Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American singing group, one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. The group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco.
Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the middle of the 1950s as The Charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International label between 1972 and 1976, although they performed and recorded until Melvin's death in 1997. However, the remaining members of the Blue Notes have reunited twice for two Soul Train Cruises, one in 2013 and another one in 2015, during the fourth sailing.
Despite group founder and original lead singer Harold Melvin's top billing, the Blue Notes' most famous member was Teddy Pendergrass, their lead singer during the successful years at Philadelphia International.
History
Early years
The group formerly known as The Charlemagnes took on the name "The Blue Notes" in 1954, with a lineup consisting of lead singer Franklin Peaker,Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis, Jr., and Harold Melvin
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ALBUMS
- The M + M Mixes, Volume 2: NYC Underground Disco Anthems & Previously Unreleased Exclusive Disco Mixes released: 2011
- Greatest Ever! Soul: The Definitive Collection released: 2011
- Lovesongs released: 2006
- Maxi 3CD Soul released: 2004
- Golden Nuggets: A Selection of Northern and Modern Soul Winners released: 2004
- Schmusenacht released: 2003
- Mega 70 released: 2003
- Sensational 70s released: 2002
- Wonderful Spot released: 2000
- Love Train: The Ultimate Sound of Philadelphia (disc 1) released: 1998
- Simply the Best: Classic Soul released: 1997
- Dance Fit released: 1996
- Night Fever released: 1995
- The Greatest Soul Album of All Time released: 1995
- Soulmoods released: 1994
- Slow Jams: The 70s, Volume 2 released: 1994
- Soul Inspiration released: 1993
- The Originals released: 1992
- Zart Rock, Volume 2 released: 1992
- Baby Boomer Classics - Lovin' Seventies released: 1988
- This Is Soul, Volume 4 released: 1987
- Love Songs released: 1986
- Best Of Original Oldies released:
- Greatest Love Songs released:
- Disco Explosion released:
- Love Songs released:
- Sunday Express Soul (Disc 2) released:
- The Soul Box released:
- The Beat Goes on released:
- Mega Soul released:
- Love Songs released:
- Disco Sexy released:
- Forever in Blue Jeans released:
- Disco, Volume 1 released:
- Billboard Hottest Hits, Volume 6: Greatest Top 10 Hits 1965-1980 released:
- Black Velvet released:
- 70's Funk 'n' Soul Classics released:
- The Heart of Soul released:
The M + M Mixes, Volume 2: NYC Underground Disco Anthems & Previously Unreleased Exclusive Disco Mixes
Released 2011Greatest Ever! Soul: The Definitive Collection
Released 2011- Piece of My Heart
- Let's Go Round Again
- Don't Leave Me This Way
- Love T.K.O.
- Soulville
- Change of Heart
- Give It Up
- Getting Mighty Crowded
- You're Welcome, Stop on By
- Oh, What a Nite
- Duke of Earl
- River Deep Mountain High
- For Your Precious Love
- Lucky Fellow
- Hand Clapping Song
- Superpeople
- Think It Over
- Armed & Extremely Dangerous
- Nice 'n' Slow
Lovesongs
Released 2006- Angelina
- Wishing You Were Here
- Help Me Rhonda
- Cherry Cherry
- Up Up and Away
- I Say a Little Prayer
- She's a Lady
- Sugar Sugar
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Lady D'Arbanville
- That's What Friends Are For
- Diana
- If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body
- Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
- Somewhere in the Country
- Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Tow
- Let's Hang On
- A Lover's Concarto
- Blue Bayou
- Lonely People
- Monday Monday
- The Girl From Ipanema
- This Old Heart of Mine
- Unchained Melody
- The Wanderer
Maxi 3CD Soul
Released 2004- Ain't No Unshine
- Patches
- Georgia on My Mind
- Hold What You Got
- Keep on Pushin'
- Baby (You Got What It Takes)
- Didn't I Blow Your Mind
- Every Beat of My Heart
- He Will Break Your Heart
- On Broadway
- Love T.K.O.
