This is one of THE great groups of all time, and Teddy Pendergrass is unmatched in his interpretation of lyrics and the ability to "deliver the goods". "If you Don't Know Me By Now" is their signature song, but this one is right up there too. Great reaction by you bro. Your appreciation of the music my youth is really wonderful.

Teddy P!! One of my all time favorite vocalists.

Back in the 60's and 70's, R&B music was called Soul music. This is an example of why.

You my friend is the true definition of an old soul, I love your reaction videos and your empathetic understanding of not only the lyrics but the music. Thank you for adding joy to our world

"Bad Luck" by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ...is the must react

I have always love Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes!

If You Don't Know Me By Now... Their BEST song... Such a great song

For some social commentary try their song 'Wake Up Everybody'.

These guys were AWESOME and sometimes underrated. Teddy Pendergrass the lead....BAM!

THE LOVE I LOST...BY THEM IS FANTASTIC

Just finished weeping while listening to this priceless piece of art; it is my natural high. I MISS you Teddy Pendergrass.

This is Philly Soul! Grew up jamming to them.

You are really going deep into the R&B library. This is so great! Some of your best reactions ever. The head shaking to the beat this much is new. You're in a state of shock and awe! Loving it!

BBack in the day, there was the Motown sound, the Philly sound and the Gamble Huff sound. They were similar, but different in their show style and studio production.... Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes were part of the Philly sound... backed up by the MFSB Orchestra...

So sweet he’s pouring his heart out in this song 🥰

The vocalist is Teddy Pendergrass, who went on to have a successful solo career. And yes, you can't stop here, because you haven't heard their best song yet: "If You Don't Know Me by Now".

Teddy Pendergast is the main singer in this song Harold Melvin is the talking on the phone. Don't mix the two, Teddy derserves the credit.

Teddy Pendergrass, is singing lead; the one w/the white jacket on. He is AN AWESOME SINGER!!! You'll love his solo performances, as well!

They SANG! So much pureness. Back in the day when they sung from the SOUL! Expressing themselves with authenticity

Wow wow wow can see why you reacted the way you dId Jay. Keep the great tunes coming. You are going for it. Really enjoyed this nice ☺☺💖

These guys are so smooth. Harold Melvin's lead was always so great. Such a great group of guys with unreal harmonies.

I keep trying to tell everyone that the 70s whole decade is the epitome of music hands down because those songs had meaning. Not only was the music outstanding but the lyrics blew you away. It hit you in your heart,soul, and body . And they stay there forever. And I mean that literally 🎤 Drop...

This group will break you down with the love/break up songs! This the best reaction to this song I’ve seen. This because you understand the emotions in the words. You feel it in your soul and it shows.

Loved this music back in my youth 💕

Here’s their best song: ‘If You Don’t Know Me By Now’

React to Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Hope That We Can Be Together Soon Feat. Sharon Paige & Teddy Pendergrass {All Time Favorite}

"If you don't know me by now", by them, is a great one.

Thats how all the groups sound Isley brothers Temptations The Spinners The Four Tops The Drifters etc

I just discovered this song tonight, but it was sung by Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates on his show live from Daryls house. He was singing it to his guitarist, who passed away who had been with them for 30+ years. when I looked into the origins of this song I found out that the blue Notes featuring the incomparable Teddy Pendergrass did it first. This version is stunning, but do yourself a favor and check out Daryl Hall on live from Daryls house. This is my new favorite song right now.❤❤❤ made me think of losing both of my parents last year to cancer and how much I miss them. This song brought me to my knees weeping. I know he is missing his woman and not his parents, but I certainly feel the emotion and pain in this song . So glad I discovered it and so glad to see that you found it as well.🙏😊❤

This my jams forever!! Old school music is beautiful and better than ever ❤❤❤

SUCH PERFECT REACTIONS TO EVERY MOMENT...I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!

I love your reaction to these great songs. I still play these songs from my youth. But, seeing you enjoy this music is like hearing the songs new again. Keep on discovering other great music & artists. You'll be pleasantly surprised.

Teddy Pendergrass (Turn Off The Lights) went on to have a great solo career. He was paralyzed in a tragic car accident. Check him out. More like this..... Check out Major Harris, Love Won't Let Me Wait....thks for your reaction!

