Few American cities can claim major roles in classical music, jazz, soul, disco, R&B, rock and hip-hop. Philadelphia can. The city has not simply produced famous performers; it has created musical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dexter Wansel, One of the ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ Architects, Dies at 75 Dexter Wansel, a forefather of alternative R&B and the ...

The Sound of Philadelphia, a celebration of “50 years of Philly Soul,” took place at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday night. The show, hosted by Sir Lenny Henry, celebrated the Philly soul genre, ...

What is Philadelphia music? If you've been following along all week, you've finally reached our answer: the top 10 songs on our list. It’s the Sound of Philadelphia: Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, as ...

Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the “Sound of Philadelphia” of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the Spinners’ “I’ll Be ...

Grammy-winning producer Thom Bell, credited with helping develop the Sound of Philadelphia style, died at the age of 79. Alongside Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, Bell was part of the Mighty Three who ...

A dynamic concert featuring soul and R&B superstars, including The O Jays and many more. A dynamic concert featuring soul and R&B superstars The O Jays, Harold Melvin's Blue Notes, Russell Thompkins ...

Philadelphia takes over Central Park. Diplo, the elder here, cleared the way for the rest of this bill—without his ubiquitous early-aughts equations between Southern rap, ’80s synths, baile funk, Daft ...

As a songwriter, arranger and producer, he brought sophistication and melodic inventiveness to hits by the Delfonics, the Spinners and others. By Bill Friskics-Warren Thom Bell, the prolific producer, ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the "Sound of Philadelphia" of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the ...