Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff got some things done in the early '70s. They launched Philadelphia International Records, the first soul label ever to really challenge Motown's commercial dominance. They ...
Sam Pollard, the Peabody winning director of “Mr. Soul!” and “Sammy Davis, Jr.: I Gotta Be Me,” has set another documentary feature called “The Sound of Philadelphia” about music icons Kenny Gamble, ...
A dynamic concert featuring soul and R&B superstars, including The O Jays and many more. A dynamic concert featuring soul and R&B superstars The O Jays, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Russell Thompkins ...
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) was the theme from 'Soul Train,' and was one of the many hits written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff for Philadelphia International Records, the label they ...
"Invariably, when other producers and musicians would say that my sounds were odd for R&B, I would just tell them, ‘I don’t do R&B — I do music,'" said the man behind such hits as "Back Stabbers," "La ...
His work as an engineer at Sigma Sound Studios left a sonic stamp on R&B hits by the O’Jays, the Delfonics, the Stylistics and many others. By Bill Friskics-Warren Joe Tarsia, the recording engineer ...
The one-night-only event on Saturday 19 October will feature hits from the extensive Philly Sound back catalogue, accompanied by the BBC Concert Orchestra, singers Ashton Jones, Derek Green, and Wayne ...