In an interview with author John A Jackson for his 2004 book A House On Fire: The Rise And Fall of Philadelphia Soul, Thom Bell recalled an incident at his junior high school between teachers and .
NEW YORK (AP) Thom Bell, the Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who helped perfect the “Sound of Philadelphia” of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around” and the Stylistics’ “Betcha by Golly, Wow,” has died at age 79.
The Grammy-winning producer, writer and arranger who worked with The Spinners and The Stylistics, among other groups, died after a lengthy illness, his wife said.
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