Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes, or The Blue Notes or just Blue Notes, was a soul vocal group and later a disco group. Lead singers included first Harold Melvin himself, then John Atkins, Teddy Pendergrass, Sharon Paige, David Ebo, Gil Saunders, and others.
The most popular songs by Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes were with Teddy Pendergrass singing. Teddy Pendergrass began with song I Miss You. His last song was Don't Leave Me This Way. The greatest hit by the group was 1972 number two song If You Don't Know Me By Now. Harold Melvin lived 1939-1997.
Songs I Miss You, Bad Luck, Wake Up Everybody, and others, were split into two parts on 7-inch 45-rpm vinyl singles, as was common in the disco era.
The late 70s songs listed here as just The Blue Notes were by a splinter group from the Harold Melvin configuration, and included on this page due to overlapping personnel. There were other groups with the name The Blue Notes whose songs are not included here.