Barbara Weathers

The self-titled album "Barbara Weathers," released in 1990, features the smooth R&B and soul sounds of the artist, who is known for her rich vocal talent. Barbara Weathers gained fame as the lead vocalist of the group Atlantic Starr before launching her solo career. Her work is characterized by emotional delivery and a blend of contemporary R&B with soulful elements. The album primarily falls within the R&B and soul genres, showcasing Weathers' powerful vocals and melodic sensibilities.

The self-titled album "Barbara Weathers," released in 1990, features the smooth R&B and soul sounds of the artist, who is known for her rich vocal talent. Barbara Weathers gained fame as the lead vocalist of the group Atlantic Starr before launching her solo career. Her work is characterized by emotional delivery and a blend of contemporary R&B with soulful elements. The album primarily falls within the R&B and soul genres, showcasing Weathers' powerful vocals and melodic sensibilities.

Jamie Records was a record label founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1957 by Harold Lipsius (1913–2007) and Allan Sussel (1924–2003). Their first 45rpm single, "It's Great to Fall in Love"/"Truly" by Marian Caruso, was issued in 1957. The label was named after Allan Sussel's eldest daughter, Jamie Sussel Turner.

Like the Motown Sound of the mid-60s, the Philly Sound of the 70s did not suddenly appear overnight with the establishment of Philadelphia International Records and the rise to international stardom of acts such as the O Jays, the Three Degrees and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. This new Kent release Nothing But A House Party focuses its attention on the years 1967-1971 and provides a first-class overview of how recording in Philadelphia moved on from the lightweight Cameo-Parkway sound of the early 60s to become considerably more inventive and sophisticated. Most of the musicians heard on these tracks became part of MFSB, the musical backbone of nearly every black American recording that came out of Philly between 1971 and 1976. Many of the songwriters and producers also went on to far greater fame in the 70s, after honing their craft with these and many other classics. Some artists featured here had fallen by the wayside by the turn of the 1970s, while others had moved their recording base elsewhere but all played a significant role in developing Philadelphia's standing as one of one of soul music's most significant cities of the 20th century. With the kind of copiously annotated and illustrated booklet and top-notch mastering you would expect from Kent, this is a release no serious soul fan should overlook.

For the whole of the 1970s, the Philly Sound was a leading and immediately identifiable component of black American music. A crack team of producers, songwriters and musicians raised worldwide awareness of Philadelphia soul to the level the Motown Sound had enjoyed during the previous decade. Anyone with half an ear for music could spot a Philly soul record by its opening bars, whatever the location of the label on which it appeared. In the same way the Motown Sound really came together after the company started recording almost exclusively in its own premises, the Philly Sound quickly took shape once Joe Tarsia, the former chief engineer at Cameo-Parkway Studios, opened Sigma Sound in 1968.