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Gamble (left) and Huff (right), 1995, with Percy Sutton between them

Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)[1] and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey)[2] are an American songwriting and production duo credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s. In addition to forming their own label, Philadelphia International Records, Gamble and Huff have written and produced 175 gold and platinum records, earning them an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the non-performer category[3] in March 2008.

  1. ^ "Kenneth Gamble". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Leon Huff". The HistoryMakers. 26 March 2013. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Inductees for 2008". Rock and Roll Hall of Fame official website. 2007-12-13. Archived from the original on 2008-02-01. Retrieved 2008-03-11.

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Expressway to Your Heart

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playing the accordion and Hawaiian guitar. Bell classically trained as a musician and sang as a teenager with Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, and Daryl Hall (of Hall...

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pseudonym Lenny Gamble on Casino Classics in June 1978, with the pseudonym being a portmanteau of songwriters Leon Huff and Kenny Gamble.[citation needed]...

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