Carla Benson is one of the most recorded background vocalists in music history and after over 50 years, she’s ready to tell her story. “Journey Into Love” is Carla’s self-published memoir about her time with her late cousin Barbara Ingram and late best friend Evette Benton as the dynamic backing…
Dexter Wansel, the Philadelphia-based songwriter/producer, turns 75 years young today and his contributions to the Sound of Philadelphia are as important as those of the producers he followed. Wansel joined Philadelphia International Records in the mid 70s just as Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff started delegating more production duties out…
Saturday August 9 marks the birthday of Barbara Mason, an accomplished singer and songwriter out of Philadelphia who can not only claim the first Philly soul hit, but the first true dramas set to music. She was just 17 years old when “Yes I’m Ready” soared to No. 2 on…
Breakwater started life in 1970s Philadelphia as a cover band but quickly turned into a funk-jazz-rock-R&B outfit who held their own with the best bands of the day. Two albums on Arista Records have become Dusty Groove and collectors’ favorites and after the passing of leader Kae Williams Jr., the…
Cashmere was an electro-funk group from the city of Brotherly Love who found their way onto the dance charts with a song that shared a title with an earlier Philly classic. People’s Choice, one of the newer acts on Philadelphia International Records’ TSOP sub label, struck it big in early…