- Nature Boy
- My Girl
- My Guy
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World (live)
- Me and Mrs Jones
- I've Been Loving You Too Long
- Let's Get It On
- All It Takes
- Unforgettable
Golden Nuggets: A Selection of Northern and Modern Soul Winners
Released 2004- Pressure
- It's Your Voodoo Working
- One More Night
- Nothing but a Heartache
- 8-3-1
- Wonderful
- Fence Around Your Heart
- Fool
- Let My Heart and Soul Be Free
- Prayin'
- I Was Born to Love You
- Plenty Good Lovin'
- The Bottom Line
- Trying to Love Two
- The Whole Damn World Is Going Crazy
- Heartaches Was All You Got
- Talk Like That
- Girl I Love You
- Trickbag
- She Just Sits There
- You Went Back on What You Said
- Say Something Nice to Me
- Don't Wait Around
- Come Back
Mega 70
Released 2003- Ain't No Sunshine
- Me and Mrs Jones
- Supernatural Thing
- California Girl
- She's a Lady
- Lady in Blue
- What's Going On
- Turn off the lights
- Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time
- Rainy Night in Georgia
- Hey There Lonely Girl
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- For Your Precious Love
- Sandy
- Downtown
- With a Little Help From My Friends
- 25 or 6 to 4
- Maso
- Lady Rose
- I'm Afraid the Masquerade Is Over
Wonderful Spot
Released 2000- La banana
- Busindre Reel
- Maria
- Get Up (Sex Machine)
- Can't Get Enough of You Baby
- The Mambo Craze
- Eve of Destruction
- Destiny Calling
- Don't Leave Me This Way
- Lullaby
- Jump Around
- I Can't Stand the Rain
- Never Never Gonna You Up
- Mambo italiano
- Time Ago
- Sitting Down Here
- Sunday Afternoons
- Everybody's Talking
- Life Is a Flower
- You Got It
- Va, pensiero
Love Train: The Ultimate Sound of Philadelphia (disc 1)
Released 1998- Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
- If You Don't Know Me By Now
- Show You The Way To Go
- Brandy
- Jam, Jam, Jam (All Night Long)
- Lady Love
- Was That All It Was
- Let's Clean Up The Ghetto
- Use 'Ta Be My Girl
- The Whole Town's Laughing At Me
- Soul City Walk
- Put Our Heads Together
- Nights Over Egypt
- Close The Door
- Let's Groove
- The Sweetest Pain
- Do You Get Enough Love
- Strut Your Funky Stuff
- Love T.K.O.
- Bring The Family Back
- If You Only Knew
Simply the Best: Classic Soul
Released 1997- Soul Man
- Tears of a Clown
- My Girl
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- You Keep Me Hangin' On
- Reach Out I'll Be There
- Under the Boardwalk
- Try a Little Tenderness
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
- I'll Be There
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- Tired of Being Alone
- Could It Be I'm Falling in Love
- Walk on By
- (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- Let's Stay Together
- (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
Night Fever
Released 1995- Boogie Wonderland
- Le Freak
- Lost in Music
- Love Train
- Boogie Nights
- Lady Marmalade
- Car Wash
- Celebration
- That's the Way I Like It
- Harvest for the World
- Love Really Hurts Without You
- You to Me Are Everything
- When Will I See You Again
- Boogie Oogie Oogie
- Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
- Love Come Down
- Baby Don't Change Your Mind
- Rock Your Baby
- Young Hearts Run Free
- You're the First, the Last, My Everything
The Greatest Soul Album of All Time
Released 1995- You Are Everything
- Rock Me Tonight
- Ain't No Sunshine
- How 'Bout Us
- Me & Mrs Jones
- Cherish
- Gotta Get You Home
- Juicy Fruit
- Your Body's Callin'
- Body Talk
- Always
- Shake You Down
- Streetlife
- Rock Wit'cha
- I Want to Get Next to You
- Do You Wanna Make Love
- Let's Stay Together
- Midnight Train to Georgia
- Be Thankful for What You've Got
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World
Soulmoods
Released 1994- Sexual Healing
- Sweet Love
- I Second That Emotion
- My Lovin'
- Never Too Much
- Change
