"Expressway to Your Hart" owed a great deal to the biggest and best blue-eyed soul band of the era - The Rascals, as well as the vocal stylings of the Righteous Brothers.
The song has a place in soul history as the first hit for the Philadelphia-based team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, who wrote and produced the track. Gamble and Huff went on to form the Philadelphia International Records label and became major hitmakers in the 1970's for the O'Jays, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, and many others, racking up 170 gold and platinum records in their career.
And here's a fine cover of "Expressway to Your Heart" by a white guy named Bruce who knows a thing or two about soul music:
2 comments:
Soul music belongs to all of us, don't wade cautiously, jump in (but feet first, please)and keep pumpin' out great posts.
On that Springsteen video, isn't that drummer, just great?
Thanks for reading Joe.
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