Thomas Randolph Bell was a Jamaican-born American record producer, arranger, and songwriter known as one of the creators of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s.
He is best known for his success with the Philadelphia sound in the 1970s, particularly with the Delfonics, Stylistics, and Spinners. In June 2006, Bell was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In 2016, Bell was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum.
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He is the father of Royal, Troy, Tia, Mark, Cybell, and Christopher is Thom Bell.
Initially, Sylvia Bell and Thom Bell were wed. Sylvia and Thom were married in 1965 and got divorced in 1981. Thom Bell and Vanessa Bell have a happy marriage. Since 1986, the couple has been married.
Other artists Bell produced in the 1980s included The Temptations, Phyllis Hyman, and Dee Dee Bridgwater, and he even re-united briefly with the Stylistics in 1981 on Philadelphia International’s subsidiary, TSOP.