MFSB - T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) (Official Audio) ft. The Three Degrees

Official video for ”T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)​” by Mother, Father, Sister, Brother​
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Lyrics​:
People all over the world
People all over the world
People all over the world
People all over the world
Soul train, soul train
Soul train, soul train
#TSOP #MFSB #PIR #PhiladelphiaInternationalRecords #Soul

[@larryjex6485]

50 years ago, this was the #1 single!

[@jerome3310]

50 years ago this was Top #1

[@L.E.O.6141]

This was Soul Train's opening theme song for years.Always loved it.

[@TheBob3759]

It sure was.

[@bqkmg2037]

Ssssoooooouuuuullllll train...

[@derby2510]

I disco danced for 40 straight minutes to this song on NYE of 1975. I won an award at the club for “Most Dancing” that night.

[@TheCuthere]

How much cocaine did you snort?😂

[@busterbiloxi3833]

This is a great song, but DISCO sucks.

[@borood1188]

This song is a masterpiece.

[@boggy7665]

Proto-disco, you just want to start moving when it's playing.

[@ramipo1]

no question about it

[@NormAppleton]

no shit

[@robertg8875]

4 teenage white guys in a basement trying learn dance moves from soul train ! There is no color !

[@juliusnepos6013]

Absolutely it moves me.

[@mzvee718]

I'm taking an Uber back to THIS era of music

[@Fortwentt]

lol good luck sir or maam

[@TheBob3759]

Make room for me.

[@theramden6025]

Right Now!

[@J.A.G.618]

😮 you could take a DeLorean from back to the Future that went all the way back to the 50s or you can always contact Doctor who from the 1970s

[@debbiehenson1096]

I can see the train going down the track and the man saying The SSSSOOOOUUUULLLL train.

[@MrDoneboy]

Don Cornelius!

[@bgbstrm2352]

I am white, live in Sweden, 68 now, but remember how I as a teenager really enjoyed this song - and other soul music - and still do! 💯🎶🎵

[@toddforhetz]

WHO CARES WHAT color you are ???????????

[@bgbstrm2352]

@@toddforhetz Prejudices - everywhere...

[@toddforhetz]

LOL !!! whatever ! Some people LOVE playing the victim @@bgbstrm2352

[@inagreenminute6525]

Dude. Who cares that you are white? NOBODY!

[@SoDope29]

Soul Train The Hippest Trip in America, 60 non stop minutes across the tracks of your mind into the exciting world of Soul. With special guest star Al Green and The Soul Train Gang. And now here’s your host Don Cornelius

[@MidKid61]

Brought to you by Johnson Products, makers of Ultra Sheen, Afro Sheen, and Ultra Sheen cosmetics.

[@fhb3]

Saturday Afternoon, when you didn't like who Dick Clark had on American Bandstand, you jumped over to Soul Train, conducted by the smooth baritone of Don Cornelius.

[@soko63]

I’ll never forget David Bowie appearing on Soul Train. Bowie was drunk, high, both. Lip sinced a couple of songs and did a horrible job at attempting. It was hilarious

[@saabninefive93]

@@fhb3 In central North Carolina on WRAL channel 5--ABC after American Bandstand followed by Soul Train went off, the very popular local show Teenage Frolics came on. The show, which was taped at WRAL-TV studios, played the latest soul and R&B and featured local African-American young people dancing. The show began taping in 1958, which was about 15 years before Soul Train came on the air. Frolics' host was JD Lewis. I remember the show and Mr. Lewis fondly.

[@1uniquemonique]

@@saabninefive93 OMG!! Somebody else remembers Teenage Frolics. My sister and I use to watch it when my parents would send us to spend summers with my cousins in Goldsboro NC. I'm from Danville VA and it wasn't broadcast in VA even though we got WRAL signal on CATV. We really looked forward to those summers. Those were the good old days.

[@chrisjames7887]

Disco and the Sound of Philadelphia at their very best! Total classic!

[@danielsoto8601]

They put this at a Philadelphia Eagles game!

[@roquefortfiles]

I am as white as sour cream but this makes me move

[@martine9849]

😊😊⁰⁰000😊000000😊000😊⁰😊⁰000😊⁰

[@ealrip]

this song is totally so underrated it's a crying shame one of the best musical songs ever written a truly masterpiece of music geniuses an orchestral work.

[@Georgia275]

Underrated? How old are you? Everyone of a certain age recognises this superb piece of music instantly.

[@Fortwentt]

had horns too.

