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The Intruders is a former American soul music group most popular in the 1960s and 1970s. As one of the first groups to have hit songs under the direction of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, they had a major influence on the development of Philadelphia soul.

Formed around 1960, the group originally consisted of Sam “Little Sonny” Brown, Eugene “Bird” Daughtry, Phillip “Phil” Terry and Robert “Big Sonny” Edwards.[1] In 1969, Sam Brown was replaced as lead singer by Bobby Starr, only to rejoin the group in 1973.

In 1965, when songwriters and record producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff first contemplated leaving the Cameo-Parkway record label to risk launching their own label, the vocalists on which they pinned all their hopes and venture capital were The Intruders. Like many other subsequent acts the duo produced, which includes the popular Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes and The O’Jays, The Intruders had already developed a vocal sound that was both theirs and uniquely Philadelphian.

Brown, Daughtry, Terry and Edwards had been recording and performing one-off singles together since 1961, blending Philly’s street corner doo-wop tradition with black gospel fervor. The result was neither as pop-infected as Motown, nor as funky and blues-inflected as Stax. The sound which The Intruders refined for the Excel, Gamble and Philadelphia International imprints reflected a different attitude than either Stax or Motown.
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    The love sound is here

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    I'LL ALLWAYS LOVE MY MOMMA, SHE'S MY BABY GIRL

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    Timeless Classic! Soundtrack of my life...Cowboys to Girls, and I'll Love My Mama!

    8 May 2010 Reply

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    memories are heere to staay.

    7 Jun 2009 Reply

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    One of my favour groups, and i can't believe....To be happy is the real thing....is bottom..........great tune check it out!!

    14 May 2009 Reply

  • tamashow

    Philly Sound!

    7 May 2009 Reply

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    Thank you Philly.

    23 Apr 2009 Reply

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    Cowboys to Girls! Girls to Women!

    15 Apr 2009 Reply

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    12 Aug 2008 Reply

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    early philly soul at its finest!

    18 Sep 2007 Reply

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