Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes - Don´t Leave Me This Way b/w To Be Free To Be Who We Are (1977) - single

"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert. First charting as a hit for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, an act on Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label in 1975, "Don't Leave Me This Way" was later a huge disco hit for Motown artist Thelma Houston in 1977. The Blue Notes' original version of the song, featuring Teddy Pendergrass' lead vocal, was included as an album track on the group's successful “Wake Up Everybody” album.




A - Don´t Leave Me This Way (3:59)
Written-by: K.Gamble, L.Huff, C.Gilbert / Arranged-by: Norman Harris / Produced-by: Kennth Gamble and Leon Huff
B - To Be Free To Be Who We Are (5:09)
Written-by: J.Whitehead, G.McFadden, V.Carstarphen / Arranged-by: Ronnie Baker / Produced-by: Kennth Gamble and Leon Huff

Label:  PIR Records
Genre:  Phillysound
Catalog#  PIR 4909

℗ 1977