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The new box set examines the early years of Gamble and Huff’s Philadelphia International Records, a soul-music label that defined its city the way Stax did Memphis and Motown did Detroit.

Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Volume 1 This is sophisticated and smooth Philly Soul from the genre’s most successful period. The box set handsomely presents remastered versions of this classic music from 50 years ago. Get on Board the Soul Train: The Sound of Philadelphia International Records Volume 1 Various Artists 28 May 2021 Back in the mid-’60s, the Philly Sound was a well-known and recognizable musical genre. Thanks to DJs and promoters ...

Gamble and Huff (Gamble Huff Entertainment LLC) *Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" iconic album isn't the only Black music entity celebrating its 50th anniversary

Mon, 05/17/2021 LAWRENCE – After the COVID-19 pandemic broke Brian Daldorphs 20-year streak of teaching a weekly class at Douglas County Jail, the University of Kansas senior lecturer in English hopes to work with inmates again someday soon. The book is part-memoir about his teaching experience at the jail, part-inmate anthology and also includes a survey of major incarcerated writers, including Malcolm X and Jimmy Santiago Baca. Daldorph has published several books of poetry, including “Ic...

Unpredictable and brilliant, Todd Rundgren wrote the playbook for how not to get into the Hall of Fame. Dan DeLuca, The Philadelphia Inquirer Back in 2014, when Hall & Oates was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I asked Daryl Hall who first came to mind when he thought of other deserving Philly acts whose achievements had long been ignored. Hall mentioned Chubby Checker and Teddy Pendergrass, the transcendent front man for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, before anoth...

Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, March 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Executive Producer Chaz Ebert announces that "Mr. SOUL!", the award-winning documentary, has been nominated for Outstanding Documentary (Film), Outstanding Breakthrough Creative (Motion Picture) and Outstanding Writing in a Documentary (Television or Motion Picture) at the 52 nd NAACP Image Awards. The ceremony annually celebrates the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts and airs ...

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Reissue CDs Weekly: The Misunderstood - Children Of The Sun The Complete Recordings (1965-1966) | reviews, news & interviews Reissue CDs Weekly: The Misunderstood - Children Of The Sun The Complete Recordings (1965-1966) Reissue CDs Weekly: The Misunderstood - Children Of The Sun The Complete Recordings (1965-1966) Definitive statement on the John Peel-lauded psychedelic pioneers by Kieron TylerSunday, 28 February 2021 On 31 December 1966, the Daily Mails Virginia Ironside got to ...

Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell tell the tale of Philly soul. Leon Huff, Thom Bell and Kenneth Gamble (from left) in Philadelphia in 1973. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images. From scorching message songs to sexy ballads, laidback steppers to boogie joints, the catalog of Philadelphia International Records (PIR) is both unmistakably bold and warmly enticing. Spearheaded by the influential songwriting and production partnership of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, along with invaluabl...