50+ MusicFeb 10
"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song written by #KennethGamble, #LeonHuff and #CaryGilbert. It was originally released in 1975 by #HaroldMelvinAndTheBlueNotes featuring #TeddyPendergrass, an act signed to Gamble & Huff's #PhiladelphiaInternational label. "Don't Leave Me This Way" was subsequently #covered by American singer #ThelmaHouston in 1976 and British #synthpop duo #theCommunards in 1986, with both versions achieving commercial success.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sAbzZjXLy8
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (Long Version) • TopPop

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50+ MusicSep 8, 2025
"Break Up to Make Up" was a 1973 song by the #PhiladelphiaSoul group #theStylistics. The song was written by #ThomBell, #LindaCreed, and #KennethGamble. An #RAndB #ballad, it was the seventh track from their 1972 album #Round2 and was released as a single and reached number 5 on the US #Billboard #Hot100 chart. It also climbed to number 5 in the Billboard R&B chart and reached number 34 in the #UKSinglesChart in April 1973.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ks8XElG2I4
Break Up To Make Up

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Tom MacInnesMay 3, 2024

If you like your Soul music silky smooth then today's post about the "Philadelphia Soul" sound of the 1970s is for you! Enjoy!

Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #57/250: If You Don’t Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes and covered by Simply Red https://tommacinneswriter.com/2024/05/03/readers-choice-toms-top-tunessong-57-250-if-you-dont-know-me-by-now-by-harold-melvin-and-the-bluenotes-and-covered-by-simply-red/ #HaroldMelvinAndTheBluenotes, #IfYouDontKnowMeByNow, #KennethGamble, #LeonHuff, #PhiladelphiaInternationalRecods, #PhiladelphiaSoul, #ReadersChoice/TomsTopTunes, #Soul, #TeddyPendergrass, #ThomBell

Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #57/250: If You Don’t Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes and covered by Simply Red

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50+ MusicJul 19, 2023
"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song written by #KennethGamble, #LeonHuff and #CaryGilbert. It was originally released in 1975 by #HaroldMelvin_TheBlueNotes featuring #TeddyPendergrass, an act signed to Gamble & Huff's #PhiladelphiaInternational label. "Don't Leave Me This Way" was subsequently covered by American singer #ThelmaHouston in 1976 and British duo #theCommunards in 1986, with both versions achieving commercial success.
https://youtu.be/8sAbzZjXLy8
Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way (Long Version) • TopPop

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50+ MusicJul 7, 2023
"For the Love of Money" is a soul, #funk song that was written and composed by #KennethGamble, #LeonHuff, and #AnthonyJackson; it was recorded by #PhiladelphiaSoul group #TheOJays for the album #ShipAhoy. Produced by Gamble and Huff for #PhiladelphiaInternationalRecords, "For the Love of Money" was issued as a single in late 1973, with "People Keep Tellin' Me" as its #Bside. The single peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard R&B chart.
https://youtu.be/qxW789jHXII
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