CD: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Greatest Hits
Product Description
10 of the most memorable hits of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s, including Bad Luck and The Love I Lost. The group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the early 1950s as The Charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label between 1972 and 1976, although they performed and recorded until Melvin's death in 1997. 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 success years at Philadelphia International. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes are arguably the most-covered Philly soul group in history: many of their hits have been re-recorded by other artists Several members of various incarnations of the Blue Notes continue to tour as "Harold Melvin's Blue Notes".
