{"id":3627960,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3627960/?format=json","airdate":"2026-03-12T03:03:46-07:00","show":66157,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/66157/?format=json","image_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/13b94c71-a23c-4466-98af-a97dabf97d43/15062822360-500.jpg","thumbnail_uri":"https://coverartarchive.org/release/13b94c71-a23c-4466-98af-a97dabf97d43/15062822360-250.jpg","song":"I Miss You","track_id":null,"recording_id":"2cba5e70-ce98-49d9-8fe5-3858b04a74bc","artist":"Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes","artist_ids":["4ef24a03-45e8-40b3-b780-955bec848555"],"album":"I Miss You","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"c6eae5b7-6906-487f-89c8-17c45677b8fd","labels":["Philadelphia International Records"],"label_ids":["d509d87c-3ad7-4b83-9827-9b76c3a49126"],"release_date":"1972-08-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Rev's 3 AM Slow Jam of the Week <3\n--\nA 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. In 1972, the group now known as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were on tour with the Cadillacs, whose young percussionist was Theodore “Teddy” Pendergrass. Later in 1972 Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes released their first album on the Philadelphia International label, I Miss You.  It featured a single of the same name that became a signature recording for the group with Pendergrass as the lead vocalist. \n--\nR.I.P., Harold Melvin, who died last year at age 57: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/27/arts/harold-melvin-57-led-the-blue-notes-to-success-in-the-70-s.html","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}