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| - | {{Template}}'''Kenneth Gamble''' (born on [[August 11]], [[1943]] in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]) and '''Leon Huff''' (born in 1942 in [[Camden, New Jersey]]) are an [[United States|American]] [[songwriter|songwriting]] and [[record producer|record production]] team. Both of [[African-American]] origin, Gamble and Huff have, both separately and together, written and produced over 170 [[Music recording sales certification|gold and platinum records]] and were pioneers of [[Philadelphia soul]] and the in-house creative team for the [[Philadelphia International]] record label. | + | {{Template}} |
| + | '''Kenneth Gamble''' (born August 11, 1943) and '''Leon A. Huff''' (born April 8, 1942) are an [[American songwriting]] and production team credited for developing the [[Philadelphia soul]] music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s. | ||
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| + | They are known for such songs as "[[The Love I Lost]]", "[[Back Stabbers (song) |Back Stabbers]]", "[[Love Is the Message]]", "[[Now That We Found Love]]", "[[For the Love of Money]]". | ||
| + | ===Singles produced=== | ||
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| + | |"[[Expressway to Your Heart]]" | ||
| + | |[[The Soul Survivors]] | ||
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| + | |"Cowboys to Girls" | ||
| + | |[[The Intruders (band)|The Intruders]] | ||
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| + | |"I Can't Stop Dancing" | ||
| + | |[[Archie Bell & the Drells]] | ||
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| + | |"[[Only the Strong Survive (song)|Only the Strong Survive]]" | ||
| + | |[[Jerry Butler (singer)|Jerry Butler]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[I'm Gonna Make You Love Me]]" | ||
| + | |[[Dee Dee Warwick]] <br><small>(later covered by [[The Supremes|Diana Ross & the Supremes]] and [[The Temptations]])</small> | ||
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| + | |"One Night Affair" | ||
| + | |[[Jerry Butler]] | ||
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| + | |"(We'll Be) United" | ||
| + | |[[The Intruders (band)|The Intruders]] | ||
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| + | |"A Brand New Me" | ||
| + | |[[Dusty Springfield]] | ||
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| + | |"Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" | ||
| + | |[[Wilson Pickett]] | ||
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| + | |"Silly, Silly Fool" | ||
| + | |[[Dusty Springfield]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"Slow Motion" | ||
| + | |Johnny Williams | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]" | ||
| + | |[[Billy Paul]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"Regina" | ||
| + | |[[Bunny Sigler]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"The Bells" | ||
| + | |[[Laura Nyro]] and [[Labelle]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Drowning in the Sea of Love]]" | ||
| + | |[[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]] | ||
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| + | |"[[If You Don't Know Me by Now]]" | ||
| + | |[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] / [[Simply Red]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"992 Arguments" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"You're the Reason Why" | ||
| + | |The Ebonys | ||
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| + | |"I Miss You" | ||
| + | |[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] | ||
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| + | |"When the World's at Peace" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
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| + | |"That's How Long I'll Be Loving You" | ||
| + | |[[Bunny Sigler]] | ||
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| + | |"[[Back Stabbers (song)|Back Stabbers]]" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Love Train]]" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]]<br><small>(later covered by [[Bunny Sigler]])</small> | ||
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| + | |"[[The Love I Lost]]" | ||
| + | |[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Now That We Found Love]]" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"Yesterday I Had the Blues" | ||
| + | |[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"I'll Always Love My Mama" | ||
| + | |[[The Intruders (band)|The Intruders]] | ||
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| + | |"[[For the Love of Money]]" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"Bad Luck" | ||
| + | |[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] | ||
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| + | |"Don't Call Me Brother" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"Zach's Fanfare (I Hear Music)" | ||
| + | |[[MFSB]] | ||
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| + | |"Love Is the Message" | ||
| + | |[[MFSB]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"Am I Black Enough for You" | ||
| + | |[[Billy Paul]] | ||
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| + | |"Sunshine" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[When Will I See You Again]]" | ||
| + | |[[The Three Degrees]] | ||
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| + | |"Livin' For the Weekend" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Wake Up Everybody (song)|Wake Up Everybody]]" | ||
| + | |[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Enjoy Yourself (The Jacksons song)|Enjoy Yourself]]" | ||
| + | |[[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]] | ||
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| + | |"I Could Dance All Night" | ||
| + | |[[Archie Bell & the Drells]] | ||
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| + | |"[[I Love Music (disco)|I Love Music]]" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"Love Epidemic" | ||
| + | |[[The Trammps]] | ||
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| + | |"Stairway to Heaven" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Show You the Way to Go]]" | ||
| + | |[[The Jackson 5|The Jacksons]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Do It Any Way You Wanna]]" | ||
| + | |[[The People's Choice (band)|People's Choice]] | ||
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| + | |"My One and Only Love" | ||
| + | |[[MFSB]] | ||
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| + | |"Rich Get Richer" | ||
| + | |[[The O'Jays]] | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |"[[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]" | ||
| + | |[[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] | ||
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| + | |"[[O-o-h Child|Ooh Child]]" | ||
| + | |[[Dee Dee Sharp]] | ||
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Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s.
They are known for such songs as "The Love I Lost", "Back Stabbers", "Love Is the Message", "Now That We Found Love", "For the Love of Money".
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