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Gamble and Huff

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Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s. [1]

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A Brand New Me (Dusty Springfield album)

A Brand New Me is the sixth studio album by English singer Dusty Springfield, released on Atlantic Records in January 1970.

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Adultery

Adultery (from Latin adulterium) is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds.

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Ahmet Ertegun

Ahmet Ertegun (Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün; (– December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter and philanthropist. He was best known as the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records, and for discovering and championing many leading rhythm and blues and rock musicians. He also wrote classic blues and pop songs, and served as the chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum, located in Cleveland, Ohio. Ertegun has been described as "one of the most significant figures in the modern recording industry." In 2017 he was inducted into Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in recognition of his work in the music business. He was also a significant figure in fostering ties between the U.S. and Turkey, his birthplace. He served as the chairman of the American Turkish Society for over 20 years until his death. He also co-founded the New York Cosmos soccer team of the original North American Soccer League.

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Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now

"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" is a 1979 disco song performed by R&B duo McFadden & Whitehead, from their debut album McFadden & Whitehead.

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All Things in Time

All Things in Time is an album by American R&B singer Lou Rawls, released in June 1976 on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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Am I Black Enough for You? (song)

"Am I Black Enough for You?" is a 1972 soul song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and recorded by Billy Paul for his album 360 Degrees of Billy Paul on Philadelphia International Records.

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Amusement arcade

An amusement arcade (often referred to as "video arcade" or simply "arcade") is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers (such as claw cranes), or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables.

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Archie Bell & the Drells

Archie Bell & the Drells was an American R&B vocal group from Houston, Texas, and one of the main acts on Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records.

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Aretha Franklin

Aretha Louise Franklin (born March 25, 1942) is an American singer and songwriter.

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Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is a musical reconceptualization of a previously composed work.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital city and most populous municipality of the state of Georgia in the United States.

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Atlantic Records

Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American major record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegün and Herb Abramson.

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Back Stabbers

Back Stabbers is a studio album by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays, released in August 1972 on Philadelphia International Records.

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Back Stabbers (song)

"Back Stabbers" is a 1972 song by the O'Jays.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Berklee College of Music

Berklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world.

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Berry Gordy

Berry Gordy III (known professionally as Berry Gordy Jr., born November 28, 1929) is an American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer.

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Billy Paul

Paul Williams (December 1, 1934 – April 24, 2016), known professionally as Billy Paul, was a Grammy Award-winning American soul singer, known for his 1972 #1 single, "Me and Mrs. Jones", as well as the 1973 album and single "War of the Gods" which blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences.

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Black & Blue (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)

Black & Blue is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in September 1973.

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Black Power

Black Power is a political slogan and a name for various associated ideologies aimed at achieving self-determination for people of African descent.

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Black pride

Black pride is a movement in response to dominant white cultures and ideologies that encourages black people to celebrate black culture and embrace their African heritage.

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Broadcast Music, Inc.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is one of five United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP, SESAC, Global Music Rights, &. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed.

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Bunny Sigler

Walter "Bunny" Sigler (March 27, 1941 – October 6, 2017) was an American R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer who did extensive work with the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and was instrumental in creating the "Philly Sound" in the early 1970s.

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Camden, New Jersey

Camden is a city in Camden County, New Jersey.

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Carl Thomas (singer)

Carl Thomas, (born June 15, 1972) is an American Grammy-nominated R&B singer.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Clive Davis

Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is an American record producer, A&R executive and music industry executive.

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Coko

Cheryl Elizabeth Clemons (née Gamble) (born June 13, 1970), better known by her stage name Coko, is an American R&B recording artist and television personality.

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Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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Cowboys to Girls

"Cowboys to Girls" is a 1968 R&B single written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and performed by The Intruders.

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Crawdaddy (magazine)

Crawdaddy was an American rock music magazine launched in 1966.

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Dance Music Hall of Fame

The Dance Music Hall of Fame was an organization established in 2003 to honor and remember significant contributors to the genre of dance music.

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Dance Your Troubles Away

Dance Your Troubles Away is a 1975 studio album by American funk band Archie Bell & the Drells, released by the record label TSOP Records and recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Dee Dee Sharp

Dee Dee Sharp (born Dione LaRue, September 9, 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American R&B singer, who began her career recording as a backing vocalist in 1961.

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Dee Dee Warwick

Delia Juanita Warrick (September 25, 1942 – October 18, 2008), known as Dee Dee Warwick, was an American soul singer.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Do It Any Way You Wanna

Do It Any Way You Wanna is a 1975 crossover hit by the Philadelphia-based R&B/dance group, People's Choice, written and produced by Leon Huff.

