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The greatest UK female pop singer ever, Dusty Springfield was a student of American sounds. As a member of The Springfields (“Silver Threads and Golden Needles”), she performed Peter, Paul & Mary-style folk, while terrific early solo hits like “Stay Awhile” and “I Only Want to Be with You” showcased her gift for exuberant girl-group epics. Presenting a subsequent string of 45 releases in the original mono versions, The Complete Atlantic Singles 1968-1971 testifies to Springfield’s stunning versatility. Her tenure at the fabled r’n’b label Atlantic resulted in the classic a...

*Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Chappell Music, the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group, are thrilled to announce today the launch of the yearlong campaign in 2021 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of music’s most historic record labels, Philadelphia International Records. The anniversary campaign will highlight the extraordinary musical output of this storied label and spotlight milestone musical moments, artists and songs from the remarkable Philadelphia International Records family that have defined the landmark label and i...

Crafting one of the most significant chapters in music history, visionary songwriter-producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff co-founded PIR in 1971. The O’Jays, Patti LaBelle, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls and McFadden & Whitehead are just some of the stars who took the duo’s sumptuous Philly Soul, aka “The Sound of Philadelphia,” to the top of the charts. Just as pivotal were the producers, songwriters, musicians and engineers that Gamble & Huff brought into the PIR family, among them Thom Bell, Dexter Wansel, Bobby Martin, Bunny Sigler Phil ...

KISS co-founder and frontman, best-selling author and Rock And Roll Hall Of Famer Paul Stanley has spent the last few years developing a project cl...

I hope I find the right words for this post because words were what Randy Alexander was all about, along with a deep love for the New Jersey and Philadelphia entertainment scene and the people in it. Randy Alexander passed away Sunday, Dec. 27 after a four month battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 62. I first met Randy back in the 80's when he was a TV/Radio reporter for the Trenton Times. He was so good at his job that "His coverage of Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the U.S.A. tour was included in the 1996 biography “Glory Days,” written by Dave Marsh, according to his bio.