Fronted during its peak by the great singer Teddy Pendergrass, the close vocal
harmonies and lush, romantic disco style of Harold Melvin And The Bluenotes
trailblazed the Philadelphia soul boom which came to international attention in
the 1970s. Originally called the Charlemagnes, they promoted Harold Melvin as
lead singer and had a number of minor hits for a variety of labels with a
regularly changing line-up before major success arrived after they signed to
Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff's Philadelphia International label in 1972. They
struck it big with Gamble & Huff's If You Don'...