It was the beginning of an incredibly successful collaboration between Creed, Bell, and the Stylistics. In 1971, Bell was producing the Stylistics and one of the songs they chose to record was a Bell/Creed composition called “Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart).” The single was a hit, reaching #6 on the Billboard R&B chart and crossing over to Top 40 success on the pop chart. Creed was signed to Mighty Three Music and she began working on songs with Bell. The third member of the trio was songwriter/arranger Thom Bell. Creed refused to give up and she was only 22 years old when her break came as Dusty Springfield recorded Creed’s song “Free Girl.” At around that time, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff had gotten Philadelphia International Records off the ground and had formed a subsidiary company called Mighty Three Music. But her dreams, like those of so many before her, died on the streets on the Big Apple and she returned home to Philadelphia, feeling defeated, eight months later.Īll was not lost, however. She got a music business job working as a secretary for Mills music and in her spare time she worked on developing her lyric writing skills. When she finished high school, Creed, like so many others before her, headed up the Turnpike to New York City to realize her dreams. Among the venues that the group played were the Philadelphia Athletic Club and Sid Booker’s Highline Lounge. Her ambition was to be a singer and she was still in high school when she realized that ambition by singing in a group called Raw Soul. Her journey was as unlikely as it was spectacular.Ĭreed was born Linda Epstein in Philadelphia in 1948 and attended the city’s Germantown High School.
Airy section of Philadelphia to the top of the pop and soul charts. The more you learn about Linda Creed, the more you realize just how extraordinary her journey was from the Mt.
You may not know her name and yet she was responsible, in part, for some of your favorite records. Her and Tommy Bell were meant for each other.” – Kenny Gamble Look at her lyrics on “I’m Stone In Love With You.” These are great concepts. All you have to do is listen to her lyrics like on “Betcha By Golly, Wow.” Listen to those lyrics and see how she was able to make those lyrics like that. She started out wanting to be a singer and she wasn’t a bad singer but she was a great, great writer.
“Linda Creed was such a sweet young lady.
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