Thom Bell
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Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 20 October 1972
PHILADELPHIA'S Delfonics are probably the innovators of the city's famed sound, dating back to their earliest Philly Groove hits such as 'La La Means I ...
Detroit Spinners: Memories of the Brown Beatles
Report and Interview by Roger St. Pierre, New Musical Express, 9 June 1973
SINCE LEAVING Motown the Detroit Spinners have changed considerably, largely because of the recording direction of Philadelphia genius Thom Bell. ...
Thom Bell: Creator of Classical Soul
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, 9 November 1973
IF YOU study Thom Bell's creative work, there is an undeniable classical influence in everything he does. The easy explanation to this is that the ...
Philly Special: The Thom Bell Story
Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, January 1974
THOM BELL smiles a lot. And it isn't only his natural good humour which creases his handsome, bearded face into another explosion of laughter. Over ...
Philly’s Lyric Queen: Linda Creed
Book Excerpt by Bruce Pollock, 'In Their Own Words' (Collier Books), 1975
IN THE ‘70S THE most popular form of music is, once again, R&B, also known as Soul. Emanating primarily from Philadelphia, it is a laid-back ...
Profile and Interview by Robin Katz, Sounds, 16 August 1975
THEY CAN'T dance, they do sing and they sell records like anything. But lets face it, how can they miss? The songs are written for ...
Report and Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, December 1975
In the States, and in Britain, the insidious sweet beat of the Philly Sound continues to conquer the best selling charts. The whooping passion of ...
Dionne Warwick and Thom Bell: Hitting The Road Together
Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, 23 December 1975
WITHOUT ANY question, one of the most significant musical marriages of our decade was the one that brought the team of Dionne Warwick, Burt Bacharach ...
Report and Interview by Kevin Allen, Record Mirror, 10 January 1976
SINCE IT was the arranging/production and inspiration of Thom Bell which took Dionne Warwick (no final "e" these days) back into the charts after a ...
Thom Bell & The Spinners: Looking For 'Hudson Bros.' Acceptance
Interview by Ian Dove, Phonograph Record, March 1976
WHEN THE SPINNERS recently celebrated 25 years together as a group, amid all the celebrations the soul quintet were quick to point out the part ...
Gamble & Huff: It's Got a Good Beat, and You Can Pray to It
Report and Interview by Tom Vickers, Rolling Stone, 20 May 1976
The only way for our music to go is the way the world goes. And where it goes negative, we're going to show where it ...
Sweet Soul Symphonics: Thom Bell and the Stylistics
Retrospective by Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, November 2007
THE STYLISTICS were a permanent fixture on the British pop charts of the early '70s. Every tenth record that came out of my tinny transistor ...
Symphonic Soul: "You get more bees with honey"
Retrospective and Interview by Paul Lester, The Guardian, 16 November 2007
Take one soul ballad. Add a falsetto vocal, swooping strings, timpani and an oboe or two. That's symphonic soul. Paul Lester talks to the heroes ...
Thom Bell and the Sound of Brotherly Love
Retrospective and Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 8 December 2008
WHILE THE ubiquitous songs of Detroit's Motown get anthologized and commercialized ad infinitum, and the critics salivate over the gritty southern soul of Memphis' Stax, ...
see also Bell and James
see also Delfonics, The
see also Stylistics, The
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