You Make Me Feel Brand New hit-makers The Stylistics recall touring with notoriously 'tough' James Brown EXCLUSIVE The legendary Philadelphia soul group are back with their first album in two decades Evening Standard · Feb 24, 2025
The Stylistics and Shania Twain spread the love this Valentine's Day with new collab Yes, I Will The Stylistics have released their first new song in more than 16 years, featuring none other than Shania Twain. BANG Premier · Feb 14, 2025
The Stylistics recruit Shania Twain, Gene Simmons and Justin Hawkins for new album The Stylistics worked with music royalty from the worlds of rock, pop, country and more on their new album 'Falling In Love With My Girl'. BANG Premier · Dec 10, 2024
‘James Brown kept cutting our stage time’ – how the Stylistics made You Make Me Feel Brand New ‘The first time we opened for James Brown, we got 20 minutes on stage. Then when he heard the crowd response, he cut it to 15. By the end of the tour, he’d cut us back to five’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2024
Thom Bell, 1970s ‘Sound of Philadelphia’ producer, dies at 79 Bell, often collaborating with lyricist Linda Creed, worked on more than 30 gold records from 1968-78 as Philadelphia became as much a center of soul music as Detroit and Motown Records were in the 1960s. Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 23, 2022
Thom Bell, an architect of 1970s Philadelphia soul, dies One of the architects of the 1970s “Sound of Philadelphia” has died The Independent UK · Dec 23, 2022
Delfonics lead singer William 'Poogie' Hart dead at 77 William “Poogie” Hart, a founder of the Grammy-winning trio the Delfonics who helped write and sang a soft lead tenor on such classic “Sound of Philadelphia” ballads as “La-La (Means I Love You)” and “Didn’t I (Blow Your Mind This Time),” has died at age 77 The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022
‘A full-force trinity’: the glory and tragedy of reggae group the Mighty Diamonds The death in a drive-by shooting of singer Donald ‘Tabby Diamond’ Shaw this week brings to an end a group whose gorgeous harmonies made them genre greats The Guardian - UK · Mar 31, 2022