Also naming Firth Street between 15th Street and Sydenham Street as "Earl Young Way."

Also naming Firth Street between 15th Street and Sydenham Street as “Earl Young Way.” WHEREAS, Earl Donald Young was born on June 2, 1940 in prison, immediately placed in a foster home, and later raised in two foster homes on Firth Street in Philadelphia; and WHEREAS, Young was as young as 14 when he knew he had a passion for music and drumming, which led to his use of phone books, coffee cans, and pencils to practice before saving enough money to purchase his first ever drum set from a pawn shop; and WHEREAS, Young’s unique drumming style earned him recognition as the “Legendary Timekeeper for The Sound of Philadelphia”; and WHEREAS, Young got his big break when Kenny Gamble invited him to record with The Intruders on “I’ll Always Love My Momma,” which would later shape the Philadelphia soul and disco movements. He would begin recording at Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia’s global music hub where a number of artists came to record ; and WHEREAS, As the founder of The Trammps, Young played an important role in the monumental rise of disco with “Disco Inferno” becoming an international sensation, leading to its feature on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and earning him two Grammy Awards; and WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Young contributed to over 70 gold and platinum albums, earned three Grammy Awards, has been recognized with multiple plaques on the Philadelphia Walk of Fame, and was recently on the cover of Modern Drummer Magazine as “The Beat of Philadelphia”; and WH…