Favorite Philly Soul Tracks [[Philadelphia Int'l and associated)

[JimBagley]

Please share between five and twelve of your favorite Philly Soul singles [[from Philadelphia International or written/produced by Gamble, Huff or Thom Bell or recorded at Sigma Sound Studios).
Here are mine [[they could change tomorrow):
Somebody Loves You - The Delfonics
Live Is A Song Worth Singing - Teddy Pendergrass
The Whole Town's Talking - BIlly Paul
At The Top Of The Stairs - The Formations [[co-written by Huff)
Can't You See What You're Doing To Me - The Three Degrees
Cry Together - The O'Jays
I Wish You Belonged To Me - Lou Rawls
This Too Shall Pass - Phyllis Hyman
Good Times - The Jacksons [[dedicated to Willona and Penny)
I'll Always Love My Mama - The Intruders
Nights Over Egypt - The Jones Girls
I'd Rather Be By Myself - David Ebo

Thanks for participating,
Jim

[Guy]

My favorite Philly Soul of August 26, 2016:
Love Is The Message - MFSB
Bad Luck - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
If You Don't Know Me By Now - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
When Will I See You Again - The Three Degrees
Lonelier Are Fools - The Three Degrees
Backstabbers - The O'Jays
Love Train - The O'Jays
Message In Our Music - The O'Jays
I Love Music - The O'Jays
For The Love of Money - The O'Jays
If Only You Knew - Patti Labelle
I'm Not In Love- Dee Dee Sharp Gamble
You're As Right As Rain - Nancy Wilson
You Can't Hide From Yourself - Teddy Pendergrass
Don't Let It Go To Your Head - Jean Carne
People Make The World Go Round - The Stylistics
Betcha By Golly Wow - The Stylistics
Ain't No Stopping Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead
Me & Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul

[robb_k]

Standing In The Need Of Love - Dee Dee Sharp
It's A Funny Situation - Dee Dee Sharp
It's Unbelievable - Larks
Girls Need Love - Dee Dee Warwick
Evil One - Sapphires
I'm Gonna Make You Love Me - Dee Dee Warwick
I Really Love You - Dee Dee Sharp
So Much In Love - Tymes
School Prom - Fortune Tellers
I'm Doing Fine Now - New York City
I Dig You Baby - Jerry Butler
Half A Man - Howard Tate
Never Let Me Go - Eddie Holman & Larks
Pretty Little Girl - Dreamlovers
Say Hey There - Jovialetts
One Night Affair - O' Jays
The 81 - Candy & Kisses
No Mail On Monday - Kenny Gamble
There Ain't Nothin' I Wouldn't Do For You - Dee Dee Sharp
I Love Him So - Nikki Blu
I'll Be Around - Spinners
Mr. Dream Merchant - Jerry Butler
Because Of My Heart - Frank Beverly & Butlers
Who Do You Love - Sapphires
A Brand New Me - Jerry Butler
Ebony Eyes - Stylistics
Could It Be I'm Falling In Love - Spinners
Deeper In Love With You - O'Jays
Together - Intruders
Together - Dreamlovers
Are You Happy - Jerry Butler
You Gave Me Somebody To Love - Dreamlovers
