Teddy Pendergrass

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    Teddy Pendergrass started singing gospel music in Philadelphia churches, becoming an ordained minister at ten years old. While attending public school, he sang in the city-wide McIntyre Elementary School Choir and in the All-City Stetson Junior High School Choir. A self-taught drummer, Pendergrass had a teen pop vocal group when he was 15.

    By his late teens, Pendergrass was a drummer for local vocal group the Cadillacs. In the late '60s, the Cadillacs merged with another more-established group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. In 1970, when the Blue Notes broke up, Melvin, now aware of Pendergrass' vocal prowess, asked him to take the lead singer spot. It's no secret that Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff wanted Marvin Junior of the Dells for their Philadelphia International Records roster. Since the Dells were signed to Chess, they were unavailable. When the gruff'n'ready vocals of Pendergrass came their way, they eagerly signed the group.

    Beginning with "I Miss You," a steady stream of hit singles flowed from the collaboration of Pendergrass and Gamble & Huff: "If You Don't Know Me by Now," "The Love I Lost," "Bad Luck," "Wake Up Everybody" (number one R&B for two weeks in 1976), and two gold albums, To Be True and Wake Up Everybody.

    Unfortunately, the more success the group had, the more friction developed between Melvin and Pendergrass. Despite the revised billing of the group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Theodore Pendergrass, Pendergrass felt that he wasn't getting enough recognition. Around 1976, Pendergrass left Melvin's Blue Notes and formed his own Blue Notes, featuring Teddy Pendergrass. Briefly, there was some confusion as to which Blue Notes were which. The resolution came when Pendergrass disbanded his Blue Notes in favor of a solo career and Melvin's group signed a recording contract with Source Records, distributed through ABC Records, scoring a hit with "I Want to Be Your Lover."

    Pendergrass signed a new contract with Philadelphia International Records in late 1976/early 1977. He burst back on the scene with Teddy Pendergrass, a platinum solo debut that included the top-notch singles "I Don't Love You Anymore," "You Can't Hide from Yourself," and "The More I Get the More I Want." Around this time, Pendergrass began to institute his infamous "Ladies Only" concerts. His next three albums went gold or platinum: Life Is a Song Worth Singing (1978), Teddy (1979), and Teddy Live (Coast to Coast). The hit single "Close the Door" was used in the film Soup for One, where Pendergrass had a small role.

    The singer received several Grammy nominations during 1977 and 1978, Billboard's 1977 Pop Album New Artist Award, an American Music Award for best R&B performer of 1978, and awards from Ebony magazine and the NAACP. He was also in consideration for the lead in the movie biopic The Otis Redding Story. The '70s ended, but Pendergrass kept racking up the hits. TP, his fifth solo album, went platinum in the summer of 1980 off the singles "Turn Off the Lights," "Come Go with Me," "Shout and Scream," "It's You I Love," and "Can't We Try." It's Time for Love gave Pendergrass another gold album in summer 1981, which included the hit singles "Love TKO" and "I Can't Live Without Your Love."

    A 1982 car accident left Pendergrass paralyzed from the waist down and wheelchair bound. After almost a year of physical therapy and counseling, Pendergrass returned to the recording scene, signing a contract with Elektra/Asylum in 1983. His ninth solo album, his Elektra/Asylum debut, Love Language went gold the spring of 1984. Philadelphia International issued two albums of unreleased tracks, This One's for You (1982) and Heaven Only Knows (1983). Other albums included Workin' It Back (1985), Joy (1988, whose title track went to number one R&B for two weeks), and Little More Magic (1993). The latter half of '90s found Pendergrass recording for the Surefire/Wind Up label. Truly Blessed (the name of an 1991 Elektra album) is the title of the autobiography Pendergrass co-authored with Patricia Romanowski.


