Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

...Huff owned soul music in the pre-disco age. Just look at the roster of talent on this box: The O'Jays, The Stylistics, The Delfonics, MFSB, Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes (featuring Teddy Pendergrass), the list goes on and on. Besides The...

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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes is the debut album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in September 1972. It was originally titled I Miss You, but the album was renamed and given a new...

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...album This Note's for You, singer Neil Young named his back-up band The Blue Notes without permission from name rights holder Harold Melvin. Melvin took legal action against Young over use of the Blue Notes name, forcing the singer to change...

In this article: Teddy Pendergrass, Philadelphia International, R&B, Neil Young, and Philadelphia soul

...got preempted by a football overrun. So this weekend, you'll be able to hear snatches of great Philly singers such as Billy Paul and Harold Melvin. But jarringly, the artists most represented in the episode are the Temptations, with a...

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...a live performance Saunders caught the attention of Philadelphia singer, songwriter and producer Harold Melvin. Following a tour of England, Harold Melvin recruited Gil Saunders to replace then lead singer David Ebo in his group Harold...

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...under the guidance of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff. He has traveled worldwide as support musician for artists such as The Stylistics, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, The Tymes, Bunny Siegler, Dexter Wansel, Jean Carn, Eddie Holman, Maceo...

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...support his exorbitant need for money and material things." The evangelist, formerly a member of the 1970s Philadelphia soul group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, said the allegations from Elsie Carter and Rodney-Daryl Jones are "not...

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Bailey's father Morris was a well-known composer and producer whose songs were recorded by Patti LaBelle, The Stylistics, Nina Simone, and Harold Melvin. As a saxophonist the elder Bailey played with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Smith, Lee Morgan and...

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...were one-hit wonders, to be sure, but among the artists represented here are consistently excellent groups including the Spinners, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, the O'Jays and the Stylistics. The songs that defined the Philly Sound were...

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...over where Motown left off, dominating the pop charts during the 1970s with hit songs they wrote and produced for the likes of the O'Jays, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, Lou Rawls, Billy Paul, the Intruders and the Stylistics Gamble and...

In this article: Gamble and Huff, Motown, O'Jays, Love Train, Only the Strong Survive, Philadelphia International Records, Billy Paul, Lou Rawls, and Jerry Butler