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This is part #4 of our look at the house that Gamble and Huff built: “The Sound of Philadelphia”…

Playlist: (song — artist [album])

1. RIBS3: – “a.k.a. RIBS” (echo) – TGrundy
2. Interlude 1 – MFSB [Philadelphia Freedom]
3. Love Train – Bunny Sigler [That’s How Long I’ll Be Loving You]
4. Let’s Make A Baby – Billy Paul [When Love Is New]
5. Sunshine – O’Jays [Back Stabbers]
6. Don’t Let It Go To Your Head – Jean Carn [Happy To Be With You]
7. Only The Strong Survive – Jerry Butler [The Ice Man Cometh]
8. Nowhere To Run – Laura Nyro & Labelle (group) [Gonna Take A Miracle]
9. RIBS Promo: “MMM-HM” – EJFlavors
10. Low Down Blues – Leon Huff [Here To Create Music]
11. How Good Is Your Game – Billy Paul [Let ‘Em In]
12. Livin’ For The Weekend – O’Jays [Family Reunion]
13. Keep On Dancing – Jacksons [The Jacksons]
14. The Soul City Walk – Archie Bell & The Drells [Dance Your Troubles Away]
15. Where Are All My Friends – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes [To Be True]
16. Love Won’t Come Easy – Billy Paul [Let ‘Em In]
17. RIBS3: – “a.k.a. RIBS” – TGrundy
18. Do It Any Way You Wanna – The People’s Choice [Boogie Down U.S.A.]
19. When Am I Gonna Find True Love – Patti Labelle [I’m In Love Again]
20. Time To Get Down – O’Jays [Back Stabbers]
21. Summertime And I’m Feelin’ Mellow – MFSB [Summertime]
22. Girl You Know – Teddy Pendergrass [TP]
23. I’m Gonna Make You Love Me – Supremes & Temptations [Diana Ross and The Supremes Join The Temptations]
24. Message In Our Music – O’Jays [Message In The Music]

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More songs from the team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. It’s a HUGE catalog of music to sift through. So, here is part #3 of our look at Philly Soul, “The Sound of Philadelphia”!

Playlist: (song — artist [album])

1. RIBS3: “a.k.a. RIBS” (echo) – TGrundy
2. Zack’s Fanfare (I Hear Music) – MFSB [Love Is The Message]
3. I’m Weak For You – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes [Black & Blue]
4. You Got Your Hooks In Me – O’Jays [Ship Ahoy]
5. If You Don’t Know Me By Now – Simply Red [A New Flame]
6. If You Don’t Know Me By Now (Live) – Patti Labelle [Patti]
7. Could It Be I’m Falling In Love – Larry Carlton [Plays The Sound Of Philadelphia (A Tribute To Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff)]
8. The Real Me – Nancy Wilson [Now I’m A Woman]
9. RIBS Promo: “Soulful Edition” – Darrenkeith
10. Lady Love – Lou Rawls [When You Hear Lou, You’ve Heard It All]
11. Can’t Forget About You, Baby -Jerry Butler [The Ice Man Cometh]
12. I Wanna Be Your Woman – Dee Dee Sharp Gamble [What Color Is Love]
13. Good Times – Jacksons [The Jacksons]
14. Dance Turned Into A Romance – Jones Girls [At Peace With Woman]
15. Back Stabbers – Larry Carlton [Plays The Sound Of Philadelphia (A Tribute To Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff)]
16. Back Stabbers – O’Jays [Back Stabbers]
17. The Love I Lost – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes [Black & Blue]
18. Sexy – MFSB [Universal Love]
19. Free Love – Jean Carn [Jean Carn]
20. Fave: RIBS Promo
21. You’re The Reason Why – Ebonys [The Ebonys]
22. Easy, Easy, Got To Take It Easy – Teddy Pendergrass [Teddy Pendergrass]
23. Ain’t That Loving You – Lou Rawls [Sit Down And Talk To Me]
24. Love Buddies – Dee Dee Sharp [Happy ’bout The Whole Thing]
25. Over The Rainbow – Patti Labelle [The Spirit’s In It]

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Trying to do justice to the catalog of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff in a single podcast mix is like trying to unring a bell, it just can’t be done.

