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Oscar Charles Gamble (December 20, 1949 – January 31, 2018) was an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 17 seasons from 1969 to 1985 for seven teams: the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees (on two occasions, each); as well as the Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, San Diego Padres, and Texas ...
Gamble (left) and Huff (right), 1995 Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) [ 1 ] and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey ) [ 2 ] are an American songwriting and production duo credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as Philly sound) of the 1970s.
Nathaniel Kellogg "N.K." Fairbank (1829–1903) was a Chicago industrialist whose company, the N.K. Fairbank Co., manufactured soap as well as animal and baking products in conjunction with the major meat packing houses of northern Illinois.
Ronald J. Gidwitz, son of co-founder Gerald Gidwitz, took over as CEO in 1985. In the 1970s and 1980s, Suave shampoo was one of the best selling in America, due largely to an effective advertising campaign touting Suave's similar quality, but much lower price, when compared to more expensive salon and name brands.
Gamble-Skogmo Inc. was an American conglomerate of retail chains and other businesses that was headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.Business operated or franchised by Gamble-Skogmo included Gambles hardware and auto supply stores, Woman's World and Mode O'Day clothing stores, J.M. McDonald department stores, Leath Furniture stores, Tempo and Buckeye Mart Discount Stores, Howard's ...
Gamble and Huff transferred their signed artists to a new project, Philadelphia International Records. [4] Looking to attract new black acts to their label, but without the in-house know-how, Columbia Records was convinced to sign an exclusive production contract with Gamble and Huff's new Philadelphia International Records. [ 5 ]
Freed after 12 years in prison, man sues city and Chicago police officers over murder investigation Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune Updated May 27, 2024 at 11:31 AM
In 1995 Sanfilippo and JBSS acquired the Fisher nut brand from Procter & Gamble, [7] which later became the best-selling recipe nut brand in the United States. [ 8 ] In 2006, after serving as President and Chief Executive Officer of the company for 24 years, Sanfilippo retired from active management of the business and was succeeded by his son ...