Teddy Pendergrass Harold Melvin Bluenotes Don't Leave Me This Way / Bad Luck 12"

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Teddy Pendergrass Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes  Don't Leave Me This Way / Bad Luck Tom Moulton Mix MFSB These 2 tracks defined the early Disco sound in 1975 and filled floors all over the world that Earl Young's Hi Hat & Ronnie Baker's up front Bass with MFSB and then Master Moulton mixes into Disco Masterpiece.

"Bad Luck" is a song recorded by American vocal group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes from their album To Be True. Released as a single in 1975 by Philadelphia International Records, the song was written by Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, and John Whitehead and produced by Gamble and Huff, with MFSB providing instrumentals. The single was number one on the Billboard Disco Action chart for eleven weeks, also peaking at no. 4 on Hot Soul Singles and no. 15 on the Hot 100. With an unusually loud hi-hat by session drummer Earl Young, "Bad Luck" is considered a signature disco song. With Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes providing vocals, the ensemble of studio musicians known as MFSB provided the instrumentals, including Earl Young on drums and Ronnie Baker on bass. During the recording sessions, Young's hi-hat was so loud that it could not be quieted in the final mix. The 2004 book A House on Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia Soul credits this recording error for influencing disco to include loud hi-hats

"Don't Leave Me This Way" is a song written by Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff and Cary Gilbert. It was originally released in 1975 by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notesfeaturing Teddy Pendergrass, an act signed to Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label. "Don't Leave Me This Way" was subsequently covered by American singer Thelma Houston in 1976 and British duo the Communards in 1986, with both versions achieving commercial success.

The Blue Notes' original version of the song, featuring Teddy Pendergrass's lead vocals, was included on the group's 1975 album Wake Up Everybody. Though not issued as a single in the United States at the time, the Blue Notes' recording reached number three on the US Billboard Hot Disco Singles chart in the wake of Thelma Houston's version. The song proved to be the group's highest-peaking entry in the United Kingdom, reaching number five on the UK Singles Chart, when released there as a single in 1977. It became the title track of a budget LP issued on the CBS Embassy label in the UK in 1978.The track was finally issued as a 12-inch single in the US in 1979, coupled with "Bad Luck".