Documentary on Philadelphia Soul Masters Gamble, Huff & Bell in the Works
variety.comJem Aswad Senior Music Editor“The Sound of Philadelphia,” a documentary on the 1970s “Philly Soul” sound and its masterminds Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, is coming from Warner Music Entertainment, Warner Chappell Music, and Imagine Documentaries, in partnership with Jigsaw Productions, the companies announced on Wednesday.
The lushly orchestrated but soulful sound — exemplified by songs like “Love Train” by the O’Jays, “If You Don’t Know Me Now” by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, “Me and Mrs.
Jones” by Billy Paul, and “TSOP” by MFSB and the Three Degrees – famously known for its use as the Soul Train theme song.dominated U.S.
radio in the mid-1970s and influenced all of the R&B that has followed, perhaps most immediately with David Bowie’s “Young Americans” album, and most recently with Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s Soul Sonic.
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