PHILADELPHIA MUSIC LEGENDS KENNY GAMBLE AND LEON HUFF RING THE OPENING BELL AT THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25
Bunny Sigler performs in the celebration of Gamble and Huff’s 45-year career

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PHILADELPHIA – October 25, 2007 – Music icons Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, of the world-renowned Philadelphia International Records, rang the opening bell at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange on Thursday, October 25 along with performer, songwriter, and record producer Bunny Sigler.

The Sound of Philadelphia was born in 1963 when a young songwriter from South Philadelphia, Kenny Gamble, ran into a piano player from Camden, N.J., Leon Huff, in the Shubert Building on South Broad Street. The two exchanged pleasantries discovered that Gamble needed a piano player and Huff could play the piano. What followed was one of the longest music marriages and the birth of the Sound of Philadelphia.

The Sound of Philadelphia catalog of songs are consistently featured on television in both serials and commercials, most recently with “For the Love of Money” in Donald Trump’s The Apprentice and the long-running Coors Light commercial featuring “Love Train.” Additionally, many top rap and R&B acts sample Gamble-Huff recordings including hit artists such as Jay-Z, Baby Face, Nelly, Outkast, 50 Cent, Destiny’s Child, and Usher just to name a few.

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