Unsung Heroes of Soul
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ธ.ค. 2009
- "Unsung Heroes of Soul" is a brilliant documentary on the musical legends that created the Sound of Philadelphia. Writers, arrangers, musicians and engineers describe the unique styles of producers Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell. Together these music giants made some of the most successful songs of the 20th century. This documentary can be purchased on DVD exclusively at www.BAITCAL.com
RIP thom bell one word described this man LEGEND 🎶🎶
I concur, Thom Bell just passed away a few weeks ago. He was indeed a Legend!
….Gamble n Huff GOAT of songwriters ✔️💯💪🏿👑…
Good music lasts for all time that's Philadelphia international ❤️it
You have said it most concisely Johnathan Newmon..."what about Thom Bell". Thom Bell is the most unheralded musical Genius of our time, and even though he is a most private person, one would think that more of an effort would be made to bring his legacy and contributions to the consciousness of the masses. We here in Jamaica are lobbying the Government to confer on him one of the highest Order of Achievements that is appropriate for any born Jamaican as he is♡
Listen to the beginning of "Since I've Been Gone" by the spinners. That's gotta be one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've ever heard.
We all thought that, and that's what he told everyone. But the truth came out after his death by a family member on his obituary. He, his younger siblings were born in Philadelphia, PA. (U.S. 1950 census); his parents were born in Maryland and Virginia, His maternal grandad was born in Jamaica, but came here from Panama. So like myself, he's just 1/4 West Indian. Forget about Gamble & Huff, Thom made the Delfonics more popular than the Intruders, arranging back stabbers, made the Intruders and that Philly sound heard around the world. Thomas Randolph Bell, GOAT.
….Philly Sound the greatest collection of music EVER💯💯✔️…
We lost a genius the late and great Thom Bell RIP BROTHA I play all of his music on my internet radio show Classic Soul and The Doowoop Hour me The Masterblaster.
RIP to the brilliant Thom Bell!!!
Thom Bell is the best.
Who says these folks are unsung?
Their songs are played to this day!
I saw the Trammps in 1976 in the UK I waited at the entrance door that the group’s use to get in the building after the show. I met them all and I wanted to meet the great Earl Young to shake his hand and get his autograph which I did. To shake the drumming hand of such a great drummer was amazing. The Philly sound is the best music ever.
Has Thom Bell been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? If not he should be!!
Thom bell has been inducted into the rock& roll hall of fame plus being the first recipient of producer,which was created for producers,in essence, Thom was the first inducte. Plus many other awards.
DISCO COUNSEL OF FAME !!!!
Rest in Peace Thom Bell 12/22/22 ❤
The sound of music,THERE IS A MESSAGE IN THE MUSIC!!! You did need smoke and mirrors,it was pure and clean,no profanty,and you still GOT THE MESSAGE, UNDERSTAND WHILE YOU DANCE
T.S.O.P PARALLEL TO MOTOWN , SOUNDS SO GOOD,JUST SIT AND LISTEN,WILL TAKE YOU TO PARADISE.
Sorry, but it's "Understand Why You Dance."
That's one of my favorite songs by the O,'jays message in our music
Soundtrack of my life!
The Philly sound is the intruders my younger days wow great memories
These guys are now in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
TSOP FOREVER
Thank you for this little segment of musical history and Icons. Better late than never and greatly appreciated. As young customers of soul and R&B music..we had very little idea of what goes into the intricate inner workings of the songs we loved so much. MFSB,,Delphonics..Stylistic,...Linda Creed,Thom Bell..on and on. We lived in a very magical time for music of that era...Love this kind of accolades..we want and need more of this type of appreciation.
That man owes me a pint! Swiped mine after dancing with us after performing in Manchester. Joking aside you only realise his influence after listening to the whole catalogue. He played on everything!
im from "Motown "and the "TSOP" is the absolute best!!!
Magical…..thom bell rip
The track "I Miss You" by Harold Melvin and the blue Notes feat. Teddy Pendergrass was arranged by the late Thom Bell, you can hear that fast speed drumming the sound similar to a Stylistics song.