[@tommcconville677]

Best song of the disco era, hands down. Disco Inferno a close second.

[@robertmatthews2069]

Absolutely a Philly classic

[@williamchappell9858]

Tight a** vocals by the mighty The Three Degrees

[@busterbiloxi3833]

It was fine until the vocals.

[@Chatosvideos]

The Beat of those drums!!!! Trumpets, trombones and all. Take it away! Creativity at its very best. A Masterpiece!

[@johnwilkerson2195]

I'm 52 grew up on this music 🎵

[@thebarbaryghostsf]

The birth of Disco, brought to us from Philly International. A legendary group of artists and producers.

[@philb.1502]

R.I.P. Don Cornelius!! Soul Train was an iconic show that promoted Black musical talent and culture at a time when there wasn't any other national platform for this!! Let's get it on!!!! It's time to get down!!!!!

[@user-jq1ne2gs1k]

One of my favorite memories of working on a particular Hollywood lot was strolling over to the Soul Train stage and watching the shows being taped. SO much fun.

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

Everything has to be about racist the 13% doesn’t it.

[@howardcampbell6796]

I grew up in NYC and took it all for granted. Still glad I took advantage of the town. Music takes me back from the crap out there today.

[@steelstreet3765]

I am 44 year old and I love this type of music of the 70s Era

[@jaylene.turner6524]

Written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff ---------- Vocals: The Three Degrees Shelia Ferguson Fayette Pinkney (R.I.P.) Valerie Holiday ---------- Instrumentation: Leon Huff and MFSB ----------- Arranger and Conductor: Bobby Martin ---------- Produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff ---------- Year: 1974 --------- Album: Love Is The Message ------------ This also became the theme song to Soul Train.

[@Butlerbob]

When I hear this, many memories come back, the first ladies in my life, the love that was unparalleled, the many women who even wanted to spend one night with you, etc. wonderful time in the 1970s, would want to do it all over again!!!

[@CommishNflpro]

The epicness of this song can not be understated

[@theramden6025]

Philly Soul at it's best.

[@motownfan3]

THE PHILLY SOUND ....GAMBLE AND HUFF ...THE BEST MUSIC OF THE 70'S !!!!!

[@darrellmfume3513]

Gamble and Huff had help. THOM BELL, and BOBBY MARTIN.

[@motownfan3]

@@darrellmfume3513 You are correct !!!!

[@11dsw]

It was the best disco produced…period…nothing better.

[@motownfan3]

@@11dsw YUP !!!! :)

[@vampoftrance]

TK and Casablanca very good too!

[@user-ig8se9vv6y]

Oh how those memories come creeppin back in my mind when I hear this classic

[@MrSteve280]

Such masterful writing and production. Strange how we took this quality of music for granted back then. This isn't some senior citizen reminiscing about the good-ole-days. The musical talent was simply better.

[@sheriedwards8257]

Preach!

[@disillusionedanglophile7680]

We did take it for granted didn't we, we expected new geniuses like Townsend, Bonham and Blackmore every week, then the accountants took over and we got Kylie Minogue, Rick Astley and Madonna

[@MrSteve280]

@@disillusionedanglophile7680 Music's become less about the ears and more about the eyes. Still some good needles out there but so much more mediocre hay to sift through.

[@Angelisa-hi3fv]

I deeply miss soul train.

[@EddioPinaR]

One of the greatest song ever

[@fjones]

Eddio. Yes. Yes🎈🎊🎈👌👌

[@perryhailey6715]

Got to agree! 😀😀😀😀👍👍👍👍

[@BJR14789]

Oh yeah

[@telmoarroitagomez1708]

Agree with you

[@rikkibusch5610]

Coping voice here 🎭😎yeah i love this song along with many other songs from the 70s

[@rmazzella5303]

For New York City, this one comes 100 miles up the turnpike!

[@willortiz3547]

I am in my 70'S and I remember buying this album when it first came out. I loved it then and I love it now! I keep the vinyl album in pristine shape and I still enjoy the music performed by MFSB! Will Ortiz

[@fanozungu9684]

It reminds me my brother I will love it forever.

[@thanyjagger4865]

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[@thanyjagger4865]

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[@joandechirico2721]

I am right there with you ❤ Still.have the album in mint condition.

[@DimMak74]

Y'all live on....... old enough to be my parents, I was born in 74' and love this music and the music before this...........

[@kimberlybirdsong3368]

Had no clue that The Three Degrees sand the hook! Awesome!

[@davidderitis9068]

I just found out too: LOVED The Three Degrees!!