- Now I Know What Made Otis Blue
- So Close (radio mix)
- Fantasy
- You're the First, the Last, My Everything
- Back to Life (feat. Caron Wheeler)
- I Got You (I Feel Good)
- She's Got That Vibe
- I'm So Into You (Allstar's Drop radio mix)
- Another Sad Love Song
- One Day in Your Life
- (take a Little) Piece of My Heart
- Yah Mo B There (feat. Michael McDonald)
- Lessons in Love
- Renaissance (radio mix)
Soul Inspiration
Released 1993- My Destiny
- I Love Your Smile
- Looking Through Patients Eyes
- I Never Felt Like This Before
- Drift Away
- What's Going On
- Got to Be There
- Sweet Love
- Save the Best for Last
- Have You Seen Her
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
- Hey There Lonely Girl
- Me & Mrs. Jones
- Piano in the Dark
- Wake Up Everybody
- Feel So High
- Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
- Love Makes the World Go Round
The Originals
Released 1992- I'll Be There
- It Only Takes a Minute
- Hang on in There Baby
- Rock Your Baby
- I'm Doing Fine Now
- Now That We've Found Love
- Show You the Way to Go
- Tired of Being Alone
- Summer Breeze
- You to Me Are Everything
- Play That Funky Music
- It Takes Two
- Fantasy
- I Believe in Miracles
- Don't Leave Me This Way
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Give Me Just a Little More Time
- Respect Yourself
- Tender Love
- Please Don't Go
Zart Rock, Volume 2
Released 1992- Diamante
- I'm Your Man
- Living in the Promised Land
- 9 A.M. (The Comfort Zone)
- We're All the Way
- Do You Remember
- My Song (Too Far Gone)
- (You're Gonna Look) Good in Blues
- I Will Always Love You
- Bye Bye Now My Sweet Love
- One Way Love Affair
- Baby When the Sun Goes Down
- Emmanuelle (English version)
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
Baby Boomer Classics - Lovin' Seventies
Released 1988- Your Song
- Love Is Life
- The Air That I Breathe
- Rock Me Gently
- Seasons in the Sun
- Lovin' You
- If Not for You
- Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye
- You Make Me Feel Brand New
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- Ms. Grace
- Knowing Me, Knowing You
- Amoureuse
- Reflections of My Life
- Rose Garden
- I Will Return
- All I Ever Need Is You
- Me and Mrs. Jones
Love Songs
Released 1986- Rainy Night in Georgia
- Love Letters in the Sand
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
- Dedicated to the One I Love
- Baby Now That I've Found You
- The Love I Lost
- I Heard It Through the Grapevine
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- My Guy
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- I Just Can't Help Believing
- Cry
Best Of Original Oldies
- Oh Pretty Woman
- My Way
- The Great Pretender
- Twilight Time
- Poetry in Motion
- Speedy Gonzalez
- Stand by Me
- April Love
- Lavender Blue
- Hey Paula
- Corrina Corrina
- Three Coins in the Fountain
- I Almost Lost My Mind
- The Birds and the Bees
- Roses Are Red
- Guantanamera
- Remember (Walking in the Sand)
- If I Had a Hammer
- Knock on Wood
- Lucille
Greatest Love Songs
- Du är den ende
- Så länge du älskar är du ung
- Min kärlekssång till dej
- Sealed with a kiss
- Glöm ej bort det finns rosor
- Byns enda blondin
- Only you (can move me like you)
- Rosen
- Jag var så kär
- Ta mig till havet
- Carrie
- Är du min älskling än
- Ljus och värme
- Raring
- Min arm omkring din hals
- Så länge vi har varann
- Ingen kan älska som vi
- All the reasons to live
- The way you are
- De sista ljuva åren
Disco Explosion
- Feels Like I'm in Love
- I Love to Love
- Que Sera Mi Vida
- Get Dancin'
- Reach Out I'll Be There
- D.I.S.C.O.
- Love Train
- The Summer of '42
- High Energy
- Boys
- More More More
- Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough (medley)
- The Runner
- I Am What I Am
- The Love I Lost
- Treat Her Like a Lady
- Do It Any Way You Wanna
- (Hey There) Lonely Girl
- Ooh What a Life!