That's how I know about that Philly sound.
This is great stuff coming from some great musicians who came together and brought us THE SOUND OF PHILADELPHIA!!
This documentary is to show that music is universal/global, the language of music is universal, music crosses cultural, generational and ethnic boundaries. These heroes are Unsung, because in my opinion, most of the public didn't know about the wrtiters, arrangers and musicians of these productions. Philly had many genius contributors who were not so recognized. People are familiar with the performing artists shown on the record cover or the artists who on on tour. They don't know about the special collaboration that took place.
NO ! NO .
SCUNKY - DONKY - JUNK & GOUGE NOISE !!!!!!!!!
That's the essence, the " magic" behind the musical sound!
Oleschoolmusichawk👀👀These guys knew exactly what direction they wanted to go MFSB/Mighty 3 Music/Golden Fleece/Salsoul etc... Can't touch this stuff. 😎
Sophisticated Soul!! Love you Philly!
The United States should be very very proud of their African American people for their excellent music, passion and humanity in their songs. and lastly their Black president
Don't even get me started on the likes of Thom Bell, Bobby Martin, Dexter Wansel, and Lenny Pakula's contribution. As far as I'm concerned they WERE the sound.
AH YESS!! THIS MUSIC WAS FABULOUS!! I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE SONGS!!
TO ME, THE SOUND OF PHILLIDELPHIA WAS SOUL WITH A BOW TIE AND A MARTINI GLASS IN HAND! SMOOTH, SEXY, SOPHISTICATED AND OH SO CLASSY! LOVE IT! STILL WAITING ON A DOCUMENTARY ON HBO! COME ON GUYS! MOTOWN DID IT, STAX DID IT, ATLANTIC, DID IT, MUSCLE SHOALS DID IT, IT'S TIME FOR YALL! THIS IS WHAT I LOVED ABOUT THE MUSIC OF THE LATE 60'S, 70'S, EVERYBODY HAD THEIR OWN SOUND AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL BABY! OH SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
ALSO, LINDA CREED DIDN'T GET HER ROSES EITHER. TIME TO RECOGNIZE HER AS WELL!
Singer/writer Terry Collins is definitely unsung
What a talent
What songs did he write ?.
@@itsmythang4177 “oh so lonely” co written by Bobby Eli
“The show must go” co writer Bobby Eli
And others
Do a google search for more titles
THE BEST THERE IS! BOTTOM LINE
"and beautiful hooks" so right tsop forever -- way ahead of it's time---pure black and beautiful creativity---pure genius
Where are the songwriting collaborations of such as Thom Bell & Linda Creed, Gamble & Huff, (Homer) Banks and (Carl) Hampton, Hayes & Porter, Ashford & Simpson, McFadden & Whitehead, Holland Dozier-Holland etc. etc. etc. today?
You're right. Collaborative teams seem to have gone the way of the dinosaurs...
Many are still around but don't write exclusively with the same writing partners.
It's made music pretty boring though. So much sounds the same.
James Mtume & Reggie Lucas , Bernard Edwards & Nile Rogers as well
Delfonics. ..great ride...you keep trying...Hey love...my favorite Do you remember also sung by j5
The Philly Sound soothes the savage breast... whereas hip-hop makes savage beasts!
I LUV THE PHILLY SOUND....GGREATEST CONTRIBUTION 2 MUSIC PERIOD!!!....Motown the biggest compact and they had more actz.....BUT THE BEST MUSIC IZ THE SOUND OF PHILLY......MIGHTY THREE MUSIC(GAMBLE-HUFF-THOM BELL) BOBBY MARTIN(UNSUNG) GREAT ARRANGER!!!
Love it!!!
FANTASTIC PEOPLE:)
What about Thom Bell? He's always the forgotten one when you talk about Philly Soul. It's always about Gamble & Huff, which is fine, but Thom Bell's contribution was just as important and needs more attention.
