| MELVIN | Harold ___ and the Blue Notes: soul and R&B group which had a 1972 hit with If You Don't Know Me By Now (6) |
| BLERTA | New Zealand musical and theatrical group which had a 1972 hit with Dance All Around The World (6) |
| CHICAGO | Band which had a huge 1976 hit with If You Leave Me Now (7) |
| HUFF | Leon A ___, Philadelphia soul songwriting and record production partner of Kenneth Gamble on songs such as If You Don't Know Me by Now, Love Train, and When Will I See You Again |
| HAROLDMELVIN | Philadelphia soul group ____ and the Blue Notes had their biggest hits in the 1970s |
| SIMPLYRED | Group with the song "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (6,3) |
| DONTLEAVEMETHISWAY | Song that was a hit for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in 1975, Thelma Houston in 1977 and The Communards in 1986 |
| DRHOOK | Common name of the US band who had a 1972 hit with Sylvia's Mother (2,4) |
| NILSSON | Singer who had a 1972 hit with Without You |
| TRINI | ___ Lopez III, American singer, guitarist and actor who had a worldwide hit with If I Had a Hammer i |
| ACHES | "...For I never knew the art of making love, though my heart ___ with love for you. Afraid and shy I let my chance go by..." -Ray Charles/lenny Welch/elvis, "You Don't Know Me" each so good (1962) |
| ILOST | "The Love __" (Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes hit) |
| BEATLES | The -, group which had a 2023 hit with 'Now and Then' (7) |
| WHENTHECATSAWAY | New Zealand female group which had a No.1 in 1988 with a song that was in the charts for 15 weeks (4,3,4,4) |
| JAX | _ Jones, had a hit with "You Don't Know Me" (3) |
| FIREINONESBELLY | The intense spirit of what you're left with if you swallow everything in The Inferno (4,2,3'1,5) |
| SHALAMAR | Group which had a 1982 hit with 'A Night to Remember' (8) |
| RULED | Tony Bennett had a hit with If I ___ the World |
| IFYOU | Simply Red hit, ___ Don't Know Me by Now |
| IAMWOMAN | 1972 hit with the lyric "You can bend but never break me" |
