Little Milton

Little Milton - Were Gonna Make It (1966)
This guy has made some wonderful Northern soul type arrangements that for some reason have had little impact on the scene in general.

I must admit I was a bit late on picking up his early stuff like in this footage recorded in Nashville for The Beat TV show. In charge of the show was Hoss Allen a big radio DJ at the time on WLAC 50,000 watts on the MW. When Kent UK put out a compilation in the late 80's I was knocked out by it all - wonderful

Milton "Little Milton" Campbell, Jr. (September 7, 1934—August 4, 2005) was a blues and Soul vocalist and guitarist best known for his hits "Grits Ain't Groceries" and "We're Gonna Make It." Most popular in the sixties, he became one of the lesser known greats of the genre, combining traditional lyrical structure with smoother production.

Born in the Mississippi Delta town of Inverness and raised in Greenville by a farmer and local blues musician. By age twelve he had learned the guitar and was a street musician, chiefly influenced by T-Bone Walker and his blues and rock-n-roll contemporaries.

In 1952, while still a teenager playing in local bars, he caught the attention of Ike Turner, who was at that time a talent scout for Sam Phillips' Sun Records. He signed a contract with the iconic label and recorded a number of singles. None of them broke through onto radio or sold well at record stores, however, and Milton left the Sun label by 1955. More at Wikipedia