#The Sound of Philadelphia

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[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

Remembering William “Poogie” Hart on his birthday. Hart was the main singer and songwriter for the marvelous Delfonics, an essential piece of The Sound of Philadelphia.

[randomberlinchick]

Watch "The O'Jays - Love Train (Original video)" on YouTube

Currently touched by the memory of my 12-year-old, idealistic self who bought this single the second it dropped. I truly believed the world was becoming a better place...In any case, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff wrote some brilliant songs, and this is definitely in my Top Ten. Happy Sunday y'all! 😘🌞😘

[soundofphiladelphia]

Leon Huff, Thom Bell, and Kenny Gamble (February, 1973)

“The Mighty Three” in ‘73

Phot. Michael Ochs

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

It’s kinda funny, people ask me why there aren’t any great rock bands from Philadelphia. Let’s see, we had Todd, but he’s really an Upper Darby kid. Then, there were the pre Beatles teen idols.

And, oh yeah. The lush, glorious music of Philadelphia International Records, the music written, played, produced, and released by the brilliant Black sons (Linda Creed excepted) of the City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. The sound that dominated the charts and now seems forgotten, even by longtime Philly residents.

The Sound of Philadelphia.

“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and recorded by the Philly soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. It became their first hit after being released as a single in September 1972, topping the US R&B chart and peaking at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” was originally written for Labelle (a trio led by Patti LaBelle) but they never recorded it. Much like the issue with “I Miss You” and The Dells passing on it, the song’s composers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff gave it to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which featured Teddy Pendergrass as lead vocalist. In addition to the single release, the track was included on their debut album I Miss You.

Patti LaBelle later made the song as part of her concert repertoire in 1982; a live version appears on her 1985 album, Patti.

“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” has since been covered by a number of other artists, most notably the English pop/soul band Simply Red, who took their version to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989.

[autistic-gale-dekarios]

fuck it. the always sunny characters as rare vines because i said so

[your-mums-nuts]

Charlie😭wanted😭Mac😭to😭put😭his😭teeth😭in😭his😭family😭teeth😭jar

[any-apples]

Philadelphia Flyers - Best of Flyers Mic’d Up 23-24

[thenadnerb02]

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

Lush.

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[andysambcrg]

@ usamericans, how close was dennis' philly accent in chardee macdennis 2? bc to my british ears it just sounds australian and idk if i'm supposed to be making fun of him or not

[antrea]

2024-25 Tyson Foerster Goal Graphic

[bitseventimes]

thing about sunny is when you take the stuff they do for each other seriously you start seeing how much they truly care about eachother, they would die and kill for one another, they all have some appalling codependency problems but at the core of it it's all love and care, and i'm enamoured by it bc it shows that you don't have to be perfect or beautiful or have your life all sorted out for someone to care about you, or to take care of someone.

it's like. you see this gang of assholes shunned by society who barely know how to stay afloat and who seemingly hate each other but when you look through the façade you realize there's some deeply fanfic trope level love behaviours in there and you go oh so it doesn't have to be perfect, I don't need to make my life the perfect scenario, to construct beautiful aesthetics or thought out meet-cutes, it's all in the grit of real life. sometimes you spend your days fighting with your best friend but he still peels apples for you and makes you tea, sometimes he offhandedly encourages you to keep trying to read and you don't even have to acknowledge it, but it's there! it's not always the focus point, almost never is, actually, but at the core of it all, it's always present.

[hoss-bonaventuree]

I need the gang to release an album IMMEDIATELY. also a Charlie Day album would be very very nice as well

[ducktracy]

saw "75 influences in 75 seconds" on Twitter and decided to give a go at it! i didn't realize how much print cartooning/fine art/still, non moving images had a stranglehold on me until making this! I'm inspired by so much and so fleetingly it's hard to make a list... still fun to make!