Message in The Music:(1976)
Ah, the Philadelphia Sound. The more cosmopolitan brethren of the Motown and STAX sound. And no group exemplified this sound more than the O'Jays. Man, Gamble and Huff had a great thing going, music with killer grooves, and vocalists like the O'Jays to carry songs with serious social and political messages. Obviously, as a kid I heard O'Jays tracks on the radio, but I think I first became aware of who they were when they appeared on the Bob Dylan 30th anniversary tribute concert performing a show stopping rendition of Emotionally Yours. Then it was, "Oh, these are the guys who sang For The Love of Money. I get it now."
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