## how the song was released: Cyndi Grecco, Pratt & McClain, Joey Scarbury, David Naughton, and MFSB, for instance, were all technically one-hit wonders, but their hits were solely popularized by their use as themes to television shows ( Laverne & Shirley, Happy Days, The Greatest American Hero, Makin ' It, and Soul Train respectively ), although Naughton's hit did also appear on the soundtrack to the film, Meatballs, from the same year the song was released ( 1979 ).

According to the book A House on Fire: the rise and fall of Philadelphia Soul, by John A. Jackson, the MFSB name means " Mother, Father, Sister, Brother ", because according to Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, despite the diversity at Philadelphia International Records, all were connected musically.

More than 30 resident studio musicians, known together as MFSB " Mother Father Sister Brother ", were based at this studio and backed up most of these recordings.

The group's harmonies were supported by the MFSB studio house band.

Both were co-written by MFSB guitarist Bobby Eli, who played on the sessions.

This is why it is virtually impossible for the untrained ear to tell an MFSB recording from a Salsoul Orchestra recording ( the key players, arrangers, and recording facility were the same ).

The personnel of MFSB and the Salsoul orchestra overlapped substantially, and both groups were recorded at Philadelphia's famous Sigma Sound Studios.

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.

* Summertime ( MFSB album ), the fifth album to be released by Philadelphia International Records houseband MFSB

** MFSB for " The Sound of Philadelphia "

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.

** MFSB for " The Sound of Philadelphia "

In 1972, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label.

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.

Throughout their careers, Instant Funk would be the back-up band for many stars, including Lou Rawls, Loleatta Holloway, The O ' Jays, MFSB, Curtis Mayfield and Evelyn Champagne King ( they are the backing band on the hit single, " Shame ").

The group followed this album up with a release for former MFSB guitarist Norman Harris ' new record label Gold Mind, with front man Bunny Sigler entitled " Let Me Party With You ".

* 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

( Tender Loving Care )" by the band MFSB.

* 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.

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

It was the 1972 release of their first album, MFSB, that put them on the map.

Another popular MFSB number, " Love Is The Message ", has been a favorite of dance / disco DJs since its release ; countless remixes, both official and unofficial, exist of the song.

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 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.

They struck chart gold in 1976 with " Kiss and Say Goodbye ," written by Blue Lovett and arranged / co-produced with the group by the Philadelphia-based record producer Bobby Martin, a former member of the MFSB band of session musicians.

The Temptations ' version of " Papa Was a Rollin ' Stone " followed in the extended-length " cinematic soul " tradition of the work of Isaac Hayes and others, and future songs like Donna Summer's fourteen-minute " Love to Love You Baby " and the instrumentals of MFSB expanded upon the concept in the mid-1970s.

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

" Family Affair " has been heavily covered, with versions by Tyrone Davis, The Brothers Johnson, MFSB, Iggy Pop, Bunny Wailer, and many more.

Among some of his other success in mixing songs are The Three Degrees ' " Dirty Ol ' Man ", MFSB featuring The Three Degrees " Love Is The Message ", B. T.

His widely-imitated signature style is best heard on the record Love is the Message by MFSB.

BAO has released five albums to huge success in Sweden, all containing hit singles.

Nonetheless, he recorded so prolifically that Coral Records was able to release brand-new albums and singles for 10 years after his death, although the technical quality was very mixed, some being studio quality and others home recordings.

It has sold over nine million singles and albums and was the top single of a year in which the British Invasion, led by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, continued to dominate the U. S. charts.

From 1977 to 1980, he released three more albums in Turkey, partly consisting of compilations of older singles, namely Sakla Samanı Gelir Zamanı ( 1977 ), Yeni Bir Gün ( 1979 ) and 20.

Classical music was even adapted for disco, notably Walter Murphy's " A Fifth of Beethoven " ( 1976, based on the first movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony ) and " Flight 76 " ( 1976, based on Rimsky-Korsakov's " Flight of the Bumblebee "), and Louis Clark's Hooked On Classics series of albums and singles.

The result, 1977's Here You Come Again, became her first million-seller, topping the country albums chart and reaching No. 20 on the pop albums chart ; the Barry Mann-Cynthia Weil-penned title track topped the country singles chart, and became Parton's first top-ten single on the pop charts ( reaching number three ).

In the early days of hip hop, albums were rare, so most of The Egyptian Lover's successful recordings were 12 " singles.

ELO had reached the peak of their stardom, selling millions of albums and singles, and even inspiring a parody / tribute song on the Randy Newman album Born Again, titled " The Story of a Rock and Roll Band ".

Valentin began self-distribution in 1997, and released singles by Synthia Figueroa as well as solo albums by Figueroa, himself, Poze and Freeze, and many compilation albums.

Since 1989, Brooks has released 19 records in all, which include ; 9 studio albums, 1 live album, 4 compilation albums, 3 Christmas albums and 2 box sets, along with 77 singles.

As of 2010, Brooks ' world-wide sales now exceed 190 million albums, singles and videos.

During this time he sold millions of albums through an exclusive distribution deal with Walmart and sporadically released new singles.

Nathan felt because everyone had already brought the singles included that no one would be interested in an album with no new singles and due to the album presumably culled from a live performance, warning Brown that no one bought live albums.

Brown's release from prison also sparked Brown's former record labels to reissue the musician's albums on CD, featuring additional singles and commentary by experts on Brown's music.

The label's strong relationship with Belle & Sebastian enabled them in 1999 to sign Stuart David's side-project Looper, and Isobel Campbell's solo project The Gentle Waves, releasing albums for each that same year, along with a string of EPs and singles for their entire roster.

He played on all albums and singles from their debut, 1964's " Zoot Suit ", to 1978's Who Are You, which was released three weeks before his death.

Led Zeppelin disliked releasing their songs as singles ; they viewed their albums as indivisible and complete listening experiences.

People don't really buy albums anymore, they buy the singles.

George Clinton's interdependent Funkadelic and Parliament ensembles and their various spin-offs, took the genre to its most extreme lengths making funk almost a religion in the 1970s, producing over forty singles, including three in the US top ten, and three platinum albums.

Good Trouble ( 1982 ) and Wheels Are Turnin ' ( 1984 ) were follow-up albums which also did well commercially, the former containing the hit singles " Keep the Fire Burnin '" ( U. S. # 7 ), " Sweet Time " ( U. S. # 26 ) and the un-ranked " The Key " and the latter containing the # 1 hit single " Can't Fight This Feeling " plus three more hits: " I Do ' Wanna Know " ( U. S. # 29 ), " One Lonely Night " ( U. S. # 19 ), " Live Every Moment " ( U. S. # 34 ) and the un-ranked " Break His Spell ".