During the late 1970s all the up to the early ’80s, Teddy Pendergrass was one of the biggest stars in Black music. His seductive ballads and the disco funk sound that was curated by TSOP (The ...

TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) was the theme from 'Soul Train,' and was one of the many hits written and produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff for Philadelphia International Records, the label ...

The music of Philadelphia International Records sounds effortless: the easygoing groove of the O'Jays' "Love Train," the triumphant horns of MFSB's "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)," even the ...

Only one of those—“TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)” by MFSB featuring The Three Degrees—had the distinction of being the first theme song of a television series to be a No. 1 pop hit.

With the Philly Soul Sound Vol. 4 concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre on Saturday, it's time to explore the style of Teddy Pendergrass, ... one of which, "TSOP (the Sound of Philadelphia) ...

If you were to ask me to define or explain exactly what “the sound of Philadelphia is,” I would probably struggle. But I could give you one name. Teddy Pendergrass. And one song. This one.

It helped to establish TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia), which is noted in particular for the Three Degrees. The song was revived by Simply Red in 1989, who followed the Blue Notes' arrangement ...

Credit: Don Hunstein. Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don’t Know Me tells the story of the King of Philadelphia, as one of the commentators in the film describes him. But, like so many great stories of ...