Plus, lots of metal. Also, Jackson Brown, Def Leppard, and Busta Rhymes by the beach, and Beardfest in the Pinelands Reserve.

Thom Bell, the master of Philly soul who produced, cowrote or arranged '60s and '70s hits like 'Back Stabbers' and 'Betcha by Golly, Wow,' died at 79. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

Philadelphia's own R&B and Soul group The Stylistics return to Carnegie Hall in New York this Friday after their first performance more than 50 years ago.

I n the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, soul and R&B music dominated the charts in America. With the massive success of Detroit, New York, Memphis, and Philadelphia labels, R&B was a favorite among the ...

Bell died Thursday at his home in Bellingham, Washington, following a lengthy illness Thom Bell, a producer who helped create the "Sound of Philadelphia" soul music has died at 79. Bell's wife ...

Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer who heavily influenced Philadelphia soul music, died Thursday. He was 79. His lawyer, Michael Silver, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that Bell passed away at ...

The music legend produced soul classics for The Delfonics, The Stylistics and The Spinners. Thom Bell, Grammy Award-winning producer, arranger, composer, and one of the architects of Philadelphia ...

Bell helped craft Philadelphia's specific strain of soul music, which mixed the energy of funk with rich orchestration. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2006.

Thom Bell, shown around 1970, worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968 to 1978 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s.

Thom Bell, Key Architect of Soul Music’s ‘Sound of Philadelphia,’ Dies at 79 "Invariably, when other producers and musicians would say that my sounds were odd for R&B, ...

Philadelphia's own R&B and Soul group The Stylistics return to Carnegie Hall in New York this Friday after their first performance more than 50 years ... Music has a deep and rich history in the city.