" The Horse " is an instrumental song by Cliff Nobles and Company. It was released as the B-side of the single "Love Is All Right" and is simply an instrumental version of that song.
18-407: Although Nobles is the title artist, he does not personally perform on the track. The song was simply "Love Is All Right" without his vocal track. The horn section which is featured eventually became the group MFSB . Mike Terry played the baritone saxophone on this recording. The track itself features a simple, unvarying rhythmic line played by different instruments, finished off each time around by
36-536: A melodic, heralding horn section line. According to Bobby Eli , a guitarist on the session, the instrumental track was the result of his jamming in the studio with guitarist Norman Harris , bassist Ronnie Baker , and drummer Earl Young (later to become the first MFSB rhythm section and the core of the group the Trammps ). The jam was then "tweaked" by arranger Bobby Martin and recording studio owner and engineer Frank Virtue. Neither Cliff Nobles nor producer Jesse James
54-465: A recording career for the band under their own name. MFSB albums and singles were released for the rest of the decade. MFSB recorded a cover of the Nite-Liters 's 1971 instrumental "K-Jee", which gained some popularity later when it was featured in a key scene in the film Saturday Night Fever (1977). It is also included in the soundtrack to that movie. "Sexy" (1975) was later used as a prize cue for
72-585: Is an American, Philadelphia -based disco group . They are best known for their 1976 hit , " Ten Percent ". The group formed in 1961 with Leonard "Butch" Davis, Charles Whittington, Jimmy Williams and Joe Harris. They were originally known as the United Image and released two singles, "Love's Creeping Up on Me" on Stax Records in 1971 and "The African Bump" on Branding Iron Records in 1972. They were signed to Salsoul Records in 1975 and released their debut album, Ten Percent in 1976. The album featured
90-777: The Soul Train theme, was their second and most successful single. Released in March 1974, it peaked at number one on the US Billboard pop and R&B charts . "TSOP" was influential in establishing the disco sound. The track sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA in April 1974. MFSB formed in 1971 and disbanded in 1985, three years after Teddy Pendergrass ' car accident, which left him paralyzed. Assembled by record producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff , MFSB
108-1016: The hi-hat -dominated disco sounds that became popular in the late 1970s with groups such as the Trammps , First Choice , Ripple and Double Exposure . It was the 1973 release of their first album, MFSB , that put them on the map. This marked the beginning of a string of instrumental hits that brought major attention to a large orchestra who laid the foundation for the Sound of Philadelphia. The line-up of musicians included Karl Chambers, Earl Young , and Norman Fearrington on drums; Norman Harris , Roland Chambers, Bobby Eli , and T. J. Tindall on guitar; Winnie Wilford and Ronnie Baker on bass; Vincent Montana Jr. on vibes , timpani , orchestra bells , chimes , percussion, arrangements and conductor, and Larry Washington on congas and bongos , Harold Ivory Williams on keyboards, plus Leon Huff and Thom Bell on keyboards and Don Renaldo on strings and horns featuring Rocco Bene on trumpet. MFSB's disco sound first hit
126-1069: The title track , which was remixed by Walter Gibbons and reached No. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on the dance/disco charts. The tracks "Everyman (Has to Carry His Own Weight) and "My Love Is Free" were also popular club songs. In 2001, a dance group called M&S used samples from Double Exposure's "Everyman" in their song called "Salsoul Nugget". In September 2008, they recorded new material an Eli/Dixon/Green composition called "Soul Recession"/Soultronics Records at Eli's Studio E (The Grooveyard) facility in Philadelphia. Some original Salsoul /Philly/ TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) / MFSB ( Gamble and Huff ) session musicians have appeared on "Soul Recession", including Earl Young , Bobby Eli , Dennis Harris, T.G. Conway, Jimmy Williams and Rikki Hicks. Jimmy Williams died in October 2016. In 2018, new members Kenny Pitt and Lorenzo Bell are performing with
144-503: The video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , playing on funk radio station, Bounce FM . An episode of the television series Pose named after the song aired on July 18, 2018, and the song appeared prominently in the episode. Due to a disagreement with Gamble & Huff over finances, several members of the group moved on to Salsoul Records , where they became known as the Salsoul Orchestra . Other members began performing as
