TOP LEFT: Bilal performed at the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame Gala 2017. TOP MIDDLE: Members of Sister Sledge uncovered plaque at the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame 2017. TOP RIGHT: Members of Soul Survivors uncovered plaque at the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame 2017. BOTTOM RIGHT: Fatimah and Kenneth Gamble with Miss Pennsylvania at the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame Gala 2017. BOTTOM MIDDLE: Jill Scott, her son Jett at the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame Gala 2017 at the Fillmore Philadelphia. BOTTOM LEFT: Members of Labelle at the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame 2017 at the Kimmel Center. – Photos / H Michael Hammie

Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame’s Class of 2017 On October 4, 2017 The Philadelphia Music Alliance inducted the Walk of Fame’s Class of 2017. Upon induction, the inductees plaques were unveiled along The Avenue of the Arts. Following the afternoon induction was a star studded gala at the Fillmore Philadelphia. The Walk of Fame Class of 2017 inductees include Jill Scott, Sister Sledge, Labelle (Patti LaBelle, Sarah Dash, Nona Hendryx), McFadden & Whitehead, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Soul Survivors, Chris Schwartz & Joe Nicolo (Ruffhouse Records), and 98.1 WOGL “Saturday Night Dance Party” host Bob Pantano. PMA Board Chairman Alan Rubens. “This enables us to enhance our mission of honoring the past and helping to support the future of the vast musical talent that continues to come out of our city.”