- Dance the Kung Fu
Love Songs
- Cherish (live)
- You to Me Are Everything
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- I Will Survive
- Unforgettable
- Love Really Hurts Without You
- Stand by Me
- More Than I Can Say
- Only You
- Hurt
- It Hurts to Be in Love
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- Unchained Melody
- My Guy
- Anything for You
- I Will Always Love You
- Hello
- Careless Whisper
The Soul Box
- River Deep, Mountain High
- Harlem Shuffle
- Think
- Higher and Higher
- Soul Man
- Heat Wave
- Wonderful World
- Spanish Harlem
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- Daddy's Home
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Knock on Wood
- Rescue Me
- Something Old, Something New
- Hold on I'm Coming
- If You Need Me
- All I Could Do Was Cry
- Sex Machine
The Beat Goes on
- You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
- Take That to the Bank
- September
- Can You Feel the Force
- Boogie Oogie Oogie
- Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel
- Never Can Say Goodbye
- I Haven't Stopped Dancing Yet
- Come Back and Finish What You Started
- The Love I Lost
- The Soul City Walk
- Saturday Night
- Feel the Need in Me
- She's a Winner (Win Place or Show)
- Hold Back the Night
- This Is It
- Right Back Where We Started From
- Ring My Bell
Mega Soul
- My Baby Just Cares for Me
- Stand by Me
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Stormy Weather
- Soul Man
- Stretch Your Rubber Band
- Knock on Wood
- Just My Imagination
- What's Goin' On (live)
- It's a Man's Man's Man's World (live)
- I Like It That
- My Guy
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Working in a Coalmine
- Duke of Earl
- Living for the City
- Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
- Big Boy
- Your Heart and Soul
- The Bottle
- Human
- Fill You Up
- Me and Mrs Jones
- Use Me
- Frim Fram Sauce
Love Songs
- Three Times a Lady
- If You Leave Me Now
- Words
- Spanish Eyes
- Chain of Fools
- That's What Friends Are For
- Good Vibrations
- Eleanor Rigby
- Wonderful World
- Carry Me
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- December '63 (Oh What a Night)
- Don't Worry Be Happy
- Summerwine
- Crimson & Clover
- You're the First, the Last, My Everything
- I Got You Babe
- Blue Bayou
- Rag Doll
- Sister Golden Hair
- Love Letters in the Sand
- Blueberry Hill
- All I Have to Do Is Dream
- Put Your Head on My Shoulder
- The Wind Cries Mary
Disco Sexy
- I Can Make You Feel Good
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Red Light Spells Danger
- Think I'm Gonna Fall in Love with You
- Smarty Pants
- Contact
- Hold on to My Love
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- The Love I Lost
- Yes Sir I Can Boogie
- I'm Gonna Run Away from You
- Everybody Plays the Fool
- Spacer
- The Sound of Philadelphia (TSOP)
- More, More, More, Part 1
- Everything's Tuesday
- New York, New York
- Jump to the Beat
- Let's Go Round Again
- Hellelujah Freedom
Forever in Blue Jeans
- Whatever Happened to You (Likely Lads Theme)
- My Brother Jake
- Jeans On
- Magic
- Gonna Make You a Star
- Sad Sweet Dreamer
- Eighteen With a Bullet
- Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
- The Same Old Feeling
- Seasons in the Sun
- Sylvia's Mother
- Won't Somebody Dance With Me
- Another Suitcase in Another Hall
- Summer of My Life
- Softly Whispering I Love You
Billboard Hottest Hits, Volume 6: Greatest Top 10 Hits 1965-1980
- I'd Love You to Want Me
- Those Were the Days
- Rose Garden
- Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
- Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend
- Reflection of My Life
- If You Don't Know Me by Now
- Raindrops Keep Falling on My Hand
- Hooked on a Feeling
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)
- A Groovy Kind of Love
- Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
- Never My Love
- Cherish
- I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
70's Funk 'n' Soul Classics
- Doing It to Death
- I Got Ants in My Pants
- I Need Help (I Can't Do It Alone)
- I Don't Know What It Is, but It Sure It Funky
- Get Ready
- Check Out Your Mind
- Inner City Blues
- Respect Yourself
- Do Your Thing
- Do It ('til Your Satisfied)
- If You Want Me to Stay
- Right Place, Wrong Time
- Jungle Boogie
- Cisco Kid
- ABC
- It's a Shame
- The Same Love That Made Me Laugh
- Be Thankful for What You've Got
- Why Can't We Live Together
The Heart of Soul
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- If You Don't Know Me by Know
- Mad About the Boy
- Rainy Night in Georgia
- Georgia on My Mind
- My Girl
- Rescue Me
- Soul Man
- Used to Be My Girl
- Stand by Me
- If Only You Knew
- Turn Off the Lights
- It's a Man's Man's World
- Dancing in the Street
- Knock on Wood
- Gimme a Little Sign
- This Old Heart of Mine
- Harlem Shuffle
- Tighten Up
- Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Born: 1939-06-25
Died: 1997-03-24
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Performed by Harold Melvin The Blue Notes
*If you don't know me by now
You'll never, never, never know me
All the things that we've been through
You should understand me
Like I understand you
Now baby I know the difference
Between right and wrong
I ain't gonna do nothin'
To upset our happy home
Oh, don't get so excited
When I comee home a little late at night
Cause we only act like children
When we argue, fuss and fight
(Repeat *)
We all got our own funny moods
I've got mine
Woman, you got yours too
Just trust in me
Like I trust in you
As long as we've been together
That should be so easy to do
Just get yourself together
Or we might as well say good-bye
What good is a love affair
When we can't see eye-to-eye
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Jody’) ... Pitched somewhere between the future farewell of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ and the cri de coeur of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes’ ‘I Miss You’, it showed Jackson’s knack of conjuring conflicted, complicated adult emotions ... ....
