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Don’t call Joe McEwen’s book a music business memoir. It’s about Tastykakes, Gamble & Huff, Michael Jackson, and more

The Philadelphia native and legendary music exec thought “Soul Music Saved My Life” would make a good title. Then Butterscotch Krimpets came to mind.

Joe McEwen was going to call his book Soul Music Saved My Life.
“Because, in a sense, it did,” says the music executive and journalist who grew up in Philadelphia in the 1960s, and got an education listening to legendary Philly DJs like Georgie Woods… [6985 chars]

Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer | Published: 2026-04-28T17:01:00Z

Credit: The Philadelphia Inquirer

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