![]() Fortunately, Little Anthony just sang his songs – Tears On My Pillow and Goin’ Out Of My Head – with a few little dance steps that he might have done with The Imperials, and it was sublime. Similarly, I don’t want Candi Staton to hold X Factor-styled auditions for You Got The Love when she can sing it perfectly well on her own. I want to hear Sheila Ferguson sing When Will I See You Again, not the man next to me. In any of its many combinations, Legends Of Soul is a great night out and when I caught the show at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, my only complaint was that too many singers encouraged audience participation. How often do we see the mainstays of the doo-wop era in the UK? Hardly ever. But it was astonishing that Little Anthony was on the bill at all. It had to be that way, as Little Anthony had only once made the UK Top 50 (Better Use Your Head, making a belated chart entry in 1976 after Northern soul success). At the bottom of the bill was the 10th act, Little Anthony. This year’s offering included Candi Staton, Sheila Ferguson (Three Degrees) and Gwen Dickey (Rose Royce). After a long friendship with Michael Jackson, a torrid marriage with Liza Minnelli and eating a kangaroo’s testicle in the jungle, David Gest has become a soul music impresario, and once a year he tours the UK with his Legends Of Soul package.
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