Artist:McFadden & WhiteheadSong:Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Album:The Sound Of Philadelphia: Gamble & Huff's Greatest Hits
McFadden & Whitehead's 1979 smash it Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now seemed to come out of nowhere but Gene McFadden (born July 2, 1948 in Philadelphia) and John Whitehead (born July 10, 1949 in Philadelphia) had worked together for years and wrote hits for others before they finally had their one big hit. They met when they were teens and started The Epsilons and toured with Otis Redding until his death. Later they called themselves Talk Of The Town and started working with the legendary team of Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff. They wanted to record but Gamble & Huff liked their songs and McFadden & Whitehead wrote plenty of hits like Backstabbers for the O'Jays. Gamble & Huff finally agreed to let them record one song and McFadden, Whitehead and keyboard player Jerry Cohen came up with Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now. It reached #13 on the pop singles chart and went platinum. They continued to record but couldn't follow up the song and they went back to songwriting and producing. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now is still a very popular song at sporting events and I suggest you get it on this Gamble & Huff various artists comp. John Whitehead was murdered seemingly at random on May 11, 2004 at age 54. Gene McFadden died of lung cancer on Jan. 27, 2006 at age 57. Here's McFadden & Whitehead performing Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now on Soul Train 1979.
McFadden And Whitehead - Aint No Stoppin Us Now - McFadden And Whitehead
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