Soulboys
"Soulboys formed a working class English youth culture of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Fans of US soul and funk music, the culture emerged in the south of England when people started gravitating towards more modern Soul artists such as Roy Ayers rather than the obsessive interest in obscure 1960s records that characterised the Northern Soul scene. The culture emerged around certain clubs in the south east of England such as The Royalty in Southgate. The Caister Soul Weekenders became the main event in the Soulboy scene and still exist today. Norman Jay remains an enduring icon on the soul scene, bringing his own take on the fashion and music of the day to sold-out clubs across the world.
Much of the casual scene that emerged in the 1980s was borrowed from Soulboys, not least the sideways fringed wedge haircut. Although the Soulboy scene was huge by the early 1980s it received little media coverage, and was overshadowed by the more dramatic exhibitionism of the decade's New Romantics.
Norman Jay is a pioneering MBE awarded DJ is a legend on the funk and soul scene and has always dressed every part the Soulboy. He first came to prominence in the 1980s playing at unlicensed warehouse parties and has a diverse and deep rooted knowledge of the Casual scene."
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