According to many people, record company Motown was the ultimate black business of the 60s, covering the entire US territory. But that simply isn’t true. Because from the middle of the decade until 1976 in Philadelphia, a songwriter duo gave their very personal interpretation of soul music and funk. With Philadelphia Soul, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff catapulted soul and funk into the era of mass consumption. In their view, songs set the rhythm, not the other way around. A theory contradicting the immaculate funk that helped black musicians touch a wide white audience for the first time. Moreover Gamble & Huff built the bridge that made funk cross over into disco.
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