Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes chart success waned after the departure
of Teddy Pendergrass in 1975 and they left Philadelphia International in 1976.
They released two albums on ABC in 1976-77 and a third, "The Blue Album", on
Source in 1979.
The Northern Soul scene pounced on "Prayin'", written by McFadden &
Whitehead, which was a huge sound and still gets played today. It was
released as a single on three occasions each with different B sides (i.e. "Your Love Is Taking Me On A Journey", "Praying inst." and as the flip to
"I Should Be Your Lover") making it easy and cheap to find.
However, Demon Music Group has reissued it on Friday digitally and on vinyl,
flipped with "Baby I’m Back", previously an album only track. Both tracks have
been remastered by Phil Kinrade.
The lead singer is David Ebo who had the unenviable task of replacing Pendergrass. We did a feature on him last year on 9 Nov which would have been his 72nd birthday on which we posted "Praying'".
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.6 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Northern Soul |
| Format: | Single / Reissue |
| Media: | Digital / 7" Vinyl |
| Label: | Self Released |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 28/07/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £1.79 / £12.99 |
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