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🎉🎂🎶 #ArtIsAWeapon Reposted from @rarities_n_actualities_blacks Happy birthday @mrkennygamble #KennyGamble, the legendary #songwriter, #producer and #humanitarian. The pioneering musician formed R&B label Philadelphia International Records (PIR) with his long time partner #LeonHuff in 1971 and created the "Philly Sound". PIR's stable included The O'Jays, Billy Paul, Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes, The Three Degrees, The Jones Girls and PIR's house band MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister, Brother) to name a few. Gamble also formed Mighty Three Publishing with Huff and fellow PIR songwriter Thom Bell.  Kenny is renowned for his humanitarian works for both civic and charitable causes ... notably the "Clean Up The Ghetto" project. He was inducted into "Rock And Roll Hall of Fame" in 2008. Currently he continues to write music with Leon Huff. He and Huff are legenday names in the music industry and an inspiration to a new generation of black producers/musicians/#songwriters. #kennethgamble #leonhuff #gambleandhuff #pir #kennygambleandleonhuff #soul #rnbsoul #phillysound #theojays #billypaul #mfsb #blackmusic #rnbmusic #blackexcellence #soulmusic #thethreedegrees #haroldmelvinandthebluenotes #thejonesgirls #mightthreemusic #thombell #TraScapades #ArtIsAWeapon #MusicIsLife https://www.instagram.com/p/CDxkyAoAqqr/?igshid=s1874ynrqrjh

#DiasporicMusic on every Sunday 2-4pm on on Black Power 96.3 fm Every week. @blackpower96fm . . Norman Otis Richmond #theBluesologist, his weekly playlist. Co- Hosted by #malidocuvixen in Toronto and on the buttons is #LisaWatson via Minneapolis. Norman gives his musical and political commentary the only one he can give. . Sunday, June 2nd, 2019. . June is Black Music Month. #KennyGamble and #RandyJackson . We had weekly edition of the Horne Report with #DrGeraldHorne with his historical and political analysis, This week topics were : US and Mexico. China. Impeachment that never was. Raptors. Black Music month, and Gerald go Norman to sing a few bars. . See You in the Whirlwind. . Tune in today and every year. Black Power 96 FM Radio. . We are every week stream Live Sunday 2-4pm and archives are played Monday - Friday on http://blackpower96.org . . and we have our archives are on #BurningSpeardotcom http://www.theburningspear.com/uhuru-radio/radio-archives/radio-diasporic-music (at Riverdale, Toronto) https://www.instagram.com/p/BySuD30lfWF/?igshid=ezijje6a2xpl

Do you know I never planned on being in the FILM business? My first love was MUSIC. It's what I left college to pursue. It's what moved me from Austin to Philadelphia in '89 in hopes of meeting my muse, #PhyllisHyman who was signed to Philadelphia International Records, home of #KennyGamble and #LeonHuff. Not only would I move there, get to tour briefly w/Phyllis, but I also got to stand in the sacred rooms of PIR Studios, where I would meet Kenny and Leon, and #DexterWansel and #BruceHawes. It all happened because of MUSIC. After Phyllis' untimely death in '96, I would encounter another lady whom I equally loved, #ShirleyHorn, backstage of her concert at The Academy of Music Hall. That friendship was sustained 'till her death in '05, but produced a songwriting credit on her Loving You release in '97. This photo represents that intersection between my love of MUSIC and my curiosity with FILM that began in '92, with this first headshot. I remember consciously placing the microphone into frame to represent and remind myself of my first love. And while I would record three projects and several singles in the years to follow, the balance of Film vs. Music is overwhelmingly in favor of Film. One would think that would make Film my obvious love, now. But I've discovered something that I should have known and I purposed to never forget, and yet, I did. MUSIC has saved my life more times than I can write in this sitting. MUSIC still lifts me when I'm at my deepest and surprisingly, I have never married the two worlds I inhabit. Why am I not a #MusicSupervisor in Film or TV? Why am I not creating work for those artists that I truly love and draw strength from, daily? Is this my real interest in PROJECT Management? See, I mistakenly fell into the proverbial trap that many fall prey to ... having a thirst for knowledge and understanding doesn't always mean you need to be in the center of that focus. Sometimes, you're more effective doing what you LOVE as a help to others. This is my Journey, now... To Be of Service in the place where I truly belong. (at Albuquerque, New Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByuTi0RhQyE/?igshid=kqt75fajtr7a

“Don't let the insecurities of others dull your sparkle. Shine like the star you are born to be.” - Karen Civil #betyourluckystar #jeancarn #gambleandhuff #kennygambleandleonhuff #kennygamble #leonhuff #normanconnors #phyllisstjames #1981 #80s #love #vinyl #records #analoglife https://www.instagram.com/p/BwLVhGkBXgd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1qq2qapxpak4c

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My Godfather #kennygamble #kennywhitehead THE PHILADELPHIA MUSIC ALLIANCE WALK OF FAME CLASS OF 2017, HONORS, MCFADDEN & WHITEHEAD AND OTHER PHILA, MUSIC LEGENDS WITH PLAQUE UNVEILING, OUTSIDE OF THE KIMMEL CENTER AND TRIBUTES FOR ALL INDUCTEES AT EVENING GALA AFFAIR, HELD AT THE FILLMORE. #musiclegacy #philadeliainternationalrecords #PIR #gambleandhuff #wakeupeverybody #backstabbers #philadelphiamusicalliance #thefillmorephilly #thekimmelcenterphiladelphia

Follow @ladyjapproved - Follow@wmihradio Such an honor, long time activist and music legend..#phillylegend #kennygamble #icons #wmihradio #musiclegend #gambleandhuff #music - #ladyjapproved #wmihradio #mihwed #makingithappen (at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)