162-511: The "Big Deal of the Day" on the 1980 version of Let's Make a Deal . Another popular MFSB number, "Love Is the Message", has been a favorite of dance/disco DJs since its release; countless remixes , both official and unofficial, exist of the song. On September 20, 2004, the record became among the first to be inducted into the newly formed Dance Music Hall of Fame . In October 2004, the song appeared in
180-525: The "clean" version of the MFSB name means "Mother, Father, Sister, Brother", because according to Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, despite the diversity at Philadelphia International Records, all were connected musically. This was in line with their spiritual views at the time. The "other" version was "mother-fuckin' son-of-a-bitch", an expression which was used among the musicians to compliment a person's musical prowess. Double Exposure (band) Double Exposure
198-487: The Philly suburbs. Musicians on the session were Earl Young on drums, Bobby Eli and Dennis Harris on guitars, Jimmie Williams on bass guitar, Rikki Hicks on percussion and T G Conway on keys. Two songs have been released from that session: "Soul Recession" by Double Exposure and "There I go falling in love again" by Chiquita Green. According to the book A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul , by John A. Jackson,
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#1732843992350216-541: The Ritchie Family orchestra, and John Davis and the Monster Orchestra . Not to be outdone, Gamble & Huff replaced them with a new rhythm section consisting of Charles Collins on drums, Michael Foreman on bass guitar, and Dennis Harris on lead guitar. They also employed Dexter Wansel and others on MFSB's latter recordings for the label. First recommended by news anchor Jim Vance , MFSB's "My Mood" has been
234-680: The closing theme music for the Friday 6:00 p.m. newscast on WRC-TV (NBC4), the NBC -owned television station in Washington, D.C. since 1975. MFSB's "TLC" (Tender Lovin' Care) was used for decades as the closing credits theme for the Washington, DC, version of the It's Academic quiz show recorded at WRC-TV. In 2008, some of the members appeared together on new recordings made at Bobby Eli’s Studio E/The Grooveyard in
252-506: The spring of 1974, Philadelphia International released an instrumental track which had been recorded by the band as the theme music for the television show Soul Train as a single. The record, titled " TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) ", reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also topped the R&;B chart and the adult contemporary chart . The success of "TSOP" launched
270-535: The top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts as the backing band for the O'Jays ' " Love Train " in March 1973. In 2005, drummer Keith Benson (who along with Charles Collins and Quinton Joseph, had joined the group in 1975 upon Earl Young's departure) revived the group with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff’s help. The lineup included himself on drums, Jimmy Williams and Stacey McGee on bass,|Dennis Harris and Barton French on guitars, Carla Benson and Michael Clark on vocals. In
288-700: Was a pool of more than 30 studio musicians based at Philadelphia 's Sigma Sound Studios . They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom Bell , and backed up Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes , the O'Jays , the Stylistics , the Spinners , Wilson Pickett , and Billy Paul . In 1972, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label. " TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) ", also known as
306-783: Was present for the session. It peaked at number 2 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 chart (in June 1968) and the US Billboard R&;B chart. In Canada the song reached number 7. The song sold a million copies within three months of release, and attained the Gold record award from the Recording Industry Association of America in August 1968. MFSB MFSB , officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother",
324-627: Was the house band for their Philadelphia International Records label and originated " Philly sound " that dominated the early 1970s for the artists who recorded at the Sigma Sound Studios, including The O'Jays, The Spinners, Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes, the Intruders , the Three Degrees , Jerry Butler , and Teddy Pendergrass . Later in the decade, the collective would become known for
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