    Album: Teddy Pendergrass (1977)









    01. You Can't Hide From Yourself
    02. Somebody Told Me
    03. Be Sure
    04. And If I Had
    05. I Don't Love You Anymore
    06. The Whole Town's Laughing At Me
    07. Easy, Easy, Got To Take It Easy
    08. The More I Get, The More I Want




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    Album: Life Is A Song Worth Singing (1978)










    01. Life Is A Song Worth Singing
    02. Only You
    03. Cold, Cold World
    04. Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
    05. Close The Door
    06. It Don't Hurt Now
    07. When Somebody Loves You Back




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    Album: Teddy (1979)










    01. Come Go With Me
    02. Turn Off The Lights
    03. I'll Never See Heaven Again
    04. All I Need Is You
    05. If You Know Like I Know
    06. Do Me
    07. Set Me Free
    08. Life Is A Circle




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    Album: Live! Coast To Coast (1979)











    CD1

    01. Life Is A Song Worth Singing
    02. Only You
    03. Medley If You Don't Know Me By Now The Love I Lost Bad Luck Wake Up Everybody
    04. Introduction
    05. When Somebody Loves You Back
    06. Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose


    CD2

    01. L.A. Rap
    02. Come Go With Me
    03. Close The Door
    04. Turn Off The Lights
    05. Do Me
    06. Live Interview
    07. Where Did All The Lovin' Go
    08. Live Interview
    09. It's You I Love
    10. Live Interview
    11. Shout And Scream
    12. Live Interview




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    Album: TP (1980)









    01. Is It Still Good To Ya
    02. Take Me In Your Arms Tonight
    03. I Just Called To Say
    04. Can't We Try
    05. Feel The Fire
    06. Girl You Know
    07. Love T.K.O.
    08. Let Me Love You




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    Album: Its Time For Love (1981)









    01. I Can't Live Without Your Love
    02. You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
    03. Nine Times Out Of Ten
    04. Keep On Lovin' Me
    05. It's Time For Love
    06. She's Over Me
    07. I Can't Leave Your Love Alone
    08. You Must Live On




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    Album: This One's For You (1982)









    01. I Cant Win For Losing
    02. This Ones For You
    03. Loving You Was Good
    04. This Gift Of Life
    05. Now Tell Me That You Love Me
    06. Its Up T You (What You do With Your Life)
    07. Don't Leave Me Out Along The Road
    08. Only To You




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    Album: Heaven Only Knows (1983)









    01. Crazy About Your Love
    02. Judge For Yourself
    03. I Want My Baby Back
    04. Life Is For Living
    05. You And Me For Right Now
    06. Just Because You're Mine
    07. Heaven Only Knows
    08. Don't Ever Stop (Giving Your Love To Me)




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    Album: Love Language (1984)










    01. In My Time
    02. So Sad The Song
    03. Hot Love
    04. Stay With Me
    05. Hold Me
    06. You're My Choice Tonight
    07. Love
    08. This Time Is Ours




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    Album: Workin It Back (1985)









    01. Love 4/2
    02. One Of Us Fell In Love
    03. Never Felt Like Dancin'
    04. Let Me Be Closer
    05. Lonely Color Blue
    06. Want You Back In My Life
    07. Workin' It Back
    08. Love Emergency




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    Album: Joy (1988)









    01. Joy
    02. 2 A.M.
    03. Good To You
    04. I'm Ready
    05. Love is the Power
    06. This is the Last Time
    07. Through the Falling Rain (Love Story)
    08. Can We Be Lovers




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    Album: Truly Blessed (1990)









    01. She Knocks Me Off My Feet
    02. It Should've Been You
    03. Don't You Ever Stop
    04. It's Over
    05. Glad To Be Alive
    06. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
    07. I Find Everything In You
    08. Spend The Night
    09. With You
    10. We Can't Keep Going On Like This
    11. Truly Blessed




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    Album: A Little More Magic (1993)









    01. Believe in Love
    02. Slip Away
    03. I'm Always Thinking About You
    04. I Choose You
    05. Voodoo
    06. Tender
    07. Can't Help Nobody
    08. A Little More Magic
    09. My Father's Child
    10. Say It
    11. No One Like You
    12. Reprise




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    Album: U And I (1997)










