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1975 studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Wake Up Everybody | ||||
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Released | November 29, 1975 | |||
Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
Genre | R&B | |||
Length | 39:01 | |||
Label | Philadelphia International PZ 33808 | |||
Producer | Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff | |||
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Source | Rating |
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Christgau's Record Guide | B+[2] |
The album features the hit singles "Wake Up Everybody" and "Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby". "Don't Leave Me This Way", which would be reinterpreted two years later by Thelma Houston, was a hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at #5. The lead vocal on the closing album track, "Searching for a Love", was performed virtually solo by Sharon Paige, who also performed duet duties with Pendergrass and Melvin on the song "You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good."
The album was remastered and reissued with a bonus track, a Tom Moulton remixed version of "Don't Leave Me This Way", in 2008 by Legacy Recordings.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Wake Up Everybody" | 7:30 | |
2. | "Keep on Lovin' You" | 3:40 | |
3. | "You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good" | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff | 5:17 |
All tracks are written by John Whitehead, Gene McFadden and Victor Carstarphen, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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4. | "Don't Leave Me This Way" | Gamble, Huff, Cary Gilbert | 6:08 |
5. | "Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby" | 5:54 | |
6. | "To Be Free to Be Who We Are" | 5:09 | |
7. | "I'm Searching for a Love" | Gamble, Huff | 5:23 |
No. | Title | Length |
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8. | "Don't Leave Me This Way" (A Tom Moulton Mix) | 7:05 |
Chart (1975) | Peak [3] |
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U.S. Billboard Top LPs | 9 |
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs | 1 |
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