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Drowning in the Sea of Love

"Drowning in the Sea of Love" is a 1971 song recorded by Joe Simon.

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Drowning in the Sea of Love (album)

Drowning in the Sea of Love is the seventh studio album recorded by American singer Joe Simon, released in 1972 on the Spring Records label.

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Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), professionally known as Dusty Springfield, was an English pop singer and record producer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s.

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EMI

EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries and also referred to as EMI Records Ltd.) was a British multinational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.

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Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song)

"Enjoy Yourself" is a song recorded by The Jacksons and released as a single in 1976 and peaking in early 1977.

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Expressway to Your Heart

"Expressway to Your Heart" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and performed by the Soul Survivors.

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Family Reunion (The O'Jays album)

Family Reunion is a 1975 album by American R&B group The O'Jays.

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For the Love of Money

"For the Love of Money" is a soul/funk song that was written and composed by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Anthony Jackson; it was recorded by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays for the album Ship Ahoy. Produced by Gamble and Huff for Philadelphia International Records, "For the Love of Money" was issued as a single in late 1973 (see 1973 in music), with "People Keep Tellin' Me" as its b-side.

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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor, and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century.

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Get as Much Love as You Can

Get as Much Love as You Can is the third album by The Jones Girls.

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Give the People What They Want (The O'Jays song)

"Give the People What They Want" is a song by R&B vocal group The O'Jays.

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Goin' Places (The Jacksons album)

Goin' Places is the 13th studio album by The Jacksons.

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Gonna Take a Miracle

Gonna Take a Miracle is the fifth album by New York City-born singer, songwriter and pianist Laura Nyro, with assistance by vocal trio Labelle.

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Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

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Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

The Grammy Award for Best R&B Song (sometimes known as the R&B Songwriter's Award) has been awarded since 1969.

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Grammy Trustees Award

The Grammy Trustees Award is awarded by The Recording Academy to "individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording".

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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American R&B/Soul vocal group, one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s.

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Hi-hat

A hi-hat, also spelled hihat or high-hat, is a combination of two cymbals, a foot-operated pedal which moves a rod which in turn moves one of the cymbals, all mounted on a metal stand.

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Hope That We Can Be Together Soon

"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon is a song written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff that was originally recorded by Dusty Springfield as "Let's Get Together Soon" and was included in her 1970 album A Brand New Me (which was also produced by Gamble and Huff).

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I Love Music (The O'Jays song)

"I Love Music" is a song written by Gamble and Huff and recorded by The O'Jays.

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I Miss You (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album)

I Miss You (later reissued as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is the debut album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in August 1972.

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I'm Gonna Make You Love Me

"I'm Gonna Make You Love Me" is a soul song most popularly released as a joint single performed by Diana Ross & the Supremes and The Temptations for the Motown label.

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I'm in Love Again

I'm In Love Again is the sixth solo album released by American recording artist Patti LaBelle in 1983.

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Identify Yourself

Identify Yourself is a 1979 album by American R&B group The O'Jays, released on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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If Only You Knew

"If Only You Knew" was a single written and produced primarily by Dexter Wansel and Cynthia Biggs for American singer Patti LaBelle's sixth solo album, I'm in Love Again.

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If You Don't Know Me by Now

"If You Don't Know Me by Now" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and recorded by the Philly soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.

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Jerry Butler

Jerry Butler, Jr. (born December 8, 1939) is an American soul singer-songwriter and politician.

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Jerry Ross (record producer)

Jerry Jan Ross (May 1, 1933 – October 4, 2017) was an American songwriter, A&R man, record producer, and record label owner.

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Joe (singer)

Joseph Lewis Thomas (born July 5, 1973), better known by his stage name, Joe, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Joe Simon (musician)

Joe Simon (born September 2, 1943) is an American chart-topping, Grammy Award winning, soul and R&B musician.

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Labelle

Labelle is an American all-female singing group who were a popular vocal group of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Laura Nyro

Laura Nyro (born Laura Nigro, October 18, 1947 – April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist.

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Let Me Be Good to You

Let Me Be Good to You is a 1979 album by American R&B singer Lou Rawls, released on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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Life Is a Song Worth Singing

Life Is a Song Worth Singing is the second album by Contemporary R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass.

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Live! Coast to Coast

Live! Coast to Coast is the first live album and fourth overall album by R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Lou Rawls

Louis Allen Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, actor, voice actor, and record producer.