This band is credited as being the first band to do a disco song, "The Love I Lost". Drummer Earl Young came up with the 4 on the floor drum beat and the syncopated cymbal. It was the blueprint for the disco sound. Years later, Earl put together a band named The Tramps, who sang the song "Disco Inferno" widely considered the best disco song. Second only to The BeeGees in creating perfect songs for the dance floor.

Listen to Harold Melvyn & the Blue Notes version of "Don't leave me this way", please, sooo good. 🇬🇧❤️👍

No matter the age, the whole song hits ❤

I so love this kind of music, wow what a voice!!🥰❤

You need to check out the O'Jays 'Forever Mine'.

Love this, this is what you call smooching music

When you said Run it back, I said yep Run it Back My Boy! This is one of my fav songs 💗😍

Check out The Love I Lost. One of many great songs by this group.😊

I love to see the younger generation enjoying the music I grew up on my mother played this non stop . I grew up on the 70’s and 80’s music

Beautiful song. Thanks Jay.

Having Harold Melvin and Teddy Pendergrass in the same group they could never go wrong

I Miss U (Fifty Years & Going Strong) Crazi, Mad, Real Real Real

Teddy Pendergrass was lead vocalist on "I miss you". Love me some Teddy❣❣ Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes❤❤

Listen to Isley Brothers - long version of Who’s that Lady

You need to see them perform to appreciate them!

lots of great songs by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.. try :The Love I Lost", "Don't Leave me This Way", "Bad Luck".

That's the very 1st time I heard that song. Amazing.

Greatest begging song ever! Teddy in the background is on his knees for her! Begging!👋🏽

The music of my youth, its wonderful to hear this song again. The years come and go but the music lives on, thank goodness. Music feeds the soul in my opinion and nothing else can take you back in time as well as music. They are great and I agree with what you have said about them. Take care and stay safe please everyone love hugs and Peace Mary-Ellen UK

I've never heard this before either! Oh thank you! New jams!! Yessssssss

Background vocals "miss you miss you" done by the man who usually did all the lead Vocals, Teddy Pendergrass. I was on my way to buy tickets for his concert when I heard on the news that he had been in a car accident and the concert was cancelled. He was paralyzed after that, but has been remembered since that time with reverence. My favorite song of the group was I Hope that We Can Be Together Soon. But the one mentioned by Greg Hull below is awesome too.

I have said it before and will say it again. Two of my greatest helpers in the ways of love were Teddy Pendergrass and Barry White. I as a young man learned and benefitted from them. They helped me when I needed it. I found love and gave it, we all want some love.

"This is so emotional...I GOT TO SIY UP STRAIGHT!!"😂

The late great Teddy Pendergrass, and the best harmonies by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.

Don't leave me this way..fantastic. 🤗

Their lead singer went onto become one of the greatest solo artist in history...His name was Teddy Pendergrass. When Teddy left the Blue Notes to start a solo career. The Blue Notes will have a modicum of success whereas Teddy would become a superstar. The rest as they say is history. Note: They were part of what was known as 'The Philadelphia sound.' Other great groups that came out of Philadelphia were: The Delfonics, Blue Magic, The Moments, The Three Degrees, The Trammps, The O'Jays, The Stylistics', etc.....

I love this song so much 💕

This tune turned into JAYVEE AND THE BLUENOTES 😆😆 Quality tune - absolutely finely and well crafted masterpiece!

Classic!!!!! Teddy P had a voice like no other!!!!!!

Also-“Walking in Memphis” by Marc Cohn

We Use to call that baby making music. Back in the day when everything was heavenly devine!!!

wait a damn minute LoL

60-70's music GREAT Story Tellers

Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes "Wake up Everybody" Fitting song for these times. Unfortunately.

One of favorite songs, if we had theses songs now it would be a better world now we were in love may be heart broken but still good we use to go out and have a ball slow dancing everyone on the dance I miss thoses days that Harold Melvin in the back ground

“Bad Luck” / “Wake up Everybody”

Philly soul at the top of its game

One of the few CDs that NEVER comes out of my car and usually stays in my CD player !!! LOVE THEM !!!!

