This is a beautiful bass line of ronnie baker, member of mfsb. Originally named the blue notes 3 from the mid50s, they changed their name to harold melvin and the blue notes in the mid60s. Actually the ultimate blue notes with teddy pendergrass, this collection covers their philadelphia international years from 19721975 as indepth and representative of the bands talents as a single disc can get. 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. One of the original member bernard williams 3 then started his own group the original blue notes.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The single was a number one discodance hit for eleven weeks. I was lucky to come from a family that played music all the. Well, well look downhearted and confused because lately youve been startin to lose losin out on everything, you mig. Uh woo well, well youre downhearted and confused because baby, youve been startin to lose losin out on everything you might try to do bad luck, fella, s got a hold. Bad luck harold melvin and the blue notes duration. Became one of the most popular soul acts of the philly soul scene of the 70s. This would be the last album to include teddy pendergrass before he. Sheet music arranged for pianovocalguitar in a major. Harold melvin and the blue notes bad luck part 1 sheet. Meanwhile, harold melvin and the blue notes, with david ebbo as replacement singer, bounced over to abc records and released their last substantial hit, reaching for the world.
Uh woo well, well youre downhearted and confused because baby, youve been startin to lose losin out on everything you might try to. Bathroom mp3 zip download all time greatest hits by. The song was featured in the 2000 film next friday. Harold melvins blue notes came on the jazz blues scene with the appearance of the album harold melvins blue notes live in concert published on april 11, 2007. The group formerly known as the charlemagnes took on the name the blue notes in 1954, with a lineup consisting of lead singer harold melvin born june 25, 1939 in philadelphia, died march 24, 1997, bernard williams, roosevelt brodie, jesse gillis, jr. Free magazines download in pdf for ipadpc american radio. 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. Harold melvin and the blue notes discography discogs. Bad luck extended remix harold melvin and the blue notes with teddy pendergrass duration.
Founded in philadelphia, pennsylvania in the middle of the 1950s as the charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on gamble and huffs philadelphia international label. By 1976, pendergrass left the band over billing disputes and embarked on a solo career. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. Bad luck harold melvin and the blue notes vagalume. The song intro medley quickly became a success and made harold melvins blue notes one of the newest emerging performers at that moment. You got bad luck, bad, bad bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, bad luck. Deleted video harold melvin and the bluenotes tonights the night by hsp100. Carstarphen uh woo well, well look downhearted and confused because lately youve been startin. Soul funk disco male vocal quintet from philadelphia, pa. Philadelphia international records 4z8 3712 format. 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.
Look downhearted an confused because lately youve been startin to lose losin out on everythin, you might try to do bad lucks there an. The audio file used in this video is an mp3 render of the hit trax midi file backing track. I think all good performers, and some bad ones haha. Aaeg return to roster representation concert video harold melvins bluenotes tour facebook biography official bluenotes guest book. From the 1975 philadelphia international album, to be true. Complete your harold melvin and the blue notes collection. The bass line starts with a slide into a long melodic phrase based around an e mixolydian scale which ends on a syncopated open e note. Print and download bad luck part 1 sheet music by harold melvin and the blue notes. Bad luck satisfaction guaranteed my girl hope that we can be together soon aint no stoppin us now wake up, everybody. Not to split too many hairs, but the vocal soul group did have a handful of good songs past this period, although none that match the majestic sweep of this material. Amazons choice for harold melvin and the bluenotes cd. We have 0 albums and 8 song lyrics in our database. Two more albums came out in the early eighties, but they never again reached the.
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