Thom Bell is the force behind THE DELFONICS, THE STYLISTICS, THE SPINNERS, and when you needed something SUPER SPECIAL in an arrangement (like the beginning of BACKSTABBERS), you got THOM BELL.
I love Bobby Martin's arrangements, as far as quantity, but when you need that extra OOOO WEEEEE, you got THOMMY!!!
Did you watch the unsung episode on the Spinners? Thom Bell is the driving force behind the all those great songs that turned around there fortunes..
Thom Bell's arrangements were of an atmospheric quality.
I totally agree. Thom Bell helped make Philly International a huge success. Those classic string and horn arrangements was because of him. There really should be a documentary just on his accomplishments in that industry.
is there a dvd out somewhere..... Really enjoyed this 9min clip
Leon Huff seems real quiet, like they say.
Great
The defonics
@jbelafonte I used to think that too, but Thom does not talk...hardly ever and I think because he keeps such a long distance from Hollyweird, he doesnt seem to get the "honors". But he knows what he accomplished so I guess he's just modest. But he knew he was "bad" tho. If he wanted to come back in the game, he'd be competing with Quincy Jones! Wudn't that be AWESUM
Can anyone tell me the name of the song on 4:10 of this video? I’ve been looking all over you tube for it. I know it’s by MFSB but the name?
"I Ain't Jivin, I'm Jammin" - Leon Huff
Can anyone tell my what the track is from 7.59?
@@bobwatson1162 No that's not right ; I ain't jiving I'm jamming starts on 3.53 min. I mean the ( piano) track that starts on 7.59 min
@fooloof It was stupid because the title of the documentary is called "unsung heroes of soul" meaning the ppl behind the scenes that didn't get all the limelight, which would be the songwriters, musicians, arrangers, engineers, etc, of which were white and black. Because you see the lead singers were black and assume that makes it black music that is stupid on your part, because obviously it was a collective effort.
It was collective, but lead by Black producers, with sensibilities to the Black audience. Thom Bell, Leon Huff, and Kenny Gamble were all frozen out of Cameo Parkway fir the longest. Once they got opportunities to influence the songs, the productions, the technological focus, the PHILLY Style changed.
Thom Bell's first records were him playing ALL OF THE INSTRUMENTS and Multi-tracking. They weren't his best, but he was developing his style... from what he felt, from what he experienced.
Just because you direct a white musician to play the music the way you want it played, doesn't make it white music.
Listen to Hall and Oates' take on a few G&H and/or Bell songs. NOWHERE NEAR as soulful. They're nice, yes, enjoyable, yes, but trust a believe... if the H&O versions had been the original versions, they would not be as iconic.
Even the Baker/Harris/Young productions don't have the same depth as the Bell or Gamble/Huff productions. Same musicians, good singers, but the musical hear approving of the final product is where the rubber meets the road.
It was just racism keeping them out. Check YOU MAKE FEEL LIKE DANCING. Racism at its finest when it won a Grammy for Best R&B song... in the 1970s!
hollidayevery you are so right
Why are the O'Jays on here? They are not from Philly.
Because Philly international record label was located in Philly and they recorded all of their songs in Philly and also they were a multi platinum selling group for years singing the Philly soul sound music.
Philly music has a LARGE influence on Reggae
who's that at 3:59?
I MEANT GREATEST CONTRIBUTION AND BIGGEST IMPACT, MOTOWN TAUGHT MICHAEL JACKSON NUTHIN...HE LEARN HOW 2 WRITE AND PRODUCE WHEN HE WUZ IN PHILLY!!!..........
Michael learned from EVERYONE around him... and he was constantly learning... Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Motown, Philly International... funneled through his own funky soul.
@fooloof I guess if you go by racial stereotypes.
@fooloof thats a stupid comment that makes no sense considering many of the musicians were white
@fooloof your not even making sense anymore. You said it was ironic that a video about soul opens up with a white person. You then admit that both white and black ppl were resposible for the sound. So what difference does it make who they decide to start the damn video with? i'm done arguing about this.