HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES - YESTERDAY I HAD THE BLUES

YESTERDAY I HAD THE BLUES

HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES

SONGWRITER: HUFF GAMBLE

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: I MISS YOU

LABEL: EPIC RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1972

 

       Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American soul and R&B vocal group. One of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s, the group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the middle of the 1950s as The Charlemagnes, the group is most noted for several hits on Gamble and Huff's Philadelphia International label between 1972 and 1976, although they performed and recorded until Melvin's death in 1997. Despite group founder and original lead singer Harold Melvin's top billing, the Blue Notes' most famous member was Teddy Pendergrass, their lead singer during the successful years at Philadelphia International. The remaining members of the Blue Notes have reunited for Soul Train Cruises in 2013, 2015, and 2017.

         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 1972. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

          The album title was changed from I Miss You to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes and given a new cover after the success of the single "If You Don't Know Me by Now". The group's roster for this album is Lloyd Parks, Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin, Lawrence Brown and Bernie Wilson. The album was arranged by Bobby Martin, Norman Harris and Thom Bell.

        The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.

Yesterday, yeah, I had the blues

I couldn't win, all I did was loose

But now I got everything

You made my poor heart sing

Cause I got you baby

Oh yes I do

Yesterday, yesterday, I had to cry

Oh lord, the pain was so bad, I wanted to die

But now it's just a memory

You made my poor heart sing

I'm so glad I got you baby

Oh yes I am

You fill, you fill, you fill my heart

With so much joy

I can tell, I can tell by the way you make, you make me feel

Hey, hey

You said it, I said it, over and over again

That this love we have

Has got to be for real

Yesterday I had the blues

I was a sad and lonely fool

But now I got everything

Made my poor heart sing

I'm so glad I got you baby

You came inside of my heart

And started a spark

Of love burning so hot

You said it, and I said it, over and over again

That this love we have

Has got to be for real

Yesterday I had the blues

Yesterday I had the blues

But those sad days are all over

Yesterday I had the blues

Yesterday I had the blues

But those blues, I don't see no more

Yesterday I had the blues

Yesterday I had the blues.