Northern Soul as you could ever wish to hear. Richard Temple was a pseudonym for Jimmy Conwell, which he also performed and recorded under. You can find the track "Too Much" here on my YouTube channel. Richard was a famed West Coast 1960's soul legend and this backing track was used on at least three other Northern Soul records too. I found my copy in a Goodwill store in Flagler Street in Miami and brought about ten copies of it back to England in 1973. This was first recorded in 1967 and we recut it in 1998 when we were filming our massive DVD documentary which consisted of 131 specially recorded performances of all the classic Northern Soul records. It is still available now! In 1998, after much searching we managed to track Richard down to make this one and only one-time performance especially for us, for our ground breaking Encyclopedia Britannica of Northern Soul, and I am so glad that we did.