Wake Up Everybody is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in November 1975. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff. This would be the last album to include Teddy Pendergrass before he left the group for a solo career.

Review by Anthony Tognazzini

Philly soul staples Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were in full swing on 1975's Wake Up Everybody. Sporting their trademark lush, string-laden production from Gamble and Huff (who also wrote about half the album's material), the smooth soul outfit delivers a mix of deep soul balladry and uptempo dance tracks. The title track, with its socially relevant messages, is a standout. There is no shortage of fine vocal performances all around, notably from Melvin and from future solo star Teddy Pendergrass.

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"The smooth Philly sound returns at this position, in what becomes a hit for these elder statesmen of their craft, as The Tymes have been around by this time, for almost twenty years."
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"A soul-soaked re-interpretation of the doo-wop classic by The Dominoes, given a further fifteen minutes of kissin', fifteen minutes of teasin', fifteen minutes of pleasin', and fifteen minutes of blowin' their top, to bring this song bang up to date in this current Philly style."
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I Miss You (later reissued as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is the debut album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, released on Philadelphia International in August 25, 1972. Produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff, the album was recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia.

Review by Andrew Hamilton

... "Be For Real" is one of the finest recorded pieces in R&B history; it's not a song, it's a pleader where a guy admonishes his woman for looking down on people. They dusted off "Let Me Into Your World" for the Blue Notes; this one was not written for the Dells, as Gamble & Huff had recorded it a few years earlier with the O'Jays for Neptune Records. A hard-hitting package that established Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes as a force to be reckoned with.

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The O'Jays In Philadelphia, released by Neptune Records in 1970.

The O'Jays in Philadelphia Review by Alex Henderson

Contrary to what its title suggests, The O'Jays in Philadelphia isn't a live album. Rather, the title of this studio date refers to the beginning of their association with Philly's R&B scene and producers/songwriters Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff. What they didn't know in 1969 was just how long and fruitful that association would end up being. This album wasn't the major hit that Back Stabbers would be, but not for lack of strong material. From "One Night Affair" to "Let Me in Your World," this superb album is quintessential Philly soul. While Eddie Levert's gospel-influenced belting is as gritty as anything that came from Stax Records, the production is as notably sleek.

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“Some people got to have it …”

The O'Jays release their R&B classic on November 10, 1973 ... the standard-bearer for the "Philadelphia Sound." The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching number one on the Billboard "Black Albums" chart and number eleven on the "Pop Albums" chart. Listen to Ship Ahoy by The O’Jays on Amazon Music … #ojays #shipahoy #70ssoul #soul #rnb #phillysoul #philadelphiasoul #funk #philadelphiasound #music #musicsky #musiciansky…

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