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To Be True
To Be True
Studio album by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Released	February 1975
Recorded	Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Genre	R&B
Length	38:46
Label	Philadelphia International; KZ 33148
Producer	Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]

To Be True is an album released by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes on the Philadelphia International record label in February 1975. It was produced by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.

The album features the hit singles "Bad Luck", "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" with Sharon Paige, and "Where Are All My Friends".

The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by Big Break Records.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Where Are All My Friends"	Gene McFadden, John Whitehead, Victor Carstarphen	3:22
2.	"To Be True"	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff	4:42
3.	"Pretty Flower"	McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen	5:42
4.	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (Female vocal by Sharon Paige)	Gamble, Huff	3:45

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
5.	"Nobody Could Take Your Place"	Gamble, Huff	4:22
6.	"Somewhere Down the Line"	Gamble, Huff	4:55
7.	"Bad Luck"	McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen	6:29
8.	"All Because of a Woman"	McFadden, Whitehead, Huff	5:29

2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
9.	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (Single Version)	3:26
10.	"Bad Luck" (Tom Moulton Mix)	7:56

Personnel

Harold Melvin, Teddy Pendergrass, Bernard Wilson, Lawrence Brown, Jerry Cummings – vocals
Sharon Paige – female vocalist on "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
MFSB – music
Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Barbara Ingram - background vocals

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak ^[3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	26
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US ^[3]	US R&B ^[3]	US Dance ^[3]
1974	"Where Are All My Friends"	80	8	11
1975	"Bad Luck (Part 1)"	15	4	1
1975	"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"	42	1	—

Samples

Cyndi Lauper used an interpolation of "Where Are All My Friends" in the 2008 song "Set Your Heart" from her album Bring Ya to the Brink.

References

^ Lytle, Craig. To Be True review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.

External links

To Be True at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Lytle, Craig. To Be True review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-10-16.

[CG-2] Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

[allmusic-3] "US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-21.

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 '''''To Be True''''' is an album released by [[Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]] on the [[Philadelphia International Records|Philadelphia International]] record label in February 1975. It was produced by [[Gamble and Huff|Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff]].
-The album features the hit singles "[[Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)|Bad Luck]]", "[[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]" with Sharon Paige, and "Where Are All My Friends".  The album was remastered and reissued in 2007 by [[Sony Music Entertainment]].
+The album features the hit singles "[[Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)|Bad Luck]]", "[[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]" with Sharon Paige, and "Where Are All My Friends".
+The album was remastered and reissued with bonus tracks in 2016 by [[Cherry Red Records|Big Break Records]].
 ==Track listing==
 {{Track listing
 | headline        = Side one
-| writing_credits = yes
 | title1          = Where Are All My Friends
-| writer1         = Victor Carstarphen, [[Gene McFadden]], [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]]
+| writer1         = [[Gene McFadden]], [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]], Victor Carstarphen
 | length1         = 3:22
 | title2          = To Be True
@@ Line 35: / Line 40: @@
 | length2         = 4:42
 | title3          = Pretty Flower
-| writer3         = Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead
+| writer3         = McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen
 | length3         = 5:42
 | title4          = [[Hope That We Can Be Together Soon]]
@@ Line 44: / Line 49: @@
 {{Track listing
 | headline        = Side two
-| writing_credits = yes
 | title5          = Nobody Could Take Your Place
 | writer5         = Gamble, Huff
@@ Line 52: / Line 56: @@
 | length6         = 4:55
 | title7          = [[Bad Luck (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes song)|Bad Luck]]
-| writer7         = Carstarphen, McFadden, Whitehead
+| writer7         = McFadden, Whitehead, Carstarphen
 | length7         = 6:29
 | title8          = All Because of a Woman
 | writer8         = McFadden, Whitehead, Huff
 | length8         = 5:29
+}}
+{{Track listing
+| headline        = 2016 remastered reissue bonus tracks
+| title9          = Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
+| note9           = Single Version
+| length9         = 3:26
+| title10         = Bad Luck
+| note10          = [[Tom Moulton]] Mix
+| length10        = 7:56
 }}
 ==Personnel==
 *Harold Melvin, [[Teddy Pendergrass]], [[Bernard Wilson (singer)|Bernard Wilson]], Lawrence Brown, Jerry Cummings &ndash; vocals
 *Sharon Paige &ndash; female vocalist on "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
 *[[MFSB]] &ndash; music
+*Carla Benson, Evette Benton, [[Barbara Ingram]] - background vocals
 ==Charts==
+{| class="wikitable"
-'''Album'''
+!Chart (1975)
-{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
+!Peak<br><ref name="allmusic">{{Cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p4891/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2013-04-21}}</ref>
 |-
+|U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs]]
-! rowspan="2"| Year
+|align="center"|26
-! rowspan="2"| Album
-! colspan="2"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic albums">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4891/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Albums Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref>
-|- style="font-size:smaller;"
-! width="40"| [[Billboard 200|US]]
-! width="40"| [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|US<br>R&B]]
 |-
+|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums|Top Soul LPs]]
-| rowspan="1"| 1975
-| align="left"| ''To Be True''
+|align="center"|1
-| 26
-| 1
 |-
 |}
-'''Singles'''
+;Singles
 {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
 |-
 ! rowspan="2"| Year
 ! rowspan="2"| Single
+! colspan="4"| Peak chart positions
-! colspan="3"| Chart positions<ref name="allmusic singles">{{Cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p4891/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}}|title=US Singles Charts > Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref>
 |- style="font-size:smaller;"
-! width="40"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]
+! width="40"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
-! width="40"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]
+! width="40"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br>R&B]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
-! width="40"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US<br />Dance]]
+! width="40"| [[Hot Dance Club Songs|US<br>Dance]]<br><ref name="allmusic"/>
 |-
 | rowspan="1"|1974
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 | 1
 |-
-| align="left"| "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" (with Sharon Paige)
+| align="left"| "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon"
 | 42
 | 1
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 ==See also==
-*[[List of number-one R&B albums of 1975 (U.S.)]]
+*[[List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1975]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
+* {{discogs master|4701|To Be True}}
-*''[http://www.discogs.com/Harold-Melvin-The-Blue-Notes-Featuring-Theodore-Pendergrass-To-Be-True/release/358915 To Be True]'' at [[Discogs]]
 {{Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1975 albums]]
+[[Category:Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes albums]]
 [[Category:Albums produced by Leon Huff]]
 [[Category:Albums produced by Kenneth Gamble]]
-[[Category:Philadelphia International Records albums]]
+[[Category:Albums arranged by Bobby Martin]]
-[[Category:Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes albums]]
 [[Category:Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios]]
+[[Category:Philadelphia International Records albums]]

v t e Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Harold Melvin Bernard Williams Roosevelt Brodie Jesse Gillis, Jr. Franklin Peaker John Atkins Teddy Pendergrass Lawrence Brown Bernard Wilson Lloyd Parks Jerry Cummings Sharon Paige David Ebo Dwight Johnson William Spratelly Gil Saunders
Studio albums	I Miss You Black & Blue To Be True Wake Up Everybody Reaching for the World
Compilation albums	Collectors' Item: All Their Greatest Hits!
Singles	"If You Don't Know Me by Now" "The Love I Lost" "Bad Luck" "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" "Wake Up Everybody" "Don't Leave Me This Way"
Related articles	Discography Philadelphia International Records