Man, the Philly Soul Sound of my youth, getting it’s due in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Right On.
If Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff hadn’t reached out their hands to introduce themselves in a Philadelphia elevator 45 years ago, the music world may have been denied one of its richest partnerships.
The production and songwriting team was the architect of the “sound of Philadelphia” and a rich vein of pop-soul hits in the 1970s. The two men are being inducted Monday into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, part of a class with Madonna, John Mellencamp, Leonard Cohen, the Ventures, the Dave Clark Five and Little Walter.
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