David Godin

David Edward Godin (born June 21, 1936 in Lambeth , London , † October 15, 2004 in Rotherham , Yorkshire ) was an English soul musician and music journalist.

biography

David Godin was born in 1936 to a milkman in Lambeth, England . He spent his early childhood in Peckham until his family was bombed to relocate to Bexleyheath in what was then Kent (now Greater London ) during World War II .

There he received a scholarship to the Grammar School Dartford , where he met the younger Mick Jagger , whom he encouraged in his interest in American rhythm and blues . He was also involved in the first gatherings that later became the Rolling Stones band .

Later he accused Jagger of exploiting black music with his band for their own purposes and ended the former friendly relationship with Mick Jagger, who was already famous at the time.

Godin began collecting American rhythm and blues records while he was still at school, which was no easy undertaking at the time, as such pieces were neither sold in Great Britain nor broadcast on the radio. After leaving school, he worked for an advertising agency on short notice and toured the United States , indulging in his passion for music. After his return, he refused to do military service in his homeland and did his alternative service as a hospital porter for two years .

His contacts with Tamla-Motown , whose records were marketed in Great Britain by the Oriole label, can be described as Godin's career jump . After Godin disagreed with Oriole's approach, he made direct contact with Motown at their headquarters in Detroit , whereupon he was invited there by the founder of the Berry Gordy company . From there he returned with a consultancy contract with Motown and ensured an increased presence of the music genre he represented on the radio as well as the takeover of the marketing rights by the EMI company .

After the gradual separation from Motown, Godin opened the Soul City Record Shop in Deptford (later based in Covent Garden ) and began writing for the magazine "Blues & Soul", where he quickly became an influential author. He then once again had a major impact on the soul scene by coining the term “ Northern Soul ”, which supposedly goes back to a special department in his shop that he started after he determined musical notes with his customers in northern Great Britain Believed to recognize preferences. Whenever he had a customer from the north, he referred them to his collection of " Northern Soul " and the term is said to have spread that way.

When his business and the resulting labels "Soul City" and "Deep Soul" went bankrupt in 1971 , Godin left London and moved to Lincolnshire and later, in 1978 , to Sheffield . At Sheffield Polytechnic he enrolled and graduated in art history, design and film courses. This led to the establishment of the " Anvil Film Theater ".

Godin, who had followed a vegetarian diet since his youth , began to campaign against the abuse of animals in the film industry and campaigned for the freedom of the film medium and against any kind of censorship in this area.

Web links

• http://www.thisoldsoul.com/davegodin.html (source)
• http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Dave%20Godin.html