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Tuesday Afternoon Thread: Tribute to Philadelphia International Records

October 21, 2014 by Miranda 156 Comments

From the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: Ultimately, what Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were selling, using the medium of well-crafted, danceable and urbane soul music, was a message of “peace in the world, people getting together,” Gamble told writer Chuck Miller in 1998. “That’s what our whole thing was, [what] all our music was about: people uniting, living together in peace and … [Read more...] about Tuesday Afternoon Thread: Tribute to Philadelphia International Records

Monday Afternoon Thread: Tribute to Philadephia Internation Records Week

October 20, 2014 by Miranda 123 Comments

Did you know: Gamble and Huff wrote 110 number one hits A Gamble-Huff song plays every 14.5 seconds around the world Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons … [Read more...] about Monday Afternoon Thread: Tribute to Philadephia Internation Records Week

Sunday Afternoon Thread: Tribute to Philadelphia International Records Week

October 19, 2014 by Miranda 78 Comments

It’s the end of an era in Philly, at 309 South Broad Street, corner of Spruce, where the “Sound of Philadelphia” was born. The iconic Philadelphia International Records sign outside of the Sound Of Philadelphia building was removed on Wednesday (Oct. 15), marking the end of an era.  The label’s building, owned by legendary songwriters Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom … [Read more...] about Sunday Afternoon Thread: Tribute to Philadelphia International Records Week

Friday Afternoon Thread: Philly Soul Week

March 22, 2013 by Miranda 77 Comments

  MFSB (Mother Father Sister Brother) was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia's famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of  Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, the Spinners, Wilson Pickett and Billy Paul. In … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: Philly Soul Week

Thursday Evening Thread: Philly Soul Week

March 21, 2013 by Miranda 90 Comments

The Spinners feat Dionne Warwick - Then Came You … [Read more...] about Thursday Evening Thread: Philly Soul Week

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