...you might not know the guys in the picture above by face but if you're on here, then you've certainly heard their music. They're the producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff who produced a grip of great soul albums from the 60s on into the 70s...the list is long but to name a few, they've sat behind the boards for groups like The Soul Survivors ("Expressway to Your Heart"), The Jacksons ("Show Y...
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..."doesn't mean they're not after you," as the old adage goes...I've been feeling the soul cuts about this time every night for some reason...no need to dive too deeply into this jam, it's the title track off of the LP Back Stabbers which also held the super-solid "Love Train" and "992 Arguments"...it's a classic that you don't hear much about now " but "*they blew up because of it*":http://ww...
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in approximately 165 different hip-hop and rap tracks of varying quality, this Gamble/Huff/Jackson Philly classic from 1974 appears not to have been posted before. The O'Jays seem to have failed the audition at Orwell's Ministry of Truth. they made some wonderful records in the mid-seventies, but have long since dropped off the radar.This is still fantabulosa tuneage
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can you tell i'm going through a bit of a phase? maybe global warming and state-of-the-nation's got me hammering for a hunk of soulthis song conjures up some really strong feelings for me. growing up in new york. summertime as a kid. not sure why, as i was probably 5 or 6 years old when this came out. perhaps there was mental osmosis whilst older brother & sister watched soultrain.
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Largely forgotten now, they were HUGE in the early Seventies. This is off of their 1975 LP "Survival" - the backing band are MFSB (Ronnie Baker on bassism and Earl Young on the drummings), and it's written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, from which you might just be able to guess that this was a Philadelphia sound
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a soul train classici love music:
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www.lanier2.imeem.comThe O'Jays were one of Philadelphia soul's most popular and long-lived outfits, rivaled only by the Spinners as soul's greatest vocal group of the '70s. In their prime, the O'Jays' recordings epitomized the Philly soul sound: smooth, rich harmonies backed by elaborate arrangements, lush strings, and a touch of contemporary funk. They worked extensively with the legendary pr...
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I woke up this morning to snow covered streets. Pittsburgh's first real snowfall of the year. I guess it's that time of year again. To celebrate the occasion, I thought I'd share my favorite Christmas song. It always reminds me of home. Christmas Ain't Christmas by the O'Jays.I had an urge to listen to this song last week, only to find I didn't have it in my music collection and Pandora had nev...
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The O'Jays - Live In London [1974]1974 live album featuring six tracks from a live show in London, 1973. Contains concert versions of their smash hits 'Backstabbers' and 'Love Train'.The O'Jays - Serious [1989]After a long and artistically triumphant association with Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff that lasted from 1969's The O'Jays in Philadelphia to 1987's Let Me Love You, the O'Jays broke their tie...
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