David Nathan

May/June 1968, London Fresh from the soulful state visit from Nina Simone (and the hoped-for-but-not-realized possible royal visit from Aretha Franklin!) to Soul City, our little record shop on Monmouth Street in the West End is starting to thrive among the growing cadre of RB and soul music love...

May 1968, London Nina Simones May 1968 whirlwind of promotion centered around a number of television appearances ahead of a European tour in June that didnt include any live performances in England. Aside from attending the taping of The Sound Of Soul, I took advantage of Ninas visit to invite h...

Monday, May 27th, 1968, London No sooner has Lady Soul Aretha Franklin left the UK for the first time after amazing performances at The Hammersmith Odeon and Finsbury Park Astoria in London than I am thrilled to greet The High Priestess Of Soul, Nina Simone for whom I am still running her first ...

Saturday, May 11 Sunday, May 12, 1968, London Im still reeling with meeting Aretha Franklin in person on her arrival in London. This, I remind myself, is the same young woman (having celebrated her 26th birthday in March) whose music been a constant in my journey into adulthood since 1965 when ...

Thursday, May 10, 1968, Gatwick Airport, Sussex The day has arrived. My sister Sylvia and I are headed towards Gatwick Airport, much smaller than Londons main Heathrow Airport. Ive been given information about the flight arrival time for Aretha Franklin on her first ever visit to Britain by Ja...

May 1968, London The team at Soul City myself, Dave Godin and Robert Blackmore are now joined by sister Sylvia, four years younger than me, who has been running the Nina Simone Appreciation Society I started in 1965 with me. Almost inescapably, Sylvia has been subjected to the music of my favo...