Philly Soul Classics: Artists and Music from The Sound of Philadelphia

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Their First Breakthrough RIAA Platinum Albums - Self-Produced and Self-Written For The First Time!
Both Expanded Editions with Multiple Bonus Tracks - Rare 12-Inch Disco Mixes Previously Unavailable On CD
30th anniversary of DESTINY (”Blame It on the Boogie,” “Shake Your Body”), followed by TRIUMPH (”Lovely One,” “This Place Hotel (aka Heartbreak Hotel),” “Can You Feel It,” [...]

From The O’Jays’ “Love Train” to Billy Paul’s “Me and Mrs. Jones” and Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes’ “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff put a message in the music, and the message was Love. THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA celebrates the enduring power and passion of their voice and vision, and the indispensable music they created at Philadelphia International Records which, a generation later, is still as necessary today.

The performers heard on Conquer The World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records, one of the latest releases from Philadelphia International/Legacy, comprise a Who’s Who of ‘lost soul’ artists: Pat & The Blenders, David Sigler & Dee Dee Sharp, Bunny Sigler, Soul Devalents, Johnny Williams, Frankie & The Spindles, Carolyn Crawford, Love Committee, Yellow Sunshine, Ruth McFadden, and Bobby Bennett.

The 2007 release of The Essential Teddy Pendergrass marks two anniversaries - 35 years since his first recordings as lead singer with Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes (starting in 1972, with “I Miss You” and the #1 “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”), and 30 years since Teddy’s emergence as a solo artist in 1977 (”I Don’t Love You Anymore,” from his self-titled debut album that year).

Frank Sinatra once said he had “the silkiest chops in the singing game.” Cool, classy, stylish and sophisticated, Lou Rawls was an American icon.