    01. Don't Keep Wastin' My Time
    02. Let's Talk About It
    03. Without You
    04. You and I
    05. Can We Try
    06. One in a Million You
    07. Hurry Up
    08. Interlude
    09. Give It to Me
    10. Slow Ride to Heaven




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    Album: Greatest Slow Jams (2001)










    01. Somebody Told Me
    02. And If I Had
    03. The Whole Town's Laughing At Me
    04. Close The Door
    05. It Don't Hurt Now
    06. Can't We Try
    07. Love T.K.O
    08. Turn Off the Lights
    09. You're My Latest Greatest Inspiration
    10. It's Time For Love
    11. Now Tell Me That You Love Me
    12. Come Go With Me




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    Album: From Teddy With Love (2002)










    01. Joy
    02. When Somebody Loves You Back
    03. Love TKO
    04. Do Me
    05. You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
    06. Close The Door
    07. Turn Off The Lights
    08. Truly Blessed
    09. If You Don't Know Me By Now
    10. Wake Up Everybody
    11. Bad Luck
    12. The Love I Lost
    13. Only You
    14. Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose




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    Album: The Best Of Teddy Pendergrass (2003)











    01. Come Go With Me
    02. Turn Off The Lights
    03. When Somebody Loves You Back
    04. You're My Latest, Greatest Inspiration
    05. Love T.K.O.
    06. I Can't Live Without You
    07. Only You
    08. Can't We Try
    09. The Whole Town's Laughing At Me
    10. Close The Door
    11. And If I Had
    12. It Don't Hurt Now




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    Album: Anthology (2003)









    CD1

    01. I Don't Love You Anymore
    02. The Whole Town's Laughing At Me
    03. Close The Door
    04. Only You
    05. Turn Off The Lights
    06. Come Go With Me
    07. Shout And Scream (Live)
    08. It's You I Love (Live)
    09. Can't We Try
    10. Love TKO
    11. I Can't Live Without Your Love
    12. Nine Times Out Of Ten
    13. You're My Latest Greatest Inspiration
    14. I Can't Win For Losing
    15. This Gift Of Love


    CD2

    01. I Want My Baby Back
    02. Life Is A Song Worth Singing
    03. You Can't Hide From Yourself
    04. Is It Still Good To Ya
    05. The More I Get The More I Want
    06. When Somebody Loves You Back
    07. Feel The Fire
    08. Do Me
    09. Loving You Was Good
    10. Live Medley - If You Don't Know...
    11. Get Up Get Down Get Funky Get Loose (Live)
    12. It Don't Hurt Now




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    Album: The Platinum Collection (2006)









    01. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
    02. In My Time
    03. Make It With You
    04. Stay With Me
    05. Let Me Be Closer
    06. One Of Us Fell In Love
    07. Love 4/2
    08. Tender
    09. Spend The Night
    10. Glad To Be Alive
    11. She Knocks Me Off My Feet
    12. You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me)
    13. Joy
    14. So Sad The Song
    15. This Time Is Ours
    16. Never Felt Like Dancin'




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    Album: The Essential Teddy Pendergrass (2007)










    CD1

    01. I Don't Love You Anymore
    02. When Somebody Loves You Back
    03. Come Go With Me
    04. The Whole Town's Laughing At Me
    05. Somebody Told Me
    06. Love T.K.O
    07. You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
    08. And If I Had
    09. Don't Leave Me This Way (Parts 1 & 2)
    10. I Miss You
    11. The Love I Lost
    12. Nine Times Out Of Ten
    13. Life Is A Song Worth Singing
    14. If You Don't Know Me By Now


    CD2

    01. Feel The Fire
    02. Close The Door
    03. It's Time For Love
    04. Turn Off The Lights
    05. Wake Up Everybody
    06. Bad Luck
    07. Only You
    08. Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
    09. It Should've Been You
    10. Hold Me (duet with Whitney Houston)
    11. Joy
    12. This Gift Of Life
    13. I'll Never See Heaven Again
    14. I Want My Baby Back




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