Help Me Find A Way [[To Say I Love You) - Little Anthony & Imperials
Keep Your Hands Off My Baby - Celestrals
Foolish One - Vareations
Good Love Gone Bad - Ambassadors
Country Living - Stylistics
Sippin' A Cup of Coffee - Ordells
Wonderful, Wonderful - Tymes
At The Top of The Stairs - Formations
He Don't Really Love You - Delfonics
Here She Comes - Tymes
The Bad Times Make The Good Times Better - Dreamlovers
I Was There - Delfonics
Cold Gray Dawn - Lee Andrews & Hearts
[[That's What) My Mama Said - Dee Dee Sharp
Doin' Things Together With You - Dreamlovers
Magic Melody - Formations
A Love That's Real - Intruders
Baby Show It - Festivals
The Girl Across The Street - Moses Smith
I'm Not Gonna Give Up - Eddie Holman
Hard To Find The Right Girl - Kenny Gamble & Romeos
You're Not My Kind - Paula Durante
Break Your Promise - Delfonics
Right On The Tip Of My Tongue - Brenda & Tabulations
It's The Loving Season - Vareations
Church Bells - Philadelphians
Somewhere - Tymes
When A Boy and Girl Fall In Love - Joe Graves
Storm Warning - Volcanoes
Don't Stop Loving Me - Kenny Gamble & Romeos
Point of No Return - Stylistics
I Found Out Too Late - Sapphires
My Best Friend's Man - Dee Dee Sharp
Looky, Looky [[Look At Me) - O'Jays
[[We'll Be) United - Intruders
When You're Gone - Brenda & Tabulations
What Am I Gonna Do - Dee Dee Sharp
Come Back Baby - Nella Dodds
When Love Slips Away - Dee Dee Warwick
One Of A Kind Love Affair - Spinners
[[Heart & Soul) Baby, I Love You - Dee Dee Sharp
Dry Your Eyes - Brenda & Tabulations
I'm Coming Home - Philadelphians
Fabulous Cars and Diamond Rings - Larks
Bye Bye Baby - Dee Dee Sharp
Sad, Sad Girl - Barbara Mason
Get Out - Harold Melvin & Blue Notes
Just Because - Dreamlovers
Don't Ever Want To Lose Your Love - Barbara Mason
I'm Sorry - Delfonics
Follow Your Heart - Bunny Sigler
Why Didn't I Think of That - Brenda & Tabulations
If I Love You - Stylistics
Never Gonna Give You Up - Jerry Butler
Yes, I'm Ready - Barbara Mason
I Need You So - Cruisers
Girl, You're Too Young - Archie Bell & Drells
I'm Not Strong Enough - Four Perfections
The Love That You're Lookin' For [[Ain't Gonna Find It Here) - Tymes
I Love You Baby - Cindy Scott
Look At Me Now - Ethics
What's The Use Of Breaking Up - Jerry Butler
Give Up [[All I've Got) - Dream Merchants
Eddie's My Name - Eddie Holman
Lost - Jerry Butler
He's No Ordinary Guy - Dee Dee Sharp
It's Been Raining In My Heart - International GTOs
[[Hey!) Western Union Man - Jerry Butler
Heartaches Away My Boy - Christine Cooper
Only The Strong Survive - Jerry Butler
I Still Love You [[From The Bottom Of My Heart) - Four Larks
Have You Heard - Herb Johnson & Cruisers
The Love I Feel For You [[It's Wonderful) - Dee Dee Sharp
Strange Change - Herb Ward
Gonna Be A Big Thing - Sapphires
You Don't Know What You've Got Until You Lose it - Kenny Gamble

