On South 60th Street, the line for fried chicken can stretch 15 people deep. At Reading Terminal Market, a soul food stall ...

Thom Bell, a singer-songwriter and producer who helped pioneer the sound of Philadelphia soul music, has died. He was 79. Bell's wife, Vanessa Bell, confirmed to the Associated Press that he died ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the “Sound of Philadelphia” of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the ...

The songwriter was best known for working with the Stylistics, the Spinners, the Delfonics and more. By Glenn Rowley Thom Bell, the iconic pioneer of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s, passed away on ...

The Philadelphia Soul's return to Arena Football League was short-lived, but team leadership is promising the Soul will live on. A post on the X social media platform on Friday, May 10, announced that ...

“The Sound of Philadelphia,” a documentary on the 1970s “Philly Soul” sound and its masterminds Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff and Thom Bell, is coming from Warner Music Entertainment, Warner Chappell Music, ...

As part of our celebration of Black excellence, 6abc recognizes the musical achievements of Gamble and Huff, the songwriting and production team responsible for popularizing Philadelphia Soul music.

Bell worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s. Thom Bell at the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame ...