The Soul Survivors began their singing career in New York City as a street corner vocal group known as The Dedications. The early days were spent trying to audition and be heard by record companies and music publishers located in Broadway's famous Brill Building. Eventually, they found their way into the recording studios, landing their own record deal with Bell Records. Their first recording "I Ain't A Bit Sorry" reached the top ten list on New York's popular rhythm and blues radio station WWRL.

After several years of playing various venues in the New York area, they teamed up with a group of instrumentalists and became the band known as The Soul Survivors. As their popularity grew, especially in the Atlantic City - Philadelphia area, they attracted the attention of record producers Kenny Gamble and Loen Huff. Their meeting resulted in the recording of "Expressway To Your Heart".

"Expressway to Your Heart" was a #1 hit regionally in Philadelphia and New York in the fall of 1967, and the tune reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 nationally. "Expressway to Your Heart" spent 15 weeks in the charts and sold over one million copies. Written and produced by Gamble and Huff, it would be that duo's first "crossover" hit and would serve as a cornerstone of what would later become known as "The Sound Of Philadelphia". In polls taken by the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia's City Paper, "Expressway" was voted the number one record ever to come out of Philadelphia.



Tracklist:

01. Do You Feel It (Felix Cavaliere/Gene Cornish) - 3:43
02. Please, Please, Please (Brown/Terry) - 3:27
03. Too Many Fish In The Sea / Shake (Holland/Whitfield-Sam Cooke) - 5:49
04. Dathon's Theme (The Soul Survivors) - 2:43
05. Taboo-India (The Soul Survivors) - 3:39
06. Expressway (To Your Heart) (Gamble/Huff) - 2:18
07. Respect (Otis Redding) - 2:40
08. A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke) - 3:46
09. Hey Gyp (Leitch) - 4:51
10. The Rydle (Gamble/Huff) - 2:56
Bonuses:
11. Explosion In Your Soul (Gamble/Huff) - 2:33
12. Impossible Mission (Gamble/Huff) - 2:21
13. Poor Man's Dream (Gamble/Huff) - 2:50
14. Explosion In Your Soul (Extended Version) (Gamble/Huff) - 2:55

Personnel:
- Charles Ingui - Vocals
- Richard Ingui - Vocals
- Kenny Jeremiah - Vocals
- Chuck Trois - Guitar
- Joseph Forgione - Drums
- Paul Venturini - Organ

Media info:
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Channels: joint stereo
Samplerate: 44100
Encoder: LAME 3.97
MPEG-1 layer 3

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