Founded in philadelphia, pennsylvania in the middle of the 1950s as the charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on gamble and huffs philadelphia international label between 1972 and 1976, although they performed and recorded until melvins death in 1997. Harold melvin and the blue notes war eine usamerikanische gesangsgruppe. Quintessential philly soul group whose hits ranged from sweeping, protodisco dance to silky, smoldering ballads. Soul funk disco male vocal quintet from philadelphia, pa. Harold melvin and the blue notes discografia discogs. The legendary harold melvin and the blue notes home. Harold melvin and the blue notesdiskografie wikipedia. Harold melvin and the blue notes the love i lost youtube. Harold melvin and the blue notes dont give me up youtube. Harold melvin and the blue notes to be true 1994, cd. But in 1975, pendergrass was still very much a member of harold melvin and the blue notes and to be true is all the better for. Their first album together was all slow, even though it was powerful.
One of the original member bernard williams 3 then started his own group the original blue notes. The legendary harold melvin and the blue notes, kankakee, illinois. Of course, with the maze of record companies involved, this is a tall order. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Harold melvin was one of the driving forces behind philadelphia soul, leading his group the blue notes to the top of the charts during their stint on kenny gamble and leon huffs philadelphia international label. Jerry cummings was called by harold melvin, silky and the classic blue note of harold melvin. Melvins daughter helps keep blue notes legacy alive.
Originally named the blue notes 3 from the mid50s, they changed their name to harold melvin and the blue notes in the mid60s. Back in their recording days, the group was known as harold melvin. By 1976, pendergrass left the band over billing disputes and embarked on a solo career. All torrents anime applications games movies music tv shows other documentaries xxx.
Recordings 19721975 is the place to begin, and end, your quest. Became one of the most popular soul acts of the philly soul scene of the 70s. Sporting their trademark lush, stringladen production from gamble and huff who also wrote about half the albums material, the smooth soul outfit delivers a mix of deep soul balladry and uptempo dance tracks. Led by the great harold melvin, they formed as early as 1954, but struggled for many years until they finally broke through in 1972, much thanks to thennew lead singer teddy pendergrass, whose powerful, expressive baritone, alternating between singing and screaming. Bathroom mp3 zip download all time greatest hits by. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Lp, album philadelphia international records, philadelphia international records. Harold melvin and the blue notes featuring teddy p. Starting their career as the charlemagnes in 1954, philadelphian harold melvin and his blue notes notched up nine hit singles in the uk and many more in the us. Sony atv publishing, latinautor sonyatv, latinautor. Harold melvin and the blue notes discography usa 45cat.
Harold melvin and the blue notes is one classy and stylish group on top of it all. Meanwhile, harold melvin and the blue notes, with david ebbo as replacement singer, bounced over to abc records and released their last substantial hit, reaching for the world. They have powerful lyrics backed by heavenly melodies. We strongly recommend using vpn to anonymize your torrent downloads. With this one, they built on to that power, letting the one and only teddy pendergrass to do whatever he wanted vocally. Theres definitely a need for a thorough career retrospective of harold melvin and the blue notes. Albums include wake up everybody, if you dont know me by now let me into your world, and the love i lost part 1. Soulfunkd isco harold melvin and the blue notes collection. Founded in philadelphia, pennsylvania in the middle of the 1950s as the charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on gamble and huffs philadelphia.