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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes hits have been re-recorded by other artists, including David Ruffin, Simply Red, Jimmy Somerville, Sybil, the Three Degrees and John Legend, while dance music DJ Danny Rampling cites "Wake Up Everybody" as his favorite song of all time. Gil Saunders continued to perform as a solo artist, and performed all the hits ...
Black & Blue: 57 5 — 1975 To Be True: 26 1 44 RIAA: Gold [3] Wake Up Everybody: 9 1 91 RIAA: Platinum [3] 1977 Reaching for the World: 56 15 — ABC: Now Is the Time — 50 — 1980 The Blue Album: 95 15 — Source 1981 All Things Happen in Time — 47 — MCA: 1984 Talk It Up (Tell Everybody) — 42 — Philly World
The song's composers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff gave it to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, which featured Teddy Pendergrass as lead vocalist, and the actual background vocals done by producers Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Carl Helm, and Bunny Sigler. In addition to the single release, the track was included on their debut album, I Miss You.
I Miss You (later reissued as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is the debut album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, released on Philadelphia International in August 25, 1972. Produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff , the album was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.
Originally recorded by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, with Teddy Pendergrass singing lead vocals, the song had a somewhat unconventional structure, starting subdued and building slowly to a climax. [2] The title track from their 1975 album, the song spent two weeks at number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in early 1976.
In 1971, Lloyd Parks was recruited to join the Philadelphia doo-wop group the Blue Notes reformed and renamed Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. He was joined by Teddy Pendergrass, Lawrence Brown, Bernie Wilson, and group leader Harold Melvin. The Blue Notes were signed to Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records in 1972. [3] "
Wake Up Everybody is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in November 1975. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff. This would be the last album to include Teddy Pendergrass before he left the group for a solo career.
To Be True is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in February 1975. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff. The album features the hit singles "Bad Luck", "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" with Sharon Paige, and "Where Are All My Friends".