Posted on 02/15/2022 3:02:07 PM PST by Cecily
The Philly Sound is going to the movies.
The Sound of Philadelphia, a new documentary film, will tell the story of songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell, architects of the Philly soul sound that was a dominant musical and cultural force in the 1970s. The film is now in production with a team that includes Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentarian Alex Gibney.
Gamble, Huff, and Bell — collectively known as “The Mighty Three” — have a shared catalog of over 3,500 songs, whose innumerable hits include The O’Jays’ “Back Stabbers,” Billy Paul’s “Me & Mrs. Jones,” The Delfonics’ “La-La (Means I Love You),” and The Stylistics’ “You Are Everything,” among others.
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I’m there. Loved me some O’Jays back in the day.
LOL, I still remember Eddie Murphy doing Teddy Pendergrass, “YOU GOT..YOU GOT..YOU GOT..WHAT I NEED!”
When I saw “sound of philadelphia doc” I got all excited and thought it might be something one could download. Then I saw it was a movie. *sad trombone sound*
Such fine music.
“POW! POW! POP! POP! BANG!”
After Motown lost it’s soul moving to LA, the Stax bankruptcy and leaving Memphis and moving Oakland, Philly soul took over. Spinners, (love) the Delfonics, Stylistics too many to mention. Even Elton worked with Thom Belle:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fw1ulSbMBiw
Wonderful music. I happily remember watching “Soul Train” Saturdays during the 1970s.
A good decade. The best. I dug the late Joe Tex-I GOTCHA! Then there’s the I ain’t gone a bump. Don’t forget the girl with the skinny legs.
I don’t think Junior Giscombe worked with Thom Bell but he was inspired by Philly soul.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lepx24flhaI
Liza and Bob Fosse’s take on “I Gotcha.” She is some performer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRL2oWYJkOk
Backstabbers by O’Jays....
I should have asked for an agent’s fee for the probably 4 or 5 times I linked that song when a thread here reported “Former Friend Stabs Trump in the Back With New Book.”
Still a great song.
Great! I loved the Philly sound.
“A good decade. The best.”
The VERY best. Sooo much fun!
The Stylistics were just plain beautiful. (C)Rap happened and destroyed all this beautiful Black music.
So true.
Because white music execs realized it was a heck of a lot cheaper to produce.
The Love I Lost by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes is just the epitome of soul. Lead singer Teddy Pendergrass just absolutely exudes the emotion of a lost relationship.
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Sounds so good….just at a glance.
I loved the non-romance songs. They stand out maybe since they’re so rare.
Mentioned was “Back-stabbers”, but also there was “Smiling Faces” which is better. Then on the other end there was “Only the Strong Survive”.
So much to love. Hoping many will be in my ‘70s survey when I get to that.
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