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Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes

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About Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes

Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes developed from Philadelphia vocal-group traditions and continued through several changes of singers. Their Philadelphia International recordings with Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff featured Teddy Pendergrass's baritone, combining orchestral ballads with extended dance tracks. If You Don't Know Me by Now, The Love I Lost and Wake Up Everybody belong to that period. The group continued recording after Pendergrass left to establish a separate solo career.

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Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Vocal Group Hall of Fame
Philadelphia group development, Melvin leadership/Pendergrass lead-vocal distinction, Gamble/Huff production, stylistic range, repertoire and continuation after the solo departure. Rankings, private disputes and medical details are omitted. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

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