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Love Is the Message (album)

Love Is The Message is the second album by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.

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Love Train

"Love Train" is a hit single by The O'Jays, written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.

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Lyfe Jennings

Chester Jermaine "Lyfe" Jennings (born June 3, 1978) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist.

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McFadden & Whitehead

McFadden and Whitehead were an American songwriting, production, and recording duo, best known for their signature tune "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now".

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Me and Mrs. Jones

"Me and Mrs.

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Mercury Records

Mercury Records is an American-based record label owned by Universal Music Group.

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Message in the Music

Message in the Music is a 1976 album by American R&B group The O'Jays,.

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MFSB

MFSB, officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother", was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios.

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Mosque

A mosque (from masjid) is a place of worship for Muslims.

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Motown

Motown is an American record company.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Norman Harris (musician)

Norman Ray Harris (October 14, 1947 – March 20, 1987) was an American guitarist, producer, music arranger and songwriter, closely associated with Philly soul.

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Now That We Found Love

"Now That We Found Love" (also known as "Now That We've Found Love") is a song written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff and originally recorded by The O'Jays for their album Ship Ahoy (1973).

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Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards known professionally as Patti LaBelle, (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944), is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur.

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Payola

Payola, in the music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on commercial radio in which the song is presented as being part of the normal day's broadcast, without announcing this prior to broadcast.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Philadelphia Freedom (album)

Philadelphia Freedom is the fourth album to be released by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB.

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Philadelphia International Records

Philadelphia International Records (PIR) is an American record label based in Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia soul

Philadelphia soul, sometimes called Philly soul, the Philadelphia sound, or TSOP, is a genre of late 1960s–1970s soul music characterized by funk influences and lush instrumental arrangements, often featuring sweeping strings and piercing horns.

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Profiles of African-American Success

Profiles of African-American Success is an American documentary web series produced by Frances Presley-Rice and filmmaker Bayer Mack for their production company Block Starz Music Television.

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, located on the shore of Lake Erie in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, recognizes and archives the history of the best-known and most influential artists, producers, engineers, and other notable figures who have had some major influence on the development of rock and roll.

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Rock music

Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the early 1950s, and developed into a range of different styles in the 1960s and later, particularly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.

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Royal Theater (Philadelphia)

The Royal Theater was a center of African American culture in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Ship Ahoy (album)

Ship Ahoy is a rhythm and blues album by Philadelphia soul group The O'Jays, released on November 10, 1973 on Philadelphia International Records.

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Show You the Way to Go

"Show You the Way to Go" is a song written by Gamble and Huff and released as a single in 1977 by The Jacksons on their CBS debut album, The Jacksons.

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Simply Red

Simply Red are a British soul and pop band which formed in 1983 in Manchester.

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Sit Down and Talk to Me

Sit Down and Talk to Me is a 1980 album by American R&B singer Lou Rawls, released on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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So Full of Love

So Full Of Love is a 1978 album by The O'Jays.

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Sony Music

Sony Music Entertainment (SME) is a Japanese-owned global music conglomerate owned by Sony and incorporated as a general partnership of Sony Music Holdings Inc. through Sony Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. (in Japanese), Sony Corporation The company was first founded in 1929 as American Record Corporation and renamed Columbia Recording Corporation in 1938, following its acquisition by the Columbia Broadcasting System. In 1966, the company was reorganized to become CBS Records, and Sony Corporation bought the company in 1988, renaming it under its current name in 1991. In 2004, Sony and Bertelsmann established a 50-50 joint venture called Sony BMG Music Entertainment, which transferred the businesses of Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group into one entity. However, in 2008, Sony acquired Bertelsmann's stake, and the company reverted to the SME name shortly after; the buyout allowed Sony to acquire all of BMG's labels, including former Columbia Pictures subsidiary Arista Records as well as RCA Records, and led to the dissolution of BMG, which instead relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Sony Music Entertainment is the second largest of the "Big Three" record companies in the world, behind Universal Music Group (UMG) and ahead of Warner Music Group (WMG). Sony's music publishing division is the world's largest music publisher after the acquisition of EMI. It also owns SYCO Entertainment, which operates some of the world's most successful reality TV format including Got Talent and The X Factor.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Soul Survivors (band)

The Soul Survivors are an American, Philadelphia-based, Soul Music and R&B group, founded by New York natives Richie and Charlie Ingui along with Kenny Jeremiah.

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Soul Train

Soul Train is an American music-dance television program which aired in syndication from October 2, 1971 to March 27, 2006.

