The HistoryMakers video oral history with Kenny Gamble.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (5 video files (2 hr., 31 min.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2002.183 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Gamble, Kenny, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Bieschke, Paul, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Kenny Gamble |
| Portion of title | Kenny Gamble |
| Abstract | Record company owner and community activist Kenny Gamble was born in Philadelphia in 1943. His writing and producing efforts with Leon Huff resulted in more than 170 platinum and gold albums and songs. They are known as the originators of the Philly Soul Sound. Their hits include "Expressway to Your Heart," "Only the Strong Survive," "Me and Mrs. Jones," "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "Back Stabbers," "Love Train" and "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now." In the early 1990s, Gamble and his wife moved back into his former childhood neighborhood of South Philadelphia o help rebuild the community. Gamble founded the nonprofit Universal Companies aimed at empowering the inner city and its residents. He also founded a nonprofit community development corporation, Universal Community Homes, to provide affordable housing to low- and moderate-income families in Philadelphia. Gamble received various awards and honors for his work and dedication to the community. |
| Credits | Videographer, Paul Bieschke. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2002 September 7. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2002.183 HistoryMakers |