Biography

The string of R&B/pop crossover hits enjoyed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the early-to-mid-1970s serves as a quintessential primer on the Philly soul sound. Like many of their contemporaries, the group had roots in '50s R&B, but created a new paradigm that melded '70s funk, '60s soul, pure pop hooks, lush orchestral arrangements, and protean disco production touches. Their stellar Philly International catalog includes such iconic tunes as "If You Don't Know Me By Now," "The Love I Lost," and "Bad Luck." Melvin continued fronting various versions of the Blue Notes until he was felled by a stroke in 1996, and died the following year.

Top Tracks

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• After You Love Me, Why Do You Leave Me

• Bad Luck

• Be For Real

• Don't Leave Me This Way

• Ebony Woman

• Hope That We Can Be Together Soon

• I Miss You

• If You Don't Know Me By Now

• I'm Weak For You

• Reaching For The World

• Tell The World How I Feel About'cha Baby

• The Love I Lost

• Wake Up Everybody

• Where Are All My Friends

• Yesterday I Had The Blues

Discography

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• Talk It Up (Tell Everybody)

  Hot Productions

  1984

• The Blue Album

  Valley Vue

  1980

• Reaching for the World

  Universal Special Products

  1977

• To Be True

  Sony Music Distribution

  1975

• Black & Blue

  BBR

  1973

• Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

  1972

• I Miss You

  BBR

  1972