Another legendary Northern Soul smash, that we filmed for The Strange World Of Northern Soul, from legendary Philly group, the Four Larks. They led by the equally legendary Weldon Arthur McDougall III. "Grooving At The Go-Go" was recorded for Philadelphia's Harthon label but released on Tower Records nationally. The Four Larks were basically the original classic Philly Doo-Wop group, The Larks, with a girl vocalist added to the original trio. The production company, Harthon was a cooperative effort between Weldon McDougal, Luther Randolph and Johnny Styles, Harthon created some of the most memorable soul singles out of Philly (or anywhere for that matter) in the 1960's. Efforts by Eddie Holman, The Volcanos, Lee Garrett, Larry Clinton, Bernard Williams and the Blue Notes, The Philly Four, and the Cooperettes made Harthon a force to be reckoned with. The Four Larks released a series of 45's on the Tower and Uptown labels. The best known and rarest is this classic. With the ace songwriting and arranging of Tom Bell, The Four Larks 45s are some of the finest Harthon-related sides. There's a very particular sound at work here, in which the customary building blocks of 60's soul are complemented by flavours of progressive pop and rock (which considering how much the Motown sound contributed to the sound of 60's pop sees things coming full circle). The cool thing is that this "fusion" stops short of the sometimes overly sweet group soul that was to follow, creating a unique mixture that sadly did not catch on with the listening public. Sadly The Four Larks 45s and unreleased tracks have never been gathered together in a compilation devoted solely to the group which is a shame. Those interested should keep an eye out for the 1970's Harthon reissue of "Groovin' at the Go Go" which was pressed for the Northern Soul market with an instrumental dub of the song (called 'Discotheque Groove') on the b-side. It can be had for considerably less than the Tower original. Well anyway, here is that classic song. Enjoy!