MFSB

MFSB (short for "Mother Father Sister Brother") was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble & Huff and arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes, O’Jays, Stylistics, Spinners, Wilson Picket, and Billy Paul. In 1974, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label. "TSOP (... more

MFSB (short for "Mother Father Sister Brother") was a pool of more than thirty studio musicians based at Philadelphia’s famed Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble & Huff and arranger Thom Bell, and backed up such groups as Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes, O’Jays, Stylistics, Spinners, Wilson Picket, and Billy Paul. In 1974, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label. "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" was their first and most successful single; released March 1974, it peaked at number one on the Billboard magazine pop and R&B; charts. "TSOP" was influential in establishing the disco sound. Assembled by record producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, MFSB was the house band for their Philadelphia International Records label and originated the signature smooth "Philly sound" sound that dominated the early 1970s for the artists who recorded at the Sigma Sound Studios, including the O'Jays, the Spinners, the Bluenotes... less