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TSOP Sound To Be Played Along the Ave of the Arts



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VISITORS TO PHL AIRPORT DURING THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENITON WILL BE GREETED WITH SOULFUL LYRICS OF THE PHILLY SOUND AND GAMBLE AND HUFF


Philadelphia, PA (July 22, 2016) The soulful lyrics of “The Sound of Philadelphia” (TSOP) that has become synonymous with Philadelphia will greet passengers and visitors alike traveling to the Philadelphia International Airport during the DNC. The architects of TSOP, Grammy award-winning producers and songwriters, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff’s ballads will be heard throughout the airport terminals.

Event organizers of the DNC just announced the TSOP Sound will also be played on the sound systems along the Avenue of the Arts from the Convention Center to Broad and Pine aka Gamble Huff Walk during the Convention.
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Pg 2 – Gamble Huff Airport Songs

A parade of classic hits created by the legendary duo for artists such as Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Teddy Pendergrass, the O’Jays, Patti LaBelle, the Stylistics and many others will welcome delegates traveling to the city of Philadelphia during the Democratic National Convention.

Travelers will hear the soulful and sophisticated tunes of Gamble and Huff, such as I love Music by The O’Jays;The Love I lost and If You Don’t Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes;Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul;Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now by McFadden and Whitehead; Rubberband Man by the Spinners and Don’t Leave Me This Way by Thelma Houston via the airport’s audio system.


Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records became the birthplace, incubator and launching pad for the Philly Soul sound aka “The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP),” a unique blend of R&B rhythms, sweet soul vocals, deep funk grooves, pulsing horn charts and lush string arrangements with melodic structures combining elements of pop, jazz and world music. With a stable core of artists led by The O'Jays, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Billy Paul, MFSB and the Three Degrees, Gamble & Huff co-founded Philadelphia International Records and began creating monster hits from nearly the first day of its inception in 1971. They continued to record, collaborate and produce major hits with a galaxy of stars from the pop, rock, soul and jazz universes, including Michael Jacksonand the Jacksons, Elton John, Lou Rawls, Teddy Pendergrass, Patti LaBelle, the Spinners, the Stylistics, the Delfonics, Dusty Springfield, Jerry Butler, Wilson Pickett, LaBelle, Archie Bell & the Drells, the Soul Survivors, Laura Nyro, the Trammps, McFadden & Whitehead, Phyllis Hyman, the Dells and many more.


Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff celebrated 50 years in the music industry in 2015. Gamble and Huff have written and produced 3,000 songs over a 30-year career in the music industry with over 50 gold and platinum records. Their 1989 Grammy award for the best R&B song, If You Don’t Know Me By Now, originally recorded by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes in 1972, was reproducedasahitbytheBritishgroupSimplyRed.In1995, Gamble and Huff were enshrined into the National Academy of Song writer Hall of Fame,andin1999theywerepresentedwiththeLifetime Achievement Grammy. The Legendary duo were also prestigiously inducted into the Rock Roll Hall of Fame in 2008.




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