A chance meeting while waiting for an elevator at the Miller Theater in Philadelphia changed music forever. Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff went on to create the “Philadelphia Sound” and are one of the ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- In 1979, President Jimmy Carter declared the month of June as a time to highlight, celebrate and recognize Black music. This year happens to be the golden anniversary of the ...
The Write Stuff is a series where artists tell the stories behind their hit songs. If there was one song that sums up the legendary career of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff — founders of Philadelphia ...
While Detroit and Memphis, by way of Motown and Stax, dominated the sound of soul music in the '60s, the sound of the pre-disco '70s came from Philadelphia. Most of the artists responsible for the ...
Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, the founders of the Philadelphia Sound of the 1970s, take a look back at their musical history.
Long before Daryl Hall, John Oates and Todd Rundgren were met with major success, songwriting legends, hit producers and label founders of Philly International-Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff-put the “City ...