[@phillygrl69]

Philadelphians, We TRULY ARE ❤!! Im Philly..BORN!!!! THIS IS PHILLY, SO WELL DEFINED!

[@charlottegregory3082]

ME TOO!!!!

[@roddingle3600]

I was high school when this was No. 1...!! Once u heard it, u just wanna drop everything and started dancing!! AHHHHH the 70s!!!

[@GOFLuvr]

This song sure injected a lot of rhythm into my vanilla booty!

[@debutler1014]

This beat will forever play a part in my life. I don't ever want to forget it.

[@herculesthepower1544]

Me too

[@samuelgriffin4167]

The Three Degrees as backup singers

[@footy2rock]

They had sexy voices

[@jaylene.turner6524]

@@footy2rock And they were sexy themselves.

[@billmitch920]

(from BOLIVIA) some people might think that 70 years is "old" but you are still YOUNG if you remember & like this song

[@georgescott4505]

I'm 53 myself, but I know what you are saying. 70 years is only 25,550 days and that ain't nothing. Life is short. The reason things now seem like a long time ago is because those in power keep changing the times. Everything now looks far different, and people in general are different than back then. The world is far different now, and it makes times past seem like long ago, though they weren't.

[@Fortwentt]

66 and that was good music to me.

[@Fortwentt]

really good music that happened here

[@hjbb.9177]

MFSB ist einer der Top Songs für mich. Bin verrückt nach dem Lied. Vielen Dank an die Komponisten, Musiker und Three Degrees

[@philippeachourite5642]

soul train with our don cornelius!!!! R.I.P DON

[@kaylalopez1994]

my grandmother used to always play this on our long rides back home from visiting, she passed a few years back & always asked my grandpa for it but he just couldn’t remember! recently started a new job & they played it!! this will never get old🥲

[@helenniles3139]

Sorry for your loss 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@musiccollector]

Your grandma had superb taste in music, Kayla.

[@5291982]

Covid got her?

[@papasmoke981]

Was she bone thug??

[@paulfrost8895]

Such a 70s sound.

[@davidklein7962]

Spring 1974….Millard Lefler Jr High Lincoln Nebraska. I was 13! Great times as a kid. Love this song🤗

[@federicomasset6064]

Masterpiece

[@Wixom2200]

I love MFSB, flying, that soul-disco sound.

[@louisgonzalez8846]

When this cut came out, no one realized that disco was going to turn into a worldwide phenomenon, surely the dancers on the dance floor perceived that this sonorous sound was a harbinger for the classic "sound of philadelpjia" to be remembered for eternity.

[@AngelMorales-dn9ds]

Don't forget Soul MaKossa by Manu Dibango.

[@slimreynolds6935]

@@AngelMorales-dn9ds won't let me leave 100 likes 😃 Love Dibango!

[@slimreynolds6935]

Truth! You had me at sonorous! I was around back then. Amazing how the entire universe was overwhelmed by disco, with TSOP being one of the first!

[@abarkett]

How would the dancers on the floor have perceived that what they were hearing would become the harbinger to a classic that wasn't yet a classic? What does that mean? Did you just mean they perceived that what they were hearing was the starting of something new *that would become a classic?*

[@louisgonzalez8846]

@@AngelMorales-dn9ds before Soul Makosa, there was 3 important cuts in the 67-70 timeslot. Dance to the Music, by Sly Stone, then there was Tighten Up by Archie Bell and the Drells. And then it was 25 Miles by Edwin Starr.

[@roseannemunroe8162]

THE SOUL TRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LETs get in on!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rebeccadeane4679]

This FABULOUS SONG should be a part of a music class curriculum, if it isn't already!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@rebeccadeane4679]

Thank You!!!

[@davidderitis9068]

Agree agree and AGREE !!❤❤❤

[@rebeccadeane4679]

@@davidderitis9068 Thank You!, Because GREAT MUSIC, NEEDS to be HEARD, FELT, Annnd Most Definitely TAUGHT!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@rebeccadeane4679]

Thank You!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@고메365]

The soul train

[@bryanpalmer9660]

Remember songs like this and Boogie Nights,etc- Wonderful memories of the mid 70s

[@coastroad_7886]

💜 TSOP ‘ ‘

[@gwennchatmannsaffo9895]

Did you know that the letter MFSB means Mother Father Sister Brother Soooul Train love this song

[@lovebetterthanwar484]

RIP Ronnie Baker the bass player on this song. He passed away in 1990. He also played for the Trammps( Disco Inferno ) This song started the Disco Era as I'm concerned. Listen to the drums and the bass. It is still not superceded by other disco songs and it was released in 1974.The drums and and the bass playing here became somewhat like the school for how drums and bass "should" be played to fit in to the all new Disco music. Long live the sound of The Mother F....ng Studio Band( MFSB ) as they called themselves back in the day (in a joking way)😊

[@customkey]

Earl Young in drums.

