Kenny Gamble

[mikey]

Who is this Kenny Gamble?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHg4p7Img_M

[nosey]

Mikey, it might be Kenny Gamble of Philly International records since he sang and had a band called Kenny Gamble & the Romeos that played at cabarets and such. He also sang background on a lot of the Philly International hits. But then maybe not. LOL!

[tom_moulton]

It is the same Kenny Gamble. He was a dam good soul singer before he teamed up with Huff. He had a number of solo records on Arctic and a record on Jamie with Tommy Bell as Kenny & Tommy from 1961. I am sorry in a way because he stopped singing and we lost a great singer and gained a Producer

[robb_k]

Yes, that's Kenny Gamble, who teamed up with Leon Huff. That recording on You-Tube has been sped up. The original recording was a soulful slow mid-tempo, more like a slow popcorn tempo. Bobby Greg, who produced it, was a Philadelphia piano and organ player, who arranged a lot of Philadelphia recordings in the '60s.

[mikey]

Thanks everyone for your input.The song does sound much better at the correct speed.

[davie gordon2]

Robb, Bobby Gregg is a drummer not a keyboard player. He was a staff producer for Epic/Columbia in 1963 - 1965 but not in Philadelphia. He worked at Columbia's New York studios
on sessions for Erma Franklin and Popcorn Wylie as well as Kenny Gamble.

[robb_k]

Now that you've mentioned it, I remember reading that he was a drummer. But, Bobby Gregg had some singles out under his name only, on little Philadelphia labels. They featured the organ. Was that someone else on the organ? Didn't he start out there?

[davie gordon2]

Robb, are you thinking of Bobby Peterson ? I haven't noticed any prominent keyboard on Bobby Gregg's records - he had a fair-sized hit "The Jam" on Cotton, which was a Philly label
but the lead instrument on that is guitar played by future guitar hero Roy Buchanan.

Bobby Gregg was from Philadelphia - he started out in Steve Gibson's Red Caps in the fifties. From there he became a regular studio musician at Cameo / Parkway. He then had a couple of singles on Cotton before moving to Epic where he had a half dozen
singles and an album. By late 1963 he'd joined Epic's A&R dept. as a staff producer then went back to session drumming - he's on some 1965 Dylan sessions and was the drummer on the
electric version of Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence". Because he was working for Epic / Columbia he had to use their studios which were in New York so while he's Philadelphian
all his production work was done in New York. I can't find any arranging or producing credits for him on Philly labels.

[honest man]

love kenny's version of i was standing in the shadows,yes have to agree he had a great vocal, but wow what a writer/producer, cheers

[robb_k]

Robb, are you thinking of Bobby Peterson ? I haven't noticed any prominent keyboard on Bobby Gregg's records - he had a fair-sized hit "The Jam" on Cotton, which was a Philly label
but the lead instrument on that is guitar played by future guitar hero Roy Buchanan.

Bobby Gregg was from Philadelphia - he started out in Steve Gibson's Red Caps in the fifties. From there he became a regular studio musician at Cameo / Parkway. He then had a couple of singles on Cotton before moving to Epic where he had a half dozen
singles and an album. By late 1963 he'd joined Epic's A&R dept. as a staff producer then went back to session drumming - he's on some 1965 Dylan sessions and was the drummer on the
electric version of Simon and Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence". Because he was working for Epic / Columbia he had to use their studios which were in New York so while he's Philadelphian
all his production work was done in New York. I can't find any arranging or producing credits for him on Philly labels.

"Potato Peeler" and one or two others by Gregg had an organ featured. But, I guess that wasn't him.