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Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff: Masters Of Soul Success

David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 23 November 1973

THE DAYS are long gone when the total credit for the success of a record goes to the artist alone. Over the years, the role of the producers, arrangers and writers has now finally been acknowledged. And that recognition has been overdue. We all know that in the final analysis, it's the performer we all look out for, but slowly, the realization has come of just how important the so-called 'backroom' boys (and girls) really are.

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