Northern Soul is thriving across the UK thanks to Gen Z looking to dance

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LONDON - It's 1964. No, wait. It's 2023.

The music blasting through the speakers at this dark and sticky club in East London is 1964's "Tainted Love" by American artist Gloria Jones.

You may have never heard of Jones, but you have listened to Soft Cell's 1981 hit cover of the same song. If Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul, Jones is the Queen of Northern Soul. There's an important distinction here.