| "Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" | ||||
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| Single by Sharon Paige & Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | ||||
| from the album To Be True | ||||
| B-side | "Be for Real" | |||
| Released | June 1975 | |||
| Genre | R&B/Soul | |||
| Length | 3:22 | |||
| Label | Philadelphia International | |||
| Writer(s) | Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff | |||
| Producer | Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff & Harold Melvin | |||
| Sharon Paige & Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes singles chronology | ||||
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"Hope That We Can Be Together Soon" is a song recorded Sharon Paige and Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Released in 1975 from their album To Be True, it reached number one on the Hot Soul Singles chart in the summer of that year. It also reached forty-two on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] Unlike most of the group's singles from this time period, it's Melvin who handles most of the vocal duties, while Teddy Pendergrass appears for one line and the closing part of the song. Paige would later take on a more prominent role in the group after Pendergrass left the group for a solo career.
The song was originally recorded in 1970 by Dusty Springfield as "Let's Get Together Soon" and was included in her album A Brand New Me (which was also produced by Gamble and Huff)..
| Charts (1975) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 42 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Soul Singles | 1 |
| Preceded by "Fight the Power (Part 1) by The Isley Brothers |
Billboard Hot Soul Singles number-one single August 9, 1975 |
Succeeded by "Dream Merchant" by The New Birth |
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