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The group formerly known as The Charlemagnes took on the name "The Blue Notes" in 1954, with a line-up consisting of lead singer Franklin Peaker, Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis, Jr., and Harold Melvin.
Il est composé à l’époque de Franklin Peaker, Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis, Jr., et Harold Melvin. Le groupe enregistre des titres auprès de différents labels sans pour autant rencontrer le succès dans les années 1960.
- 1954 à 1996
- Philadelphie, Pennsylvanie, États-Unis
- Disco, rhythm and blues, soul
Gillis Jr., Jesse. He was a singer who began singing doo-wop in the 1950s with Harold Melvin when he had a group called The Charlemagnes. The Charlemagnes became The Blue Notes in 1954 and Jesse is known to have been in the original line-up.
11 mars 2021 · What is agreed is that in 1954 Harold Melvin joined Franklin Peaker, Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie and Jesse Gillis, Jr (collectively once known as the Charlemagnes) and formed his Blue Notes and for reasons never best explained put his name front out even though he wasn’t the lead singer.
The Bluenotes, at that time, were a quintet with the other band members being Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis Jr., and Franklin Peaker. Their first single, 'If You Love Me' was recorded for the Josie imprint in 1956.
23 juin 2021 · A self-taught pianist, as a teenager in 1953, Melvin began singing doo-wop with a vocal ensemble called the Charlemagnes. The following year, 1954, he established a quintet, the Blue Notes gathering together Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis, Jr., and Franklin Peaker.
24 mars 1997 · The other members were co-leader Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis Jr., and Franklin Peaker. The Blue Notes cut their first single, “If You Love Me,” for Josie in 1956, and turned it into a regional hit.
