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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American soul and R&B vocal 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 ...
Black & Blue: 57 5 — 1975 To Be True: 26 1 44 RIAA: Gold; Wake Up Everybody: 9 1 91 RIAA: Platinum; 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 Bluenotes. The Bluenotes were a vocal group from Asheboro, North Carolina featuring Tom Underwood, Joe Tanner (who also played guitar), Pat Patterson, and Ralph Harrington. They recorded for the Colonial and Brooke record labels. Their first recordings were released as the Blue Notes in 1955 and 1956 for Colonial records of Chapel Hill, N.C.
Blue Note Records is an American jazz record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Capitol Music Group. Established in 1939 by German-Jewish emigrants Alfred Lion and Max Margulis, it derived its name from the blue notes of jazz and the blues.
Blue notes (in blue): ♭ 3, ( ♯ 4)/ ♭ 5, ♭ 7. The blue notes are usually said to be the lowered third, lowered fifth, and lowered seventh scale degrees. [1] [2] [3] The lowered fifth is also known as the raised fourth. [4] Though the blues scale has "an inherent minor tonality, it is commonly 'forced' over major-key chord changes ...
AKA George Lewis and His New Orleans Stompers, Vol. 2. BLP 7014. 1953. Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen with "Wild Bill" Davison, Vol. 2. BLP 7015. 1953. Art Hodes' Hot Seven with Max Kaminsky and Bujie Centobie. Dixieland Clambake. BLP 7016.
If You Don't Know Me by Now. " 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 ...
Thelma Houston, who had a 1977 #1 with her version of The Blue Notes' "Don't Leave Me This Way", covered "Wake Up Everybody" for her 2007 album A Woman's Touch. In 2010, the song was covered by John Legend and The Roots. Also featuring Common, and Melanie Fiona, it was the first single taken from their politically themed album ' Wake Up!