Sporting their trademark lush, stringladen production from gamble and huff who also wrote about half the albums material, the smooth soul outfit delivers a mix of deep soul balladry and uptempo dance tracks. Despite melvins billing out front, the blue notes focal point was lead singer and onetime drummer teddy pendergrass, whose surging baritone graced the blue notes recordings during. Wake up everybody was covered in 1995 by british singer sonia. It once again have harold, teddy and sharon trading vocals on a beautiful soultry track. Despite melvin s billing out front, the blue notes focal point was lead singer and onetime drummer teddy pendergrass, whose surging baritone graced the blue notes recordings during. Harold melvin and the bluenotes with teddy pendergrass and sharon paige give.
Soul funk disco male vocal quintet from philadelphia, pa. Try disabling any ad blockers and refreshing this page. Over one million legal mp3 tracks available at juno download. Harold melvin and the blue notes wake up everybody. Akeelah and the bee original motion picture soundtrack licensed to youtube by.
Harold melvin and the bluenotes with teddy pendergrass and sharon paige give us. The songs are so beautiful and have haunted me my whole life. The first bside appears on sonias fourth studio album. Harold melvin was one of the driving forces behind philadelphia soul, leading his group the blue notes to the top of the charts during their stint on kenny gamble and leon huffs philadelphia international label. Total soul classics wake up everybody by harold melvin. While at the top of their success in 1976, pendergrass quit after an argument over the money he earned. This would be the last album to include teddy pendergrass before he. By 1976, pendergrass left the band over billing disputes and embarked on a solo career. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Harold melvin and the blue notes wake up everybody music skip to main content. Teddy pendergrass had a great voice, and i love the harmony of the group.
This would be the last album to include teddy pendergrass before he left the group for a solo career. Wake up, everybody, another political plea for peace and harmony penned by gene mcfadden, john whitehead and victor castarphen and produced by gamble and huff, saw them back in the pop charts in. Wake up everybody tabbed by dj diddyd at 4th dec 2016 capo. Watch the video for wake up everybody from harold melvin s collectors item for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. It was produced by steve levine for fourth studio album love train the philly album 1998. Today, gil saunders continues to perform as a solo artist, and still performs. All genres balearicdowntempo bass breakbeat disconudisco dj tools drum and bass dubstep deep dubstep dirty dubsteptrapgrime edm electro euro dancepop dance footworkjuke. Harold melvin and the bluenotes wake up everybody mp3. One of the original member bernard williams 3 then started his own group the original blue notes.
I have listened to these songs since the 70s and will never tire of them. Harold melvin and the bluenotes wake up everybody mp3 high quality download at musiceel. Listen online and get new recommendations, only at. Wake up everybody original version teddy pendergrass.
The musical arrangements, the lyrics and the singing are simply stunning. Led by the great harold melvin, they formed as early as 1954, but struggled for many years until they finally broke through in 1972, much thanks to thennew lead singer teddy pendergrass, whose powerful, expressive baritone, alternating between singing and screaming, counts as one of the. Harold melvin and the bluenotes with teddy pendergrass and sharon paige give us an album that you can listen to. Wake up everybody by harold melvin on mp3, wav, flac, aiff. Download wake up everybody by harold melvin at juno download. This single has two bsides show you the way to go and nowhere left to hide. Quintessential philly soul group whose hits ranged from sweeping, protodisco dance to silky, smoldering ballads.
Two more albums came out in the early eighties, but they never again reached the. Became one of the most popular soul acts of the philly soul scene of the 70s. Just about every album released by harold melvin s blue notes plus teddy pendergrass was pure joy in the 1970s and 80s. Originally founded by philly pianistdoo wop singer harold melvin in 1954, the blue notes went through a series of underappreciated singles and multiple lineup changes before they established their own sound. The beautiful wake up everybody and to be free find the group perfect vehicle for gamble and huffs political and humanistic lyrics.
Even though it was an end of an era, wake up everybody is a true tressure. Sporting their trademark lush, stringladen production from gamble and huff who also wrote about half the albums material, the smooth soul outfit delivers a. Pendergrass went on to a successful solo career, with. Originally named the blue notes 3 from the mid50s, they changed their name to harold melvin and the blue notes in the mid60s. Wake up everybody harold melvin and the bluenotes psychemagik edit by matt f. Scrobble songs and get recommendations on other tracks and artists. Wake up, everybody no more sleepin in bed no more backward thinkin time for thinkin ahead the world has changed so very much from what it used to be. Harold melvin and the blue notes wake up everybody music. Watch the video for wake up everybody from harold melvins collectors item for free, and see the. John whitehead, gene mcfadden and victor carstarphen album. Harold melvin and the blue notes wake up everybody amazon. I bought this cd for their version of the song dont leave me this way which became even bigger as a thelma houston release.
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