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  • The Philly soul music of the 1970s will be celebrated in new ‘The Sound of Philadelphia’ doc

    02/15/2022 3:02:07 PM PST · by Cecily · 40 replies
    The Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | February 4, 2022 | Dan DeLuca
    The Philly Sound is going to the movies. The Sound of Philadelphia, a new documentary film, will tell the story of songwriters and producers Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell, architects of the Philly soul sound that was a dominant musical and cultural force in the 1970s. The film is now in production with a team that includes Oscar- and Emmy-winning documentarian Alex Gibney. Gamble, Huff, and Bell — collectively known as “The Mighty Three” — have a shared catalog of over 3,500 songs, whose innumerable hits include The O’Jays’ “Back Stabbers,” Billy Paul’s “Me & Mrs. Jones,” The...