Mama Can't Buy You Love
The Spinners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOLQNv_BfD0 Man, on Midnight Special in 1976
Spinners - I'll Be Around (1973)
The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New
The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow
The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) [Restored]
RIP. Thanks for the links. That’s a lot of great music and memories from growing up in Philadelphia.
Backstabbers is an awesome song
Fantastic stuff. The O’Jays were awesome.
Wow.
What a talent.
Some great work. RIP.
Love Rubberband Man
Collaborating with different lyricists, Thom Bell wrote the music and did the arrangements for all the best songs by the Delfonics and Stylistics......from La La La Means I Love You and Didn’t I Blow Your Mind This Time, to Betcha By Golly Wow, People Make The World Go Round, and many others.
He was considered the Black Burt Bachrach, and certainly lived up to the name.
Of all the great music I heard on the radio during my youth, nothing hits me harder than Philly soul. Not a lot of great albums, but tons of brilliant, timeless singles.
With all that being said, I must add that prior to the COVID vax rollout, two of the greatest R&B partnerships were all still alive. Motown’s Holland Dozier Holland, and Philly soul’s Mighty 3 of Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell.
Bell and Lamont Dozier both died within a months of each other in 2022......jus’ sayin’.
Loved his music.
Rubberband Man was one of the great 70s songs that was in the movie Guardians of the Galaxy.
I guess Jamaicans count different...JPT?
Born in Jamaica in 1941…
How could he be 79?
Back when great music was made. RIP.
When music was great.
I loved the songwriting and arrangements of the Stylistics.
“You Are Everything” is an incredible Stylistics song (written by Thom Bell and Linda Creed) and arranged by Thom Bell.
The sitar-sounding electric guitar intro is wonderful.
This guy had a real musical gift.
I urge everyone to listen again to this original Stylistics hit song.
Love this music!!
Absolute monster song writing talent.
Unfortunately these days, the Sound of Philadelphia is gunfire. 😕