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Kenny Gamble is also now a real estate developer, working on affordable housing in south Philly. A tour of his development was included for the dignitaries at the 2000 Republican National Convention.

Recommended reading is on the PBS website at: http://www.pbs.org/brothermen/gamblehuff.html

Bobby Martin

As this is an entry on Gamble and Huff, not Bobby Martin, I've removed several of the more egregiously unnecessary references to Martin, all of which were clearly shoehorned in by a fan. Of course, it needs to be mentioned that Martin was a vital part of G&H's success -- but after that, people can find out other info about Bobby Martin by clickng the link.

Influences?

I would propose expanding this article to include influences as a separate entry, and maybe include a discography of songs that were based on the Gamble/Huff "sound"... "It Only Takes A Minute" by Tavares is one example... 74.249.4.45 14:52, 7 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Reason for decline

The article says, “By the late 1970s, however, the popularity of the Philadelphia soul sound began to decline. Disco had suffered a backlash, R&B was going back toward the ballad, and rock had returned to the American charts. Still, the label had its share of late 1970s success.”

This seems misleading. It implies that the decline of Philly soul was somehow caused by the decline of disco, the move toward rock, or the emphasis on ballads in R&B. However, disco was at its peak as Philly soul was declining. If anything, the rise of disco (rather than its demise) would have hurt the Philly sound, which heavily influenced disco but only occasionally produced disco hits. Disco’s decline (and rock’s resurgence) wasn't until late 1979. R&B “going back toward the ballad” also seems to refer to the period after the Philly sound had already declined, and in any case plenty of Philly soul hits were ballad.

The article would need a source for this, but it seems like the sound of Philly soul didn’t change that much, perhaps because it was heavily reliant on Gamble and Huff and a few others, and that sound simply became played out by 1980. 2601:41:4300:45D:755D:4237:5125:1B33 (talk) 07:24, 9 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]