'Philadelphia was the party with a tormented soul' | Paul Lester

Philly Soul's sweet sound hid masked warnings about growing chasms in 1970s American societyIf Motown was the sound of young black America in the 60s, the Philadelphia International record label picked up the baton in the 70s. It was, according to Craig Werner in his 1999 book A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race and the Soul of America, "the last of the soul music empires". You could fill an article with a list of its hits: The Love I Lost, Satisfaction Guaranteed, Don't Leave Me This Way and If...

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