Johnny Soul Boy Pryers - Northern Soul Saturday Afternoon

Schedule

Sat, 04 Jul, 2026 at 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

7 Packer Street, Greater - Manchester, Rochdale | Rochdale, EN

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Soulful Disco Playing Northern Soul, Motown, Modern Soul and other Soulful Sounds
Get Your Dancing Shoes On
Johnny is as much Bolton as Trotters and Tripe. Johnny is a down-to-earth, friendly Lancashire lad, and is non-stop 100mph on stage.
He sings hard with soul, passion and guts, which definitely places him apart from other singers on the circuit. He risks everything and asks for nothing in return. Honesty is one of Johnny's trademarks; he is like an open book, what you see is what you get.
​Johnny's show consists of songs from his influences of classic soul & Reggae songs, songs from Motown, Ric Tic Labels, Atlantic, Trojan Labels, and many songs from the Northern and Rare Soul & Reggae Scene by artistes such as James Brown, Bob Marley, The Pioneers, Toots and The Maytals, Al Green, Stevie Wonder, Eddie Holman, Jackie Wilson, Dean Parrish, Spyder Turner, The Temptations, Nolan Porter, Jimmy Radcliffe, Terry Callier, Ben E King, Gene Chandler, Edwin Starr and Many More Plus Original Songs

Over the last 20 or so years, Johnny has worked alongside many legendary original soul artists, original Motown artistes and original artists from The Northern Soul Scene, and he has worked for many promoters and DJs from the Northern Soul and Scooter scenes.
Over the years Johnny has performed alongside some very well respected artists such as his buddy Tommy Hunt, Johnny's hero Dean Parrish, The Supremes, Kiki Dee, PP Arnold, La La Brookes, Richie Pitts, P.J. Proby, Marvin Ruffin, The Flirtations, Eddie Holman, Judy Street, Archie Bell, The Contours, The Velvelettes, Brenda Holloway, Prince Philip Mitchell, Kim Weston, Chris Clark, Spyder Turner, Pat Lewis, Sydney Barnes, Tobi Legend, Martha Reeves, Madness, The Signatures, Marvin Ruffin, Paul Davies, Sheila Ferguson, Mary Wilson, Jimmy James, Drizabone, Gloria Jones, Ruby Andrews, Bobby Wilson, Jimmy Thomas, Ronny McNair of The Four Tops, and his great mate Diane Shaw.
​Johnny has also performed at many Northern Soul All-Nighters, scooter rallies and Northern Soul & Motown nights all around the country (He has performed at many of the Northern Soul Survivors Weekenders in Skegness and also performs for goldsoul.co.uk.
He's even performed three times for the cast of Quadrophenia!
No Gimmicks Just soulfulness With high demand for his gigs, Johnny travels all around the UK taking his show with him wherever he goes
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7 Packer Street, Greater - Manchester, Rochdale, United Kingdom

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