I just read that Bernie Wilson of Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes has died. I should know this, but is this the same fella as the similarily named, Bernie Williams who was also in the Bluenotes at one time and who did one or two records that people on here might remember?

was a different guy

there's quite a extensive run down of Bernie Williams and his major part in the "original" Bluenotes here

https://www.classicurbanharmony.net/blue_notes_tribute.htm

bit harder trying to track down Bernie Wilson's full history

this is him on mercury yep?

bernie wilson - let me come in your soul - mercury