Editing Gamble and Huff (section)

===Philadelphia International===
With a solid track record now behind them, Gamble and Huff formed [[Philadelphia International Records]] in 1971 as a rival to [[Berry Gordy]] and [[Motown]]. They originally approached [[Atlantic Records]], which passed on the deal as being too expensive. [[Sony Music|CBS Records]], headed at the time by [[Clive Davis]], backed the venture and distributed Philadelphia International's records. Aided and abetted by in-house arrangers [[Thom Bell]], Bobby Martin,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soultracks.com/story-bobby-martin-dies |title=R.I.P. Legendary soul music producer Bobby Martin |date=10 September 2013 |access-date=2015-08-10 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105407/http://www.soultracks.com/story-bobby-martin-dies |archive-date=2015-09-24 }} Bobby Martin obituary</ref><ref>{{discogs artist|172701|Bobby Martin}}</ref> and [[Norman Harris (musician)|Norman Harris]], Philadelphia International released a number of the most popular [[soul music]] hits of the 1970s, including "[[If You Don't Know Me by Now]]" by [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]], "[[Back Stabbers (song)|Back Stabbers]]", "[[For the Love of Money]]", and "[[Love Train]]" by [[The O'Jays]], as well as the [[Grammy]]-winning "[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]" by [[Billy Paul]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/>  According to an interview on [[BBC Radio 4]] on June 28, 2006, Gamble and Huff were inspired to write "Me and Mrs. Jones" after seeing someone they knew who appeared to be involved in an [[adultery|affair]], meeting a woman in a cafe frequented by the songwriters. In collaboration with Bell, Gamble and Huff also formed the music publisher Mighty Three Music.

Gamble and Huff's [[Philadelphia soul]] sound evolved from the simpler [[arrangement]]s of the late-1960s into a style featuring lush [[string instrument|strings]], thumping [[bass guitar|bassline]]s, and sliding [[Hi-hat (instrument)|hi-hat]] rhythms—elements that soon became the distinguishing characteristics of a new style of music called [[disco]].<ref name="LarkinGE"/> By 1975, Philadelphia International and the Philadelphia soul genre it helped define had largely eclipsed Motown and the Motown Sound in popularity, and Gamble and Huff were the premier producers of soul.

Nearly all of the Philadelphia International records featured the work of the label's in-house band of studio musicians, [[MFSB]] (Mother Father Sister Brother). MFSB cut a number of successful instrumental albums and singles written and produced by the Gamble & Huff team and arranged by Bobby Martin including the 1974 number-one hit "[[TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)]]", now best known as the theme song from the American [[television show]] ''[[Soul Train]].''