Song reminds me of my dad. And I miss the heck out of him. RIP daddy!

YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY FLIP OVER "Wake Up Everybody"!!! I know how you hate for an awesome song to end quickly, so choose the 7:33 min long version. That is an awesome song & I am 100% POSITIVE, that you will LOVE IT!!!

This is a beautiful song. The one who singing is the one and only Teddy Pendergrass. Harold Melvin & the Blue-notes has many great songs that became big hits.

You may as well pull up Teddy Pendergrass and get ready for some great vocals ❣

No one can touch this. As close to crying on a record as you can get.

Teddy Pendergrass hollering at the top! RIP 🙏Teddy Bear 🧸

That's the late great Teddy Pendergrass the legend on lead vocals.

If you don,t know me by now another fab song, also Chilites to good to be forgotten, Stylistics Michael or me, George Macrae rock your baby.

My all time favourite song and Teddy Pendergrass, one of the greatest vocalists of all time 🔥🔥

I remember the first time I heard this song, and that was a very long time ago when the record came out, and my reaction was very similar to yours. This song is epic, it's truly one of the greatest recordings I've ever heard. When I listen to it now, so many years later, I still feel the same way.

That is one of the best teddy songs that song love it♥️

I get such joy watching and listening to your reactions. They are organic and sincere. Teddy Pendergrass did the lead vocals for this group and then he went on to be one of the best soul vocalist..baby-making musicians ever! If you want to hear his voice in pure form with a mean bass underlying, listen to..."It don't hurt now."

This type of music was resurrected in the 90s - try Dru Hill (The Love We Had, What Do I Do With The Love) and Blackstreet ( Never Gonna Let You Go, I Wanna Be Your Man).

Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes were one of the many bands signed to Philadelphia International Records under the Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff era. Many of the songs were written by Gamble and Huff. There was a saying that the song writers saved the best songs for themselves. Holland-Dozier-Holland who wrote most of the late 60’s and early 70’s hits for the Motown stable went on to form their own record label “Invictus” and had much success with Freda Payne “Band of Gold” that hit the No1 spot in the UK and was in the chart some 19 weeks. Chairman of the Board “Give Me Just a Little More Time” etc. Lamont Dozier went on to write and produce a number of solo albums and produced some amazing music. Check out in particular “Trying to Hold On To My Woman” “All Cried Out” and “Why Can’t we Be Lovers”. Another Motown writer Johnny Bristol went of to forge a solo career with hits like “Hang On In There” and “Love me For a Reason” that was later covered by The Osmonds. Dozier also dueted with Phil Collins on “The Quiets to Loud”. He also wrote “Going back to my Roots” that was covered by Odyssey. He wrote jointly with Mick Hucknell for Simply Red and “Invisible” for Alison Moyet. You need to listed to Lamont Dozier.

Simply great. 👌🏻🙂

Good old solid song. Cool as a cool thing!

Teddy P... my favorite artist of all time.

When he said who’s the guy leading that song I almost fell out my chair🤣🤣

Check out Teddy Pendergrass..live 1982...... live Turn off the lights/come on over to my place & Close the door..all live.. he killed it!!!!

I believe Harold Melvin was the lead singer with the Temptations before he went off on his own to play with The Blue Notes...just a little trivia 😊

Please, please react to one of the best soul songs in the history of Soul: Me and Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul

Reminds me of listening to this on the HiFi on repeat while the old folks drank, played cards and reminisced.

I think their biggest hit was if you don't know me by now which is my favorite by them

I'm not saying it was because me but I definitely requested this group, thank you brother

Love this band. Defined the Philly soul sound of the mid-70's which was the precursor to disco.

Tower of Power!! Any song by them💛

You are totally feeling this song!

This song.....boy i would've taken him back mid song..the breakdown ...then the rap (the begging talking part is what we called rapping back in the day)....Teddy P...❤

The great Teddy Pendergrass was the lead singer. Love his voice. He went on to a successful solo career but sadly was paralyzed in car accident. And passed away a few years after. His big hits were "Close the Door" & "Another love TKO" just to name a couple...check them out. The ladies loved him. Rest Peacefully Teddy🌹