I Miss You (later reissued as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes) is the debut album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label 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,[4] Norman Harris and Thom Bell.
The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2010 by Big Break Records.
The single "I Miss You" was featured in the film Dead Presidents.

Theodore DeReese“Teddy”Pendergrass（1950年3月26日 - 2010年1月13日）是一位美国歌手。他在宾夕法尼亚州费城出生长大，最初成为Harold Melvin和Blue Notes的主唱。 1976年，Pendergrass在费城国际唱片公司成功完成个人职业生涯，连续发行了四张白金专辑，然后创下非裔美国艺术家R＆B艺术家的纪录.Pendergrass的职业生涯因近乎惨淡的车祸而被暂停。 1982年3月，胸部瘫痪，Pendergrass继续他的成功个人生涯直到2007年宣布退休.Pendergrass于2010年1月死于呼吸衰竭。

Funkadelic was an American band formed in Detroit in 1968 and active until 1982. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s

Funkadelic was an American band formed in Detroit in 1968 and active until 1982. The band and its sister act Parliament, both led by George Clinton, pioneered the funk music culture of the 1970s

阿爾伯特·「阿爾」·格林尼是一位美國歌手，在1970年代早期有多首靈魂樂歌曲在榜單上取得佳績，包括《Tired of Being Alone》、《I'm Still In Love With You》、《Love and Happiness》和他的代表作《Let's Stay Together》。

Scott是一位为自美国宾夕法尼亚州费城的现代摇滚乐歌星，她先是与Roots and Erykah Badu乐队一起巡回演出，然后才开始自己的独唱事业，最早与她签约的是Hidden Beach唱片公司。她的主要成绩包括与Roots乐队共同为格莱美奖获奖单曲《You Got Me》作词，为《Like Water For Chocolate》一曲作词并提供音乐伴奏，以及与Will Smith和Eric Benet共同进行音乐创作。
Scott的演艺生涯最早始于戏剧演出，她曾经出演了音乐剧《Rent》的一个角色。她与生俱来的多变嗓音能够与摇滚乐、诗歌、爵士乐以及blues进行完美的融合，听起来简直可以与Gil Scott-Heron以及Nikki Giovanni这样的艺术家相媲美。她的第一张专辑名为《Who Is Jill Scott? Words And Sounds Vol. 1》听起来给人一种神秘之感，其制作人兼乐师是Jazzy Jeff，出版后立即引起了乐评人士、乐师以及音乐界资深人士的普遍赞扬。为此人们不可避免地要将Scott与她的同龄人Lauryn Hill和Macy Grawas相比，她们共同被称作“新灵魂”女歌手

Arranged By [Horns, Strings] – Paul Riser (tracks: A1 to A3, B1 to B4), Willie Shorter (tracks: A4)
Arranged By [Rhythm] – Jack Ashford
Backing Vocals – Betty Jones, Gwanda Hambrick, Jack Ashford, Lynda Law*, Lynda Mc Crary*, Rence, Shar Ashford, Sundray Tucker, Sylvia Smith, Terrie Hendrix*
Bass – Eddie Watkins*, Jerry Knight, Mike Wiggins
Bells – Jack Ashford
Co-producer – Art Stewart
Design [Cover] – Alvin R. Hogan
Drums – Joe Luiz, Larry Talbot*, Urial Jones*
Engineer [Assistant] – Ira Leslie
Engineer [Mixing] – Art Stewart, Grover Helsey*, Jack Ashford
Engineer [Recording] – Art Stewart
Guitar – Eddie Willis, Greg Moore, Louie Thomas, Wah Wah Watson*, Robert White, Rod Gibson (2)
Guitar [Solo] – Jimmy Allen (tracks: A4)
Horns – Detroit Horn Section*
Keyboards – Earl Van Dyke, George Rountree*, Jack Ashford, Milcho Leview*
Percussion – Eddie "Bongo" Brown, Jack Ashford, Shondu Akiem*
Photography By – Alvin R. Hogan
Producer – Jack Ashford
Strings – Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Gordon Staples
Synthesizer [Solo] – Frank Spina (tracks: A1), Jack Ashford (tracks: A1)
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Jack Ashford
Recorded at Marvin Gaye Studios, Hollywood, California.
Mixed at One Step Up Recording Studio & Wally Heider RCA Studios, Hollywood, California.
"This album is dedicated to my mother, Thelma Ashford, and to my brother Albert. Without their love and prayers, I could have never made it. I thank God for putting the light around me... (And Cletus, we overcame the opposition after all)... Maria you were right"

The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert, Walter Lee Williams, William Powell, Bobby Massey and Bill Isles.

Joseph Stephen "Stevie" Woods Jr. (July 2, 1951 – January 28, 2014) was an American R&B musician and singer

Eight-time Grammy Award-winning group Earth, Wind & Fire is adding another first to its long list of achievements: a holiday album. The aptly titled Holiday will be released Oct. 21 through Sony Music Entertainment’s Legacy Recordings division.
The 13-track set, available now for pre-order at Amazon, is comprised of such seasonal fare as “Winter Wonderland," “Sleigh Ride,” “Joy to the World” and “Jingle Bell Rock.” Rounding out the mix are two songs inspired by well-known EWF classics: “Happy Seasons” (the 1975 album track “Happy Feelin’”) and “December” (1978’s “September”). The latter song features lead singer/co-founder Philip Bailey dueting with the original master vocals of fellow co-founder Maurice White.
“We stretched the envelope a bit on several songs, changing the harmonic structures and rhythms --kind of what we did with [the Beatles’] ‘Got to Get You Into My Life,’” says Bailey. “It’s Christmas songs but still EWF-esque.” He and EWF music director Myron McKinley produced Holiday with assistance from Philip Bailey Jr.
“It’s our special twist,” adds co-founder Verdine White. “We never thought about doing a holiday album before. But Legacy/Sony asked and so have our fans, so we hope the audience likes it.”
Holiday marks EWF’s 21st studio album and second for Legacy. The band’s first Legacy project was 2013’s Now, Then & Forever. Featuring new EWF music for the first time since 2005, the set debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 -- the group’s highest-charting album since Raise! peaked at No. 5 in 1981.

球風火合唱團，坊間或譯大地風火，是由莫里斯·懷特帶領的美國男子音樂樂團，1969年於芝加哥伊利諾伊州成立。曾獲6次葛萊美獎及20次提名。他們擁有超過50張金唱片及白金唱片。至今，他們唱片的全球銷量超過9000萬張。邁爾士·戴維斯曾評EW&F為「他的最愛」及「最佳」。