Gamble and Huff songwriting and production team

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The Gamble and Huff songwriting and production team is a legendary Philadelphia-based duo whose lush, soulful sound helped define 1970s R&B and disco and gave rise to the “Philly soul” genre.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical partnership
songwriting and production duo
activePeriod 1960s
1970s
1980s
associatedWith Billy Paul
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
linked to: Harold Melvin

Lou Rawls
MFSB
Patti LaBelle
Philadelphia International Records
Teddy Pendergrass
The Intruders
The O'Jays
linked to: The O’Jays

The Three Degrees
awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction
basedIn Philadelphia
countryOfOrigin United States
era 1970s R&B
1970s disco
field music production
songwriting
founded Philadelphia International Records
genre Philadelphia soul
R&B
disco
soul
hasInfluenceOn American popular music
dance music
soul music
influencedGenre contemporary R&B
disco
quiet storm
member Kenny Gamble
linked to: Kenneth Gamble

Leon Huff
notableFor developing the Philadelphia soul sound
lush orchestral soul arrangements
notableWork Back Stabbers
If You Don't Know Me by Now
Love Train
Me and Mrs. Jones
TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)
Wake Up Everybody
occupation record producers
songwriters
styleCharacteristic danceable rhythms
lush orchestration
socially conscious lyrics
string-heavy arrangements

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Kenneth Gamble notableWork Gamble and Huff songwriting and production team