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Sammy Sadler’s right arm wasn’t working well enough to play a guitar ... He had been shot ... He was nominated for Song of the Year for a cover of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” which he had not recorded.
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It’s kind of wild that there has never been an official soundtrack album for Choose Me, Alan Rudolph’s 1984 kooky-but-foxy ensemble rom-com ... The late R&B singer/Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes alum has three of his songs in the movie ... Nancy Love ... .
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The Hawk Eye
10 Aug 2024
Burlington – A Collector’s Paradise
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10 Aug 2024
I then went on to buy Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dreams,” The Cure’s “Pornography,” L7’s “Hungry for Stink,” The Melvins’ “Joe Preston” E.P., and Tool’s “Undertow” all on vinyl from Weird Harold’s.
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Daily Gate City
10 Aug 2024
Burlington \u2013 A Collector\u2019s Paradise
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10 Aug 2024
I then went on to buy Smashing Pumpkins’ “Siamese Dreams,” The Cure’s “Pornography,” L7’s “Hungry for Stink,” The Melvins’ “Joe Preston” E.P., and Tool’s “Undertow” all on vinyl from Weird Harold’s.
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Floyd County Chronicle
10 Jul 2024
Obituaries 7-10-24
Floyd County Chronicle
10 Jul 2024
John Melvin “Johnny Bull” Kidd, 68, of Harold, died Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Pikeville Medical Center ... Burial followed at Pine Ridge Cemetery, Harold ... Burial followed at Melvin Cemetery, Wurtland.
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Champion for Detroit youths has a special invitation for new Piston Ron Holland
Detroit Pistons' 2024 NBA draft first-round pick. Ron Holland II. The Detroit Pistons selected G League Ignite wing Ron Holland II at No ... That’s how you win in life.” ... Teddy Pendergrass (with Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes) was saying ... 2 ...
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Flashback: When Long Island caught disco fever
And Earl Young, the drummer widely credited with defining the disco beat, will play a free concert with his iconic band The Trammps (supported by Harold Melvin’s Blue Notes) on July 12 at Huntington’s Heckscher Park.
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Finding a world apart in the hollow
(Kurt Ullrich photo) ... I call it Bobbi’s Hollow, after my late wife ... Potter and my love, there is Bobbi’s Hollow ... I sang War’s “The World Is A Ghetto,” and Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ “If You Don’t Know Me By Now.” Do you know the tunes? Classic ... .
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Northeast Georgia voters return incumbents, elect new sheriffs in Tuesday primaries
He defeated Dennis Bell with 31% of the vote and Harold B ... In Elbert County, where Sheriff Melvin Andrews did not seek re-election, Darren Scarborough, a longtime deputy in the office, is apparently in ...
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The Philadelphia Tribune
10 May 2024
What's the 411?
The Philadelphia Tribune
10 May 2024
Mother’s Day weekend is a trip down memory lane! Get an up-close and personal concert with The Intruders, the legendary Harold Melvin & Blue Notes, Blue Magic, Lenny Williams and The Jones Girls featuring Shirley Jones. The big show is ....
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