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A house on fire : the rise and fall of Philadelphia soul / John A. Jackson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780195348804
  • 019534880X
  • 160256843X
  • 9781602568433
  • 9780195149722
  • 0195149726
  • 1280482044
  • 9781280482045
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: House on fire.DDC classification:
  • 782.421644/092/2 22
LOC classification:
  • ML3537 .J33 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
I'll get by (1942-1962) -- Who do you love (1963) -- Mixed-up shook-up girl (1964) -- Expressway to your heart (1965-1967) -- Cowboys to girls (1968) -- Only the strong survive (1969) -- Betcha by golly, wow (1970-1971) -- Love train (1972) -- Am I black enough for you? (1973) -- I'll be around (1974) -- TSOP (the sound of Philadelphia) (1975) -- Wake up everybody (1975) -- Philadelphia freedom (1976) -- Kiss and say goodbye (1977-1978) -- Ain't no stoppin' us now (1979-1982) -- Love, need, and want you (1983-2000).
Summary: Gamble, Huff, and Bell were the pre-eminent soul music producers of the 1970s. This book tells the story of their meteoric rise, their years of unstoppable success, and their demise from payola, competition, a tough economy, and the inevitability of changing popular tastes.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-328) and index.

I'll get by (1942-1962) -- Who do you love (1963) -- Mixed-up shook-up girl (1964) -- Expressway to your heart (1965-1967) -- Cowboys to girls (1968) -- Only the strong survive (1969) -- Betcha by golly, wow (1970-1971) -- Love train (1972) -- Am I black enough for you? (1973) -- I'll be around (1974) -- TSOP (the sound of Philadelphia) (1975) -- Wake up everybody (1975) -- Philadelphia freedom (1976) -- Kiss and say goodbye (1977-1978) -- Ain't no stoppin' us now (1979-1982) -- Love, need, and want you (1983-2000).

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Gamble, Huff, and Bell were the pre-eminent soul music producers of the 1970s. This book tells the story of their meteoric rise, their years of unstoppable success, and their demise from payola, competition, a tough economy, and the inevitability of changing popular tastes.

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