[@raiderpdog]

always have loved this bassline, defies you not to move to it. Just a great player, along with the drummer. Love this era of stuff.

[@guyjoos9293]

My first LP in my life..Great..

[@glennpoch4742]

The Sooooooouuuuuuuullllllll Train!!!

[@zazaranger5]

The Soooooouuuuuulllllll TRAIN!

[@11dsw]

Disco when it was lush, soulful and beautiful…😀💕❤️

[@user-gw6xc6ji7b]

Agree a masterpiece

[@matteoromenghi]

Timeless song. So '70's.

[@denniskelly2192]

Time Machine baby! NEVER come back!

[@linady4352]

The Soul Train❤❤❤ Love it😊

[@x-man4350]

Out-of-sight🔶 Dynamite/Feeling right🔶 Platform shoes🔶 Afro sheen/Afro pick 🔶 Gold medallion, breath mints 🔶

[@johnpulaski6725]

Soul Train! Peace, Love and Soul! 👍🏻🕺💃

[@naiemmaladouce]

C était la belle époque 😘💫🌍j adore cette belle musique 🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎻🎵🎶🎧🎼🌠😘❣🎷🤞👑🦁🥁

[@billa1870]

I'm dancing in my chair.

[@lesliespringer9816]

THE SOOOOOOUUUUUULLLL TRAIN. A DON CORNELIUS PRODUCTION.

[@jeffreychandler8666]

I can remember this masterpiece, so vividly, in the early 70's. A time when "SOUL TRAIN" featured this awesome song. Also, I remember reading about M F.S B., and of course, I remember the " Three Degrees." Lovely ladies with beautiful voices. Mother, Father, Sister, Brother! The full orchestra of DIVERSE people. It was a unique time in musical/ jazz expression, and enormous creativity.

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

Could be TSOP the Smell of Philadelphia just coming over the Platt bridge mid summer. But I grew up on the Philly sound. This was part of it.

[@musiccollector]

One of my all-time favorites, not just from the 70s, but from all time. Fabulous memories of 1974. The beloved soundtrack of our lives. Oh, please take me back...

[@AgentJayZ]

I am from the same background as you indicate with your avatar, and I completely agree. This song begins with opening a door to a rainbow, and roller skating to the Soul Train station!

[@NormAppleton]

Same guys produced this kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppm6c5SMpcqFmbs

[@roberttaylor90y76]

Great 70s track music of this genre has stood the test of time.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Came out the year I graduated from high school!

[@musiccollector]

@@AgentJayZ AMEN!

[@dougdoesall]

Well...my favorite disco song. Hands down. My favorite disco/funk group is Kool and the Gang, but this song...well...

[@davidsquonkbreeds8568]

Man just took a trip back to 1974! This played quite a bit in South Africa! I remember being intrigued by all the acronyms MFSB TSOP. Did we even call them Acronyms back then. So reminiscent of TV Show themes at the time. Great musicians on the album as well. Such an uplifting piece of music.

[@jcobbs4523]

Maybe not. Technically, acronyms make another word like SCUBA. These are just initialisms.

[@baylinkdashyt]

@@jcobbs4523 Lots of people (still) incorrectly call them acronyms. Acronyms are initialism which *become* words: as you note, SCUBA, now the English word scuba. Radar and Sonar are other examples. *Things which are not pronounceable words* are not acronyms. This comment brought to you by Aspergers. 🙂

[@christopherporter2459]

​@@baylinkdashyt "This comment brought to you by Aspergers"... Thank you for the laugh, I've been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome and thought it was pretty funny. ❤

[@sunshinesunflowerz1647]

Mother father sister brother The(indelible)Sound of Philadelphia

[@wadegenwright4629]

Superior Perfection Personnified

[@x-man4350]

Can you dig it Can you dig it CAN.... YOU.... DIG..... IT.................👊🏾

[@tiffanywinston407]

If only they named this song “Soul Train”. Regardless it’s a masterpiece

[@robertjohnson1602]

The song defined the times in the first quarter of 1974! Deservedly a huge US #1 hit

[@telmoarroitagomez1708]

This is one of my favourites songs ever of sound Philadelphia

[@waynegreen1892]

R,I,P, DON CORNIELUS

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

❤SOUL❤

[@ericbonwit5108]

First TV theme song to reach #1 on the Billboard charts.

