Editing MFSB (section)

{{Short description|American collective of session musicians}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = MFSB
| background          = group_or_band
| image               =
| image_size          = 220
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| alias               =  
| origin              = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
| genre               = [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[Philadelphia soul]], [[disco]], [[funk]]
| years_active        = 1971–1985
| label               = [[Philadelphia International Records|Philadelphia International]]
| associated_acts     = [[Teddy Pendergrass]], [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]], [[The O'Jays]], [[McFadden & Whitehead]], [[the Three Degrees]]
| past_members        = [[Bob Babbitt]] <br/>[[Ronnie Baker (musician)|Ronnie Baker]] <br/>[[Thom Bell]] <br/>Keith Benson<br/>Karl Chambers <br/>Roland Chambers <br/>Charles Collins<br/>[[Bobby Eli]] <br/>[[John Davis and the Monster Orchestra|John E. Davis]]<br/>John H. Davis <br/>Norman Farrington<br/>Michael Foreman <br/>Eddie Green <br/>[[Dennis Harris (musician)|Dennis Harris]]<br/>[[Norman Harris (musician)|Norman Harris]] <br/>[[Leon Huff]]<br/>[[Anthony Jackson (musician)|Anthony Jackson]]<br/>Frederick Joiner<br/>Quinton Joseph<br/>[[Ron Kersey]]<br/>[[Reggie Lucas]] <br/>[[Vincent Montana Jr.]] <br/>Lenny Pakula <br/>Don Renaldo<br/>[[T. J. Tindall]] <br/>[[Dexter Wansel]]<br/>Larry Washington <br/>Winnie Wilford<br/>Harold Ivory Williams Jr.<br/>Jimmie Williams<br/>[[Earl Young (drummer)|Earl Young]]<br/>Leon "Zach" Zachery 
}}

'''MFSB''', officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother",<ref name="jackson">{{cite book|last1=Jackson|first1=John A.|title=A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul|date=2004|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=0195149726|page=115|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ug0TDAAAQBAJ&q=mfsb+%22mother+father+sister+brother%22&pg=PA115|access-date=2017-06-24}}</ref> was a pool of more than 30 [[session musician|studio musician]]s based at [[Philadelphia]]'s [[Sigma Sound Studios]].<ref name="ROCK ON">{{cite book|last=Nite|first=Norm N.|title=Rock On: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock N' Roll, 1964–1978|year=1978|publisher=Thomas Y. Crowell|location=[[New York, New York|New York]]|isbn=0-690-01196-2|pages=320}}</ref> They worked closely with the production team of [[Gamble and Huff]] and producer/arranger [[Thom Bell]], and backed up [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]], [[the O'Jays]], [[the Stylistics]], [[The Spinners (American group)|the Spinners]], [[Wilson Pickett]], and [[Billy Paul]].<ref name="ROCK ON"/>

In 1972, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label. "[[TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)]]", also known as the ''[[Soul Train]]'' theme, was their second and most successful single. Released in March 1974, it peaked at number one on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|pop]] and [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B]] [[record chart|charts]]. "TSOP" was influential in establishing the [[disco]] sound.<ref name="ROCK ON"/> The track sold over one million copies, and was awarded a [[music recording certification|gold disc]] by the [[RIAA]] in April 1974.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">{{cite book|first=Joseph|last=Murrells|year=1978|title=The Book of Golden Discs|edition=2nd|publisher=Barrie and Jenkins Ltd|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/331 331]|isbn=0-214-20512-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/331}}</ref>