[marv2]

Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Stone In Love With You - The Stylistics

She Usta Be My Girl - The O'Jays

Didn't I Blow Your Mind - The Delfonics

If Only You Knew - Patti LaBelle

I Should Be Your Lover - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

You'll Never Find, Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls

You Are Everything - The Stylistics

Close the Door - Teddy Pendergrass

Back Stabbers - The O'Jays

Love Don't Love Nobody - The Spinners

Love Won't Let Me Wait - Major Harris

Love Train - The O'Jays

I Ain't Jivin I'm Jammin' - Leon Huff

[manny]

If I starts a list of Philly Sound favorite tracks [[in some cases I ignore if they were published in 7" format or not, as I have the LP,...??!!) I'm not sure if i can stop... :-)

- "Tight Money" - Leon Huff
- "No Greater Love" - Leon Huff
- "Reality" - Monk Montgomery
- "Soncere [[The Infinite Glass Hour)" - Michael Pedicin, Jr.
- "Gold Mine" - Edwin Birdsong
- "For The Love Of Money" - Thad Jones & Mel Lewis
- "A Million Miles Of The Ground" - Dexter Wansel
- "Theme From The Planets" - Dexter Wansel
- "Life On Mars" - Dexter Wansel
- "Drawing In A Sea Of Love" - Joe Simon
- "Days Go By" - Wilson Pickett
- "Hey Western Union Man [[Send A Telegram)" - Jerry Butler
- "Best Love I Ever Had" - Jerry Butler
- "Tell Me Girl" - Jerry Butler
- "What Color Is Love" - Dee Dee Sharp
- "O-O-Child" - Dee Dee Sharp
- "Let's Clean Up The Ghetto" - Philadelphia International All-Stars
- "When It's Your Time To Go" - Billy Paul
- "Where I Belong" - Billy Paul
- "Malorie" - Billy Paul
- "The Whole Town's Talking" - Billy Paul
- "Early Morning Love" - Lou Rawls
- "I Need You Forever" - Lou Rawls
- "Spring Again" - Lou Rawls
- "No Staying Kind" - Lou Rawls
- "Gonna Be Strong" - Intruders
- "She's A Winner" - Intruders
- "Save The Children" - Intruders
- "Get Serious" - Frantique
- "Opus - de - Funk" - People's choice
- "The Big Hurt" - People's Choice
- "I Could Have Dance All Night" - Archie Bell & The Drells
- "Easy, Easy, I Should Take It Easy" - Teddy Pendergrass
- "Cold Cold World" - Teddy Pendergrass
- "Set Me Free" - Teddy Pendergrass
- "Nights Over Egypt" - Jones Girls
- "Long Lost Lover" - Three Degrees
- "You Should To Be More Careful" - Carolyn Crawford
- "Ain't No Time For Nothing" - The Futures
- "Picture Us" - Bunny Sigler
- "Regina" - Bunny Sigler
- "Keep Smilin'" - Bunny Sigler
- "Never Reapy Your Love" - Anthony White
- "Just Say The Word" - Trammps
- "Move" - Jimmy Ellis solo acapella
- "Zacks Fanfare" - MFSB
- "Bitter Sweet" - MFSB
- "Love Is The Mesage" - MFSB
- "TLC" - MFSB
- "Old San Juan" - MFSB
- "Tears In The Morning" - MFSB
- "Zack's Fanfare' 80" - Norman Harris
- "A Prayer" - O'Jays
- "This Air I Breath" - O'Jays
- "Wild Flower" [[live in London) - O'Jays
- "Don't Call Me Brother" - O'Jays
- "How Time Flyes" - O'Jays
- "Undecover Lover" - O'Jays
- "The Big Gangster" - O'Jays
- "For The Love Of Money" - O'Jays
- "Those Lies" - O'Jays
- "This Time Baby" - O'Jays
- "Wake Up Everybody" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- "Cabaret" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- "You Know How To Make Me Feel Good" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Sharon Paige
- "Hope We Can Be Together Soon" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Sharon Paige
- "Big Singing Star" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- "He Loves You And I Do Too" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Sharon Paige
- "The Love I Lost" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- "I'm Weak For You" - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
- "Slow Motion" - Johnny Williams
- "Virgin Girl" - Soul Survivors
- "What It Takes" - Soul Survivors
- "City Of Brotherly Love" - Soul Survivors
- "If We Got The Will" - Talk Of The Town
- "Bumpin' Boogie" - Talk Of The Town
- "You Bring Out The Best In Me" - Derek & Cyndi
- "Another World" - Elliot Hoffman
- "The Sprit Is in It" - Pattie LaBelle
- "She Knows About Me" - Shirley Jones
- "Free Love" - Jean Carne
- "Sexy Ways" - Ebonys
- "Philly Jump" - Instant Funk

[manny]

... and, there's a lot of tracks "outside produced" [[by G & H, B-H-Y, Sigler, Martin, Montana, Eli, etc. for a great diversity of labels from Atlantic to ABC passing trough Fania!):

- "The Newness Is Gone" - Eddie Kendricks
- "Aiming At Your Heart" - Temptations
- "When Your Dreams Take Wings And Fly" - Four Tops
- "Lonely, Lonely" - Nancy Wilson
- "Los Bravos" - Fania All-Stars
- "Ritzy Mambo" - Salsoul Orchestra
- "Tangerine" - Salsoul Orchestra
- "Runaway" - Salsoul Orchestra feat. Loleatta Holloway
- "Papa Won't, Mama Don't" - Loleatta Holloway
- "Hit & Run" - Loleatta Holloway
- "Everyman" - Double Exposure
- "Time" - Mighty Clouds Of Joy
- "One More Time, VMJ" - Montana
- "Heavy Vibes" - Montana
- "Vivian's Theme" [[Instrumental) - Vivian Reed
- "Living In The Top Of The World" - Spinners
- "Lookin' For A Friend" - Blue Magic
- "Summer Snow" - Blue Magic
- "Chasing Rainbows" - Blue Magic
- "Pick Up The Pieces" - Joana Gardner
- "A Beatiful Day" - Ecstasy, Passion & Pain
- "One For The Money" - Whispers
- "Paybak Is A Dog" - Stylistics
- "What My Woman Is Made For" - Curtis Mayfield
- "Standing Right Here" - Melba Moore
- "Life Is A Song Worth Singing" - Johnny Mathis
- "Any Day Now" - Sothshore Commission
- "You Oght To Be Dancin'" - People's Choice
- "Where Have You Been [[All My Life)" - Eddie Holman