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O'Jays

The O'Jays are the pinnacle of the seventies soul music.

They were instrumental in popularizing Philly soul and the work of songwriting team Gamble and Huff. Their velvety, lush, yet funk-tinged sound establishes them as some of soul music's finest. More on rockhall.com...

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Audio

Back Stabbers by O'Jays
Call Number: CD O'JAY BACK-S 1996

Publication Date: 1996
Family Reunion by O'Jays
Call Number: CD O'JAY FAMI 1991

Publication Date: 1991
For the Love by O'Jays
Call Number: CD O'JAY FOR 2010

Publication Date: 2010
Love Train : the Best of the O'Jays by O'Jays
Call Number: CD OJAY LOVE 1994

Publication Date: 1994
Love Train : the sound of Philadelphia by Various performers
Call Number: CDB COLL LOVE-TR 2008

Publication Date: 2008

A collection featuring the O'Jays, the Delfonics, Dusty Springfield and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.

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Books

A House on Fire : the rise and fall of Philadelphia Soul by John A. Jackson
Call Number: ML3537 .J33 2004

John Jackson shows how Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, and Thom Bell developed a black recording empire second only to Berry Gordy's Motown, pumping out a string of chart-toppers from Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Spinners, the O'Jays, the Stylistics, and many others.
Legendary Pioneers of Black Radio by Gilbert A. Williams
Call Number: ML406 .W55 1998

Includes the story of the O'Jays and their namesake, the legendary DJ Eddie O'Jay.