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The Ice Man Cometh, Jerry Butler's most successful LP, was the first full-album work from the production team Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff. It marks an excellent collaboration, the first time R&B production techniques reached a level of maturity and elegance capable of fully complementing one of the smoothest vocalists in soul history. The Top Ten singles "Hey, Western Union Man" and "Only the Strong Survive" weren't just popular radio hits, but great performances displaying how far the R&B/soul crowd had progressed from the novelty-laden '50s. Thanks to Butler and Gamble/Huff, the sound proved incredibly influential, both in the short term (Elvis Presley was definitely listening and cut a very similar "Only the Strong Survive" one year later) and the long term (Gamble and Huff's Philly Intl. label ruled the mid-'70s R&B world with the same sound). Here's where it coalesced.
© John Bush /TiVo
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Kenneth Gamble, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Martin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Billy Butler, ComposerLyricist - JERRY ROSS, Producer - Joe Renzetti, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Martin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, Producer, ComposerLyricist - THOM BELL, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Martin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Martin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Thomas Randolph Bell, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, Producer, Co-Producer - Mikki Farrow, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - Joe Renzetti, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Gamble & Huff, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Martin, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Theresa Bell, ComposerLyricist - Gamble & Huff, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, Producer, Co-Producer - Norman Ray Harris, ComposerLyricist - Bobby Martin, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, Producer, Co-Producer - THOM BELL, Co-Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Mikki Farrow, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Theresa Bell, ComposerLyricist - JERRY ROSS, Producer - Joe Renzetti, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Kenneth Gamble, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Butler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - LEON HUFF, ComposerLyricist - JERRY ROSS, Producer
℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
The Ice Man Cometh, Jerry Butler's most successful LP, was the first full-album work from the production team Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff. It marks an excellent collaboration, the first time R&B production techniques reached a level of maturity and elegance capable of fully complementing one of the smoothest vocalists in soul history. The Top Ten singles "Hey, Western Union Man" and "Only the Strong Survive" weren't just popular radio hits, but great performances displaying how far the R&B/soul crowd had progressed from the novelty-laden '50s. Thanks to Butler and Gamble/Huff, the sound proved incredibly influential, both in the short term (Elvis Presley was definitely listening and cut a very similar "Only the Strong Survive" one year later) and the long term (Gamble and Huff's Philly Intl. label ruled the mid-'70s R&B world with the same sound). Here's where it coalesced.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:30:22
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jerry Butler
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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