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Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff took Philadelphia from the
squeaky-clean American Bandstand 1960's to the stylish,
soulful 70's by creating and refining "The Sound of
Philadelphia."
Gamble and Huff built upon their experience as
musicians And arrangers to join forces as record producers. Their
first national hit, the Soul Survivors' Expressway to your
Heart made the top ten. Subsequent sessions with Jerry Butler,
Joe Simon, Wilson Pickett and Archie Bell kept the duo in
hits.
But it wasn't until 1971, when Gamble and Huff formed
Philadelphia International Records, that the pair hit full creative
stride. The free-wheeling grooves of The O'Jays, Billy Paul, MFSB
and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes made "The Sound of
Philadelphia" the streamlined, soulful successor to the stark 2/4
sounds of 60's Motown.
Along with Philadelphia producer Thom
Bell, Kenny Gamble and Leon huff became to the Seventies what
Hozier-Dozier-Holland and Smokey Robinson were to the Sixties; the
preeminent soul producers of their decade.
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