By 1971, prolific songwriters/producers
Leon Huff had a catalog of R&B and pop hits including The Soul Survivors Expressway to Your Heart, The Intruders Cowboys to Girls, and Jerry Butler s Only the Strong Survive, and a network to help move the product released by their number of boutique record labels. But minor success wasn t enough for the inseparable twosome, so they longed for an opportunity to bridge their love of music, humanity and keeping their ear to the streets under a larger brand, for a broader audience.
Their ship eventually came in. Gamble and Huff landed a deal with