Yesterday turned into musical appreciation day in chambers with as Council honored recording industry legends Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, the founders of Philadelphia International Records, who were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday.
“We’ve received a lot of awards all over the world, but the hometown is the special one,” said Huff, a Camden native. Gamble, who has become a developer and activist in Philadelphia, said the duo’s next target was winning an Oscar (if any producers out there are listening).
Bob Cerulli might not be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame, but he is a member of the South Philadelphia High School Alumni Association’s Cultural Hall-of-Fame. Cerulli, a master of the string bass, was recognized for a long career in symphonies across the east coast and for backing up artists from Elvis Presley to Lou Rawls to Henry Mancini. He composed more than 300 orchestral arrangements for Warner Brothers Music.
Also honored was Philadelphia native Quiara Alegria Hudes, whose Broadway musical, In the Heights, opened on Sunday. Hudes is the niece of City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sanchez.
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