Billboard #1 Hits: #324: “TSOP [The Sound of Philadelphia}”- MFSB Featuring The Three Degrees. April 20, 1974. #1 for 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
- Single: “TSOP[ The Sound Of Philadelphia}”- MFSB featuring The Three Degrees
- Record Company-Philadelphia International
- Genre- Philly Soul, Disco
- Written by Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff
- Time: 3:29
- B-side:”Something For Nothing”
- Album-Love Is The Message
- Grade: A-
- Peaked at #1 2 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #22 in UK Singles Chart. #1 in Canada.
Written as the theme for Soul Train- it became the first television theme show to ever hit #1 on the pop charts. Depending on what you consider disco it might have been the first disco single to go to #1.
Cool song!
One of my favorite songs of the 1970s and one of the best Disco songs ever. It’s actually a fantastic orchestral instrumental that’s great to dance to, not just a Disco song. The entire album is great.