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South Philadelphia

South Philadelphia, nicknamed South Philly, is the section of Philadelphia bounded by South Street to the north, the Delaware River to the east and south, and the Schuylkill River to the west.

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String instrument

String instruments, stringed instruments, or chordophones are musical instruments that produce sound from vibrating strings when the performer plays or sounds the strings in some manner.

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Survival (The O'Jays album)

Survival is a 1975 album by American R&B group The O'Jays, released on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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SWV

Sisters With Voices, better known as SWV, is an American female R&B vocal trio from New York City, New York.

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Teddy (album)

Teddy is the third album by R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass, released on June 23, 1979.

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Teddy Pendergrass

Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American singer.

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Teddy Pendergrass (album)

Teddy Pendergrass is the debut solo album from the American R&B/soul singer, Teddy Pendergrass.

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Television show

A television show (often simply TV show) is any content produced for broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, cable, or internet and typically viewed on a television set, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed between shows.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Ice Man Cometh (album)

The Ice Man Cometh is Jerry Butler's eleventh album, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music).

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The Intruders (band)

The Intruders were an American soul music group most popular in the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Jackson 5

The Jackson 5, or Jackson Five, currently known as the Jacksons, are an American family music group.

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The Jacksons (album)

The Jacksons is the 12th studio album by The Jacksons, the band's first album for CBS and under the name "The Jacksons," following their seven-year tenure at Motown as "The Jackson 5".

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The Jones Girls

The Jones Girls were an American R&B vocal trio of sisters from Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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The Journal of African American History

The Journal of African American History, formerly The Journal of Negro History (1916–2001), is a quarterly academic journal covering African American life and history.

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The Love I Lost

"The Love I Lost" is a song by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.

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The O'Jays

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert (born June 16, 1942), Walter Williams (born August 25, 1943), William Powell (January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977), Bobby Massey and Bill Isles.

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The People's Choice (band)

The People's Choice was an American funk band formed in 1971 in Philadelphia by Frank Brunson and David Thompson.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer is a morning daily newspaper that serves the Philadelphia metropolitan area of the United States.

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The Spirit's in It

The Spirit's in It is an album by recording artist Patti LaBelle, released in 1981.

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The Supremes

The Supremes were an American female singing group and the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.

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The Sweet Inspirations

The Sweet Inspirations were an American R&B girl group founded by Emily "Cissy" Houston (née Drinkard), mother of Whitney Houston, and sister of Lee Warrick (herself the mother of well-known sisters Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick).

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The Temptations

The Temptations are an American vocal group who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.

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The Three Degrees

The Three Degrees is an American female vocal group, which was originally formed in 1963 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The Trammps

The Trammps were an American disco and soul band, who were based in Philadelphia and were one of the first disco bands.

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Thom Bell

Thomas Randolph Bell (born January 26, 1943) is a Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger, and record producer known as one of the creators of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s.

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To Be True

To Be True is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in February 1975.

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TP (Teddy Pendergrass album)

TP is the fourth album by R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass.

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Travelin' at the Speed of Thought

Travelin' at the Speed of Thought is a 1977 album by American R&B group The O'Jays, released on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)

"TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" is a 1974 hit recording by MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister, Brother) featuring vocals by The Three Degrees.

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TV One (U.S. TV network)

TV One (stylized as TV ONΞ) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Urban One (formerly Radio One until May 8, 2017), having acquired Comcast's stake in the TV network in 2015.

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Universal Love

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Unmistakably Lou

Unmistakably Lou is an album by American R&B singer Lou Rawls, released in 1977 on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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Wake Up Everybody

Wake Up Everybody is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in November 1975.

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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.

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WDAS (AM)

WDAS (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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We Got the Rhythm

We Got the Rhythm is the second studio album recorded by American funk band The People's Choice, released in 1976 on the TSOP label.

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When Will I See You Again

"When Will I See You Again" is a song released in 1974 by American soul group The Three Degrees, from their third album The Three Degrees.

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When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All

When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All is a 1977 album by American R&B singer Lou Rawls, released on the Philadelphia International Records label.

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Wilson Pickett

Wilson Pickett (March 18, 1941 – January 19, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter.

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Wilson Pickett In Philadelphia

Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia is the eleventh studio album by singer Wilson Pickett released in 1970.

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WRC-TV

WRC-TV, virtual channel 4 (UHF digital channel 48), is an NBC owned-and-operated television station licensed to the American capital city of Washington, District of Columbia.

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360 Degrees of Billy Paul

360 Degrees of Billy Paul is an album by soul singer Billy Paul.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamble_and_Huff

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