MFSB released " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", a 1974 hit recording featuring vocals by The Three Degrees, which became the first disco song to reach number one, after " Love's Theme ", on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was written as the theme song for Soul Train.

The first song they recorded there was with the studio band MFSB, entitled " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )" which was the theme song for Soul Train.

* 1973-1975: " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", composed by Gamble and Huff and recorded by Philadelphia soul studio group MFSB with vocals by the Three Degrees.

* 1987-1989: " TSOP ' 87 ", a remake of the original " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", composed and produced by George Duke

" TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )" also known as the Soul Train theme was their first and most successful single.

The record, titled " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the R & B chart and the adult contemporary chart.

MFSB was a group of soul music studio musicians based in Philadelphia at the Sigma Sound Studios ; they later went on to become a name-brand instrumental group, and their best known hit was TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia ), better known as the theme from Soul Train.

* The song " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", is the theme song for the American television music program Soul Train, and a 1974 hit single by the band MFSB

The label's major hits included: " TSOP ( The Sound Of Philadelphia )" by MFSB, featuring The Three Degrees, 1974 ( which was later adopted as the theme of the TV dance-music show " Soul Train "); " Ain't No Stoppin ' Us Now " by McFadden & Whitehead ( writers and producers with the label ), 1979 ; " Backstabbers " and " Love Train " by The O ' Jays, 1972 / 3 ; " If You Don't Know Me By Now " and " The Love I Lost " by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, 1972 / 3 ; " Me And Mrs Jones " by Billy Paul, 1972 ; " When Will I See You Again " by The Three Degrees, 1974 ; and " You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine " by Lou Rawls, 1976.

The name comes from the 1974 hit single, " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", by MFSB and The Three Degrees.

" TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )" is a 1974 hit recording by MFSB ( Mother, Father, Sister, Brother ) featuring vocals by The Three Degrees.

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Some original Salsoul / Philly / TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )/ MFSB ( Gamble and Huff ) session musicians have appeared on ' Soul Recession ', including Earl Young ( drummer ), Bobby Eli, Dennis Harris, T G Conway, Jimmy Williams & Rikki Hicks.

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They would also reunite with Thom Bell and sign with Philadelphia International Records subsidiary TSOP Records in 1980 and released the single " Hurry Up This Way Again " in 1980, which was their biggest hit since " You Make Me Feel Brand New ".

* TSOP Records, a subsidiary of Philadelphia International Records, named after the hit MFSB song

In August 2011, in honor of the 40th Year Anniversary of the company, Philadelphia International Records launched TSOP Soul Radio, an online radio station that allows fans from all around the world the chance to tune in and listen to music and interviews from the legendary Gamble and Huff catalog.

Psychedelic soul groups like the Chambers Brothers and especially Sly and The Family Stone influenced proto-disco acts such as Isaac Hayes, Willie Hutch and the Philadelphia Sound.

The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular Music of Brazil ( Philadelphia: Temple University Press ).

The Sound of Philadelphia.

The Sound of Philadelphia.

** MFSB for " The Sound of Philadelphia "

Recording sessions for the album took place during January to October 1996 at Battery Studios in New York City, Sigma Sounds & Ivory Studios in Philadelphia, and Dallas Sound Lab in Dallas.

This edition included a live 1972 radio broadcast of early songs that Joel recorded out of Philadelphia radio station WMMR's Sigma Sound Studios.

* G-town Radio: The Sound from Germantown, G-town Radio is an internet radio station located in the Germantown section of Philadelphia.

** Edward T. Graham ( engineer ) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for The Glorious Sound of Brass

** Edward T. Graham ( engineer ) & the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble for The Glorious Sound of Brass

The current locations of the Outdoor School are the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and Reno areas, the Los Angeles area, the San Diego area, Boston and New England area, New York Tri-State area, Philadelphia, Washington D. C ./ Virginia / Maryland area, Chicago area, Minneapolis area, Denver area, Atlanta area, Portland area, and Puget Sound area.

** MFSB for " The Sound of Philadelphia "

Seduced by the idea, Belolo and Morali went to the " Sigma Sound " Studio in Philadelphia.

A Bombardier Dash 8-100, operating as Piedmont Airlines flight 4507 from Philadelphia International Airport to New Haven was struck by lightning over the Long Island Sound.

MFSB ( Mother Father Sister Brother ) was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia ’ s famed Sigma Sound Studios.

Assembled by record producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, MFSB was the house band for their Philadelphia International Records label and originated the signature smooth " Philly sound " sound that dominated the early 1970s for the artists who recorded at the Sigma Sound Studios, including the O ' Jays, the Spinners, the Bluenotes, The Delfonics, Blue Magic, The Intruders, Three Degrees, Jerry Butler, and Teddy Pendergrass.

This marked the beginning of a string of instrumental hits that brought major attention to a large orchestra who laid the foundation for the Sound of Philadelphia.

Since 2010: Ruben Loodts, 2008-2010: Peter Matjašič, 2006-2008: Vassilis Stamogiannis, 2004-2006: Joan Marc Simon, 2002-2004: Marianne Bonnard, 2000-2002: Niki Klesl, 1998-2000: Laura Davis, 1996-1998: Tobias Flessenkemper, 1994-1996: Ingo Linsenmann, 1992-1994: Bernd Hüttemann, 1992: Soraya Usmani Martinez, 1989-1991: Irmeli Karhio, 1987-1989: Monica Frassoni, 1985-1987 Giannis Papageorgiou, 1984-1985: Susana Roson, 1982-1984: Tore Nedrebo, 1981-1982: Eva Finzi, 1980-1981: David Grace, 1977-1980: Jacques Vantomme, 1975-1977: Gerda Grootjes