Bad Luck

~ Recording by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore Pendergrass

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.7Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore PendergrassTo Be TrueHarold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore PendergrassAlbum
Philadelphia International RecordsKZ 33148
1.2Bad Luck6:28Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesCollectors Item: All Their Greatest HitsHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International RecordsZK 34232
1.10Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes25 Jaar Popmuziek: 1975Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
CBS Special Products29.982192.10, LSP 982192 2
1.2Bad Luck6:28Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Best OfHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia)467240 2
1.7Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Theodore PendergrassTo Be TrueHarold Melvin & The Blue Notes feat. Theodore PendergrassAlbum
  • FR1993-10-13
Philadelphia International RecordsPIR 474219 2
1.8Bad Luck6:24Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Best of Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)ZK 66338
2.7Bad Luck6:24Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Philly Sound: Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff & The Story of Brotherly Love (1966-1976)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International RecordsZ3K 64647
1.3Bad Luck6:20Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesOld School Next FridayVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation + Soundtrack
Priority Records (US hip hop)P2 25083
1.11Bad Luck6:25Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesSoul Hits of the 70'sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.3Bad Luck6:24Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Ultimate Blue NotesHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-08-21
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 85231
2.11Bad Luck6:26Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Ultimate Jukebox Hits of the 70sVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-02-12
Collectables (US reissue label)COL-CD-0125
1.11Bad Luck6:24Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesPhilly Super Soul HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2002-05-21
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 85937
2.5Bad Luck6:26Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesBilly Paul & Harold Melvin and the Blue NotesBilly Paul & Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Sony Music Media, France LoisirsSMM 989421 2
1.6Bad Luck6:24Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe EssentialHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)EK 90627
1.6Bad Luck6:27Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesSuper HitsHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2006-12-26
Philadelphia International RecordsA 705358
2.6Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Essential Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2007-11-05
Philadelphia International Records
2.6Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Essential Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
  • US2007-11-07
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International Records88697 17476 2
1.2Bad Luck6:28Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesCollectors Item: All Their Greatest HitsHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-02-05
Philadelphia International RecordsZK 34232
3.6Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesLove Train: The Sound of PhiladelphiaVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2008-10-21
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)88697 35279 2, 88697352792
1.2Bad Luck6:28Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Teddy PendergrassPlaylist: The Very Best of Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
  • US2009-01-13
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.2Bad Luck6:30Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesPlaylist: The Very Best of Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Philadelphia International Records88875 15255 2
2.6Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Essential Teddy PendergrassTeddy PendergrassAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International Records886975278527
1.14Bad Luck6:26Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesPhiladelphia International Records: The 40th Anniversary Box SetVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
HarmlessHURTBOX001
1.1Bad Luck6:24Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe Very Best Of Harold Melvin And The Blue NotesHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Camden (launched circa 1973; UK only as of 2004)88843052002
1.7Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore PendergrassTo Be True (Expanded edition)Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore PendergrassAlbum
  • GB2016-02-05
Big Break RecordsCDBBRX0343
1.2Bad Luck6:28Harold Melvin & The Blue NotesCollectors Item: All Their Greatest HitsHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum + Compilation
Philadelphia International Records
1.7Bad Luck6:29Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes featuring Theodore PendergrassTo Be TrueHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesAlbum
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)

Relationships

producer:Gamble & Huff
performer:MFSB (in 1972)
arranger:Bobby Martin (US soul/R&B producer/arranger)
recorded at:Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (in 1972)
has remixes:Bad Luck (Tom Moulton Mix) by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (in 1977)
sampled by:Harolds Groove by Jump Cutz
House Luck by Jump Cutz
I Know None of Y'all by Tyree
recording of:Bad Luck (in 1972)

Related works

Bad Luck

writer:Victor Carstarphen
Gene McFadden
John Whitehead