MFSB

MFSB, officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother", was a pool of more than 30 <a href="/facts/Session_musician/Belq3KCo">studio musicians</a> based at <a href="/facts/Philadelphia/2bFFCCTU">Philadelphia</a>'s <a href="/facts/Sigma_Sound_Studios/4j8Gk9HJ">Sigma Sound Studios</a>. They worked closely with the production team of <a href="/facts/Gamble_and_Huff/wHw9dnJQ">Gamble and Huff</a> and producer/arranger <a href="/facts/Thom_Bell/vBJVnFut">Thom Bell</a>, and backed up <a href="/facts/Harold_Melvin_%26_the_Blue_Notes/NYh1UzGl">Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes</a>, <a href="/facts/The_O%27Jays/mbMblKdr">the O'Jays</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Stylistics/tJhIIT0K">the Stylistics</a>, <a href="/facts/The_Spinners_(American_group)/LbfhmwVp">the Spinners</a>, <a href="/facts/Wilson_Pickett/7tXgmJjQ">Wilson Pickett</a>, and <a href="/facts/Billy_Paul/yD3XJtns">Billy Paul</a>.
In 1972, MFSB began recording as a named act for the Philadelphia International label. "<a href="/facts/TSOP_(The_Sound_of_Philadelphia)/7wrmbgY4">TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)</a>", also known as the <a href="/facts/Soul_Train/xcabQjMs">Soul Train</a> theme, was their second and most successful single. Released in March 1974, it peaked at number one on the US <a href="/facts/Billboard_(magazine)/CVruQGq5">Billboard</a> <a href="/facts/Billboard_Hot_100/gwKl8VL9">pop</a> and <a href="/facts/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs/830VoC96">R&B</a> <a href="/facts/Record_chart/Ae8LNm9B">charts</a>. "TSOP" was influential in establishing the <a href="/facts/Disco/BQu4rHxV">disco</a> sound. The track sold over one million copies, and was awarded a <a href="/facts/Music_recording_certification/zGzLFa9l">gold disc</a> by the <a href="/facts/RIAA/8a7K0Ubf">RIAA</a> in April 1974.

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