Teddy Pendergrass
Teddy Pendergrass , actually Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (* 26. March 1950 in Kingstree , South Carolina ; † 13. January 2010 in Philadelphia ) was an American R & B - musicians .
life and career
His musical roots are in the gospel choirs in his hometown of Philadelphia; In 1969 Teddy Pendergrass was with his doo-wop band "The Cadillacs" in the opening act of the group Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes . The band's founder Harold Melvin then hired him to replace the lead singer at the time, John Atkins, who had been out on tour in 1970 due to illness. The group had numerous commercial successes during the Philly Sound era of producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff , before Pendergrass finally made the decision to break away from the band and continue working as a solo singer. His manager at this time was the American music manager Shep Gordon .
Four of his first albums between 1977 and 1981 achieved platinum status . He made some top 10 hits in the pop charts. The album Teddy (1979) reached number 5 on the American pop album charts. Due to its large number of female followers, Pendergrass successfully organized concerts to which only women were allowed.
At the height of his career, he was in a serious car accident on March 18, 1982 . He got off the road in his Rolls-Royce on a highway in Pennsylvania . His injuries were so severe that from then on he was paraplegic and dependent on a wheelchair. However, he continued his career. After eight albums for Philadelphia International Records , he moved to Elektra Records in 1984. In 1984 he sang in a wheelchair in the video for Hold Me with Whitney Houston .
On July 13, 1985, Pendergrass performed with Ashford & Simpson at the legendary Live Aid concert in Philadelphia. In the 1980s and 1990s he released other albums and a biography with Patricia Romanowski under the title Truly Blessed .
After he was diagnosed with colon cancer, he underwent a successful operation on June 5, 2009 and was discharged home on June 15, 2009. However, due to acute problems with the respiratory system, he had to be hospitalized again the following day. Seven months later, he died of lung failure on January 13, 2010 in a Philadelphia hospital .
Awards
Pendergrass has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Male R&B Artist five times :
- Close the Door (1979)
- I Can't Live Without Your Love (1982)
- Joy (1989)
- How Can You Mend a Broken Heart? (1992)
- Voodoo (1994)
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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| 1977 | Teddy Pendergrass | - | - | - | - |
US17th  (35 weeks)US |
First published: June 12, 1977
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| 1978 | Life Is a Song Worth Singing | - | - | - | - |
US11 (35 weeks)US |
First published: June 2, 1978
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| 1979 | Teddy | - | - | - | - |
US5 (31 weeks)US |
First published: June 23, 1979
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| 1980 | TP | - | - | - | - |
US14th (34 weeks)US |
First published: July 25, 1980
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| 1981 | It's time for love | - | - | - | - |
US19th  (27 weeks)US |
First published: September 2, 1981
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| 1982 | This One's for You | - | - | - | - |
US59 (15 weeks) US |
First published: July 23, 1982
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| 1983 | Heaven Only Knows | - | - | - | - |
US123 (9 weeks) US |
First published: October 27, 1983
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| 1984 | Love Language | - | - | - | - |
US38 (35 weeks)US |
First published: November 30, 1984
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| 1985 | Workin 'It Back | - | - | - | - |
US96 (23 weeks) US |
First published: December 7, 1985
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| 1988 | Joy | - | - | - |
UK45 (8 weeks) UK |
US54 (24 weeks)US |
First published: May 10, 1988
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| 1991 | Truly blessed | - | - | - | - |
US49 (16 weeks) US |
First published: March 5, 1991
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| 1993 | A Little More Magic | - | - | - | - |
US92 (8 weeks) US |
First published: September 14, 1993
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| 1997 | You and I | - | - | - | - |
US137 (5 weeks) US |
First published: April 15, 1997
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| 1998 | This Christmas (I'd Rather Have Love) | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: September 15, 1998
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 1979 | Live! Coast to Coast | - | - | - | - |
US33 (15 weeks)US |
First published: November 23, 1979
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| 2002 | From Teddy, With Love | - | - | - | - | - |
First published: May 21, 2002
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gray hatching : no chart data available for this year
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2004 | Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Very Best of | - | - | - |
UK26 (4 weeks) UK |
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First published: March 8, 2004
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| 2007 | The essential | - | - | - | - |
US136 (1 week) US |
First published: November 6, 2007
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| 2009 | Playlist: The Very Best of | - | - | - | - |
US173 (1 week) US |
First published: January 13, 2009
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more publishments
- 1985: Greatest Hits
- 2001: Greatest Slow Jams
- 2004: The Love Songs Collection
- 2011: SOUL
Singles (chart successes)
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | [↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts |
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| 1977 | I Don't Love You Anymore Teddy Pendergrass |
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US41 (14 weeks) US |
First published: April 15, 1977
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| The Whole Town's Laughing at Me Teddy Pendergrass |
- | - | - |
UK44 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: August 12, 1977
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| 1978 | Close the Door Life Is a Song Worth Singing |
- | - | - |
UK41 (6 weeks) UK |
US25th (13 weeks)US |
First published: May 4, 1978
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| Only You Life Is a Song Worth Singing |
- | - | -[UK: ↑] | - |
First published: September 1978
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| 1979 | Turn Off the Lights Teddy |
- | - | - | - |
US48 (6 weeks) US |
First published: May 22, 1979
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| 1980 | Can't We Try TP |
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US52 (12 weeks) US |
First published: June 12, 1980
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| Love TKO TP |
- | - | - | - |
US44 (13 weeks) US |
First published: October 2, 1980
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| 1981 | Two Hearts Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Very Best of / Stephanie |
- | - | - |
UK49 (5 weeks) UK |
US40 (13 weeks) US |
First published: May 1981
with Stephanie Mills |
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| You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration It's Time for Love |
- | - | - | - |
US43 (11 weeks) US |
First published: October 21, 1981
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| 1984 | Hold me Love Language / Whitney Houston |
- | - | - |
UK44 (7 weeks) UK |
US46 (18 weeks) US |
First published: May 24, 1984
with Whitney Houston |
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| 1988 | Joy Joy |
- | - | - |
UK58 (3 weeks) UK |
US77 (6 weeks) US |
First published: May 1988
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| 1994 | The More I Get, The More I Want Satisfaction Guaranteed: The Very Best of |
- | - | - |
UK35 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First release: November 1994
feat. KWS |
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| 1997 | Don't Keep Wastin 'My Time You and I |
- | - | - | - |
US90 (6 weeks) US |
First published: April 1997
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literature
- Irwin Stambler: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul. 3rd revised edition, St. Martin's Press, New York City 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4 , pp. 513 f.
swell
- ↑ Super Human - Who Is Shep Gordon?
- ↑ Teddy Pendergrass: sex, drugs and the tragic life of the 'Black Elvis' report on the website of the British daily newspaper The Guardian of March 2, 2019, accessed on February 1, 2020
- ↑ http://teddypendergrassofficial.com/biography/
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pendergrass, teddy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pendergrass, Theodore DeReese (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingstree , South Carolina , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2010 |
| Place of death | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA |