Motown songwriter and Northern Soul icon Frank Wilson dies in Los Angeles

SONGWRITER, record producer and latterly church minister Frank Wilson died in Los Angeles on 27th September. Frank is today remembered for recording the "Do I Love You" single which sold at auction three years ago for £25,000 and is considered a classic in the Northern Soul scene. Wilson enjoyed a decade-long association with Motown Records and worked with some of the biggest acts associated with Berry Gordy Jr's legendary label, including the Four Tops, Marvin Gaye and the Temptations, as well as the Supremes before and after the departure of their star vocalist Diana Ross. In the mid-1970s, however, he decided to change the course of his life. A grandfather and several uncles had been ministers and he entered a theological seminary, emerging to spend the rest of his life preaching in and around Los Angeles, including to a fellowship for entertainers. In 2001, however, he was invited to perform for Northern Soul fans in Fleetwood, Lancashire, where he autographed the original copy of "Do I Love You".