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Six months later, original member Roosevelt Brodie, who was the second tenor for the original Blue Notes, died July 13, 2010, at age 75 due to complications of diabetes. And just five months later in that year, Bernard Wilson died on December 26, 2010, at age 64 from complications of a stroke and a heart attack. [8]
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14 lug 2010 · Roosevelt Brodie, who was the second tenor for the original Blue Notes, the R&B singing group that later featured the singing of Philly legend Teddy Pendergrass, died yesterday of complications of diabetes. He was 75 and lived in North Philadelphia.
14 lug 2010 · Brodie, Roosevelt (15th April 1935-14th July 2010) He was a singer born in New York who relocated to Philadelphia with his family while young and graduated from the Benjamin Franklin High School. After serving his time in the US Army he began singing doo-wop in the 1950s with Harold Melvin when he had a group called The Charlemagnes.
Il gruppo già conosciuto con il nome di The Charlemagnes prese successivamente il nome di The Blue Notes. Nel 1954, il gruppo era composto da Harold Melvin, voce solista (nato il 25 giugno 1939, a Philadelphia), Bernard Williams, Roosevelt Brodie, Jesse Gillis Jr. e Franklin Peaker.
Harold Melvin was a self taught pianist, who originally sang Doo Wop. 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. The Bluenotes recorded for several other ...
23 giu 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 mar 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.
