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"If You Don't Know Me by Now" is a song written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and recorded by the Philadelphia soul musical group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. It became their first hit after being released as a single in September 1972, topping the US R&B chart and peaking at number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100. [4]
If You Don't Know Me By Now" sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA on November 21, 1972. [3] "Bad Luck" holds the record for the longest-running number-one hit on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: 11 weeks. A fourth number 1 R&B hit for the group was 1975's "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" which featured ...
The album title was changed from I Miss You to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and given a new cover after the success of the single "If You Don't Know Me by Now". The group's roster for this album is Lloyd Parks, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin, Lawrence Brown and Bernie Wilson. The album was arranged by Bobby Martin, [7] Norman Harris and ...
Aided and abetted by in-house arrangers Thom Bell, Bobby Martin, [9] [10] and Norman Harris, Philadelphia International released a number of the most popular soul music hits of the 1970s, including "If You Don't Know Me by Now" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, "Back Stabbers", "For the Love of Money", and "Love Train" by The O'Jays, as well ...
I Miss You (Part 1)" (No.7 R&B) was their initial Billboard chart hit as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Lloyd Parks falsetto vocal runs open the song which is led by Teddy Pendergrass with spoken word from Melvin. The next single "If You Don't Know Me By Now" released in 1972 is the group's first No. 1 R&B hit and was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Don't Leave Me This Way — — CBS Embassy: 1985 Greatest Hits — — CBS: 1995 If You Don't Know Me by Now: The Best of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes — — Epic/Legacy: 1998 Blue Notes & Ballads — — 2000 Super Hits — — Sony Music: 2001 The Ultimate Blue Notes — — Epic/Legacy 2004 The Essential Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ...
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. [2] [3] [4] Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.
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".