Ever since their first hit song in 1967 “Expressway To Your Heart” by the blue-eyed soul group the Soul Survivors these prolific wrters, arrangers and producers have been cranking out songs and albums that have become the soundtrack to many of our lives.

So, here is part #2 of our look back at Philly Soul, a.k.a. TSOP, a.k.a. “The Sound of Philadelphia”!

Playlist: (song — artist [album])

1. RIBS INTRO: “Another Edition” – TGrundy
2. Zack’s Fanfare #2 – MFSB [Philadelphia Freedom]
3. Expressway To Your Heart – Soul Survivors [When The Whistle Blows Anything Goes]
4. When Will I See You Again – Three Degrees [The Three Degrees]
5. You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine – Lou Rawls [All Things In Time]
6. Use Ta Be My Girl – O’Jays [So Full Of Love]
7. Let’s Groove – Archie Bell & The Drells [Dance Your Troubles Away]
8. Rockin’ Pneumonia & The Boogie Woogie Flu – Patti Labelle [The Spirit’s In It]
9. RIBS3 – “a.k.a. RIBS” (echo) – TGrundy
10. Cowboys To Girls – Intruders [Cowboys To Girls]
11. Drowning In The Sea Of Love – Joe Simon [Drowning In The Sea Of Love]
12. Nights Over Egypt – Jones Girls [Get As Much Love As You Can]
13. Love, Need And Want You – Patti Labelle [I’m In Love Again]
14. Medley: Ike’s Rap IV/A Brand New Me – Isaac Hayes [Black Moses]
15. RIBS8 – “So Good” (echo) – TGrundy
16. I Ain’t Jivin’, I’m Jammin’ – Leon Huff [Here To Create Music]
17. Love Epidemic – Trammps [Trammps]
18. Dirty Ol’ Man (A Tom Moulton Mix) – Three Degrees [The Three Degrees]
19. Bad Luck – Larry Carlton [Plays The Sound Of Philadelphia (A Tribute To Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff)]
20. Now That We Found Love – O’Jays [Ship Ahoy]
21. Now That We Found Love – Third World [Journey To Addis]
22. Wake Up Everybody – Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes [Wake Up Everybody]

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Berry Gordy is to Motown and Detroit what Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff are to Philadelphia International Records (PIR) and the ‘City of Brotherly Love’. Motown may have ruled Soul music scene in the 60’s but Philly Soul gave them a run for their money in the 70s and, in many minds, blew right past them.

This is part #1 of our look back at the house that Gamble and Huff built: “The Sound of Philadelphia”…

Playlist: (song — artist [album])

1. RIBS INTRO: “Another Edition” – TGrundy
2. Zack’s Fanfare – MFSB [Love Is The Message]
3. I Love Music – O’Jays [Family Reunion]
4. Satisfaction Guaranteed (Or Take Your Love Back) – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes [Black & Blue]
5. TSOP (The Sound Of Philadelphia) – MFSB featuring The Three Degrees [Detailed Song Information]
6. Love Is The Message – MFSB [Love Is The Message]
7. For The Love Of Money – O’Jays [Ship Ahoy]
8. RIBS3: “a.k.a. RIBS” (echo) – TGrundy
9. See You When I Get There – Lou Rawls [Unmistakably Lou]
10. Don’t Leave Me This Way – Thelma Houston [Any Way You Like It]
11. Music’s Takin’ Over – Jacksons [Goin’ Places]
12. Only You – Teddy Pendergrass [Life Is A Song Worth Singing]
13. K-Jee – MFSB [Universal Love]
14. Ribs8: “So Good” (echo) – TGrundy
15. I Think I’ll Stay Home Today – Billy Paul [Let ‘Em In]
16. I’m Not In Love – Dee Dee Sharp [Happy ’bout The Whole Thing]
17. Love T.K.O. – Teddy Pendergrass [TP]
18. My One And Only Love – MFSB [Love Is The Message]
19. Never Gonna Give You Up – Isaac Hayes [Black Moses]
20. Darlin’ Darlin’ Baby (Sweet, Tender, Love) – O’Jays [Message In The Music]
21. Darlin’ Darlin’ Baby – Steve Khan [Tightrope]
22. Show You The Way To Go – Jacksons [The Jacksons]

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