Wake Up Everybody by Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes

Wake Up Everybody, released on Philadelphia International in November 1975, was the last Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes album with Teddy Pendergrass, whose lead vocals had powered the group through its best years before he left to go solo. Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff produced it, and the Philly soul machine runs at full strength, all glide and swell.

The title track and "Tell the World How I Feel About 'Cha Baby" were the hit singles, while "Don't Leave Me This Way" climbed to No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart. Sharon Paige takes the spotlight too, singing lead almost alone on the closer "Searching for a Love" and sharing "You Know How to Make Me Feel So Good" with Pendergrass and Melvin. Legacy Recordings reissued it in 2008 with a Tom Moulton remix of "Don't Leave Me This Way" as a bonus.

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