[@birgitblatt-matijevic1002]

love that kind of music! Brings back good old times!

[@grahambrowne7833]

THE MUSIC

[@gracedurias5720]

"Let's get it on, it's Time to get Down...."

[@lauramartinezcortes6706]

F.A.N.T.A.S.T.I.C.O MFSB & The Three Degrees - The Sound of Philadelphia 🌹

[@xxmm7336]

RIP 🎶🎶 Thom Bell 🎶🎶 TSOP🎶🎶

[@mkl62]

A #1 hit for MSFB and The Three Degrees in April 1974. It also was #1 on the Rhythm & Blues charts, the Adult Contemporary charts, and the Cash Box charts. It went to #1 in Canada, #3 in Switzerland, #12 in Australia, #13 in New Zealand and South Africa, #17 in Austria, #18 in The Netherlands, and to #22 in the United Kingdom

[@baylinkdashyt]

And now... On with the countdown!

[@robdykes3659]

Miss Casey kasam

[@musiccollector]

Well, it is #1 in my heart and had already achieved platinum status.

[@henrilouisecarter2777]

R. I.P. Bobby Eli. 🙏🏾🕊️

[@borood1188]

LET’S GET IT ONNNNNN IT’S TIME TO GET DOWN!

[@sixtieskid062]

God bless Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. My childhood would not have been the same without this music.

[@darrellmfume3513]

Don't forget Music Arranger BOBBY MARTIN. he wrote all the Strings, and Horn Arrangements. Bobby was one of Gamble and Huff's TOP Music Arrangers.

[@rayseva1278]

Back in the day....when this song hit the 1:58 mark, I could've run through a brick wall for my coach!

[@bullrunready]

The original disco sound song that shaped the 70s. Gamble and Huff.

[@darrellmfume3513]

Don't forget Music Arranger BOBBY MARTIN. who wrote all the Strings, and Horn Arrangements.

[@michaelbruns449]

Dazzling instrumenal jewel.

[@scottburton9701]

The theme from "Soul Train"-RIP Don Cornelius.

[@johncheek2207]

Came here because Bobby Eli just past away. He was a member of this band and it brought back childhood memories from the 70's

[@silvarolianthony9724]

Good old disco days

[@DG-zm1gg]

RIP Thom Bell. ✨️🙌🎶

[@rosesuarez3372]

Love this music 🎼🎵🎶 of TSOP 😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️

[@lutherbias9534]

AINT NUTTIN' LIKE IT!

[@krisplante120]

I saw this record on vinyl at a store years ago, had never heard of MFSB before, but thought the cover looked cool and I picked it up for a few bucks. I remember putting it on the record player and instantly fell in love. I was very happy with the purchase ✌️🍁

[@monicaindelicato5904]

I always loved this song and I've just discovered it was on the top of the charts the same day I was born!!!

[@j20tower]

Mother, father, sister , brother. Great song

[@scottburton9701]

# 1 in April 1974-An undisputed classic!

[@jasongianna5383]

Absolutely correct .....this song from 74 is a quintessential masterpiece!!!!

[@charlottegregory3082]

I totally agree and not just because I am a native of Philadelphia, and I knew Gamble & Huff. Pure Genius!!!

[@robbie4860]

This legendary gem is 50! years old, and NONE off the crap made today even comes close..

[@naiemmaladouce]

tout à fait vrai 👍je suis entièrement d'accord avec toi 🤞bisous 😘🧡

[@virginiagrundman4012]

Correctamundo 😊

[@Catlover2016]

And it never will.

[@Zenikat]

theres a lot of good music made today. try listening to king gizzard and the wizard lizard if you have the time, you will not regret it

[@kimkoteles4063]

What great memories this song brings! Our high school band would play this and all of us girls on the Flag Corps Squads, Majorities and Drill Teams would all choreograph our routines to this song! What a Blast it was! 1976 & 1977!

[@fjones]

Kim...I played it before all my law exams a few years ago🤷‍♀️😁 it helped a lot lol😁🎊🎊🎈🎈👍👍

[@normaramirez4048]

Oh Kim I remember those days! Love them so much since I was in the drill team at Providence High School in San Antonio in 1976. God, I love those days!!

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

Philadelphia stand up