Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass, Sr. (born March 26, 1950 in Philadelp… Read Full Bio ↴Theodore "Teddy" DeReese Pendergrass, Sr. (born March 26, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died January 13, 2010) was an American Grammy nominated R&B soul singer-songwriter. Pendergrass' career began when he was a drummer for The Cadillacs, who soon merged with fellow soul band Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. After a stellar early 70s run including the Grammy-nominated hit If You Don't Know Me by Now, Teddy went solo in 1976. He released a total of fifteen solo studio albums including hits like Love T.K.O.. A car accident in 1982 damaged his spinal cord and left him paralyzed from the waist down with limited use of his arms.
His initial rise to stardom occurred under tutelage of producer's Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff on the then CBS subsidiary Philadelphia International in 1970. The Blue Notes had hits such as "I Miss You," "Bad Luck," "Wake Up Everybody," the two million seller "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and many more. Following personality conflicts between Melvin and Pendergrass, Pendergrass launched a solo career and released hit singles like "The More I Get the More I Want," "Close the Door," "I Don't Love You Anymore," "Turn Off the Lights" and others.
His first solo album was self titled Teddy Pendergrass (1977), followed by Life is a Song Worth Singing (1978), Live! Coast to Coast and Teddy (1979), 1980's TP and the final Philadelphia International Records album It's Time for Love (1981). He also sang a duet with Whitney Houston on "Hold Me," from her self-titled debut album.
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 citywide 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" (#1 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 was 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 sometime between late 1976 and 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, Teddy, and Live! Coast to Coast. The hit single "Close the Door" was used in the film Soup for One, where Pendergrass had a minor 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." However in the UK chart success was limited to a handful of singles peaking just short of the top 40. Amazingly "Love TKO" failed to even grace the top 100.
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 stayed at #1 in the R&B charts for two weeks), and A 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.
Pendergrass passed away at age 59 on January 13, 2010 from complications following surgery for colon cancer.
His initial rise to stardom occurred under tutelage of producer's Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff on the then CBS subsidiary Philadelphia International in 1970. The Blue Notes had hits such as "I Miss You," "Bad Luck," "Wake Up Everybody," the two million seller "If You Don't Know Me By Now" and many more. Following personality conflicts between Melvin and Pendergrass, Pendergrass launched a solo career and released hit singles like "The More I Get the More I Want," "Close the Door," "I Don't Love You Anymore," "Turn Off the Lights" and others.
His first solo album was self titled Teddy Pendergrass (1977), followed by Life is a Song Worth Singing (1978), Live! Coast to Coast and Teddy (1979), 1980's TP and the final Philadelphia International Records album It's Time for Love (1981). He also sang a duet with Whitney Houston on "Hold Me," from her self-titled debut album.
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 citywide 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" (#1 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 was 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 sometime between late 1976 and 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, Teddy, and Live! Coast to Coast. The hit single "Close the Door" was used in the film Soup for One, where Pendergrass had a minor 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." However in the UK chart success was limited to a handful of singles peaking just short of the top 40. Amazingly "Love TKO" failed to even grace the top 100.
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 stayed at #1 in the R&B charts for two weeks), and A 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.
Pendergrass passed away at age 59 on January 13, 2010 from complications following surgery for colon cancer.
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Teddy Pendergrass Lyrics
07 close the door Close the door Let me give you what you've been waiting…
2 A.M. Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm I've been watching your body move,…
A Little More Magic I believe that time is sure to come When we all…
All I Need Is You All I need is you All I need is you, baby All…
And If I Had And if I had Someone that loved me And if I had Someone…
Bad Luck Uh Woo Well, well Look down-hearted and confused Because la…
Be for Real Hey, lady, can I say something to you for a…
Be Sure Be sure My baby That you find everything that you need in…
Believe In Love Don't you know that We can't worry about the things they…
Can We Be Lovers Oh baby, you know I hate to beg And I really…
Can We Try Song: Can't We Try ~~ 1980 ~~ 5: 04 Artist: Teddy…
Can't We Try Come lay your head on my heart Soon it'll be apart,…
Can\'t We Try Come lay your head an my heart Soon be apart, stay…
Close The Close the door Let me give you what you've been waiting…
Cold Cold World From one friend to another, It seems that something being b…
Come Go with Me Would you come on and go with me? Would you come…
Crazy About Your Love Woman Come sit down next to me I gotta something I wanna…
Do Me Do me, do me, will you do me? Soothe me, groove…
Don I don't love you anymore It's just that simple No, no, no,…
Don't Keep Wastin' My Time Wait a minute, come talk to me Girl I've got something…
Don't Leave Me This Way Don't leave me this way I can't survive, I can't stay…
Don't You Ever Stop Don't you ever, don't don't Don't you ever Don't you ever st…
Dont Keep Wastin My Time Wait a minute, come talk to me Girl I've got something…
Easy Easy Got To Take It Easy As I lay here next to you Holding you in my…
Feel The Fire Ah, yeah, yeah Somethin' that you told me Stayed in my head…
Get Down Get Funky Come on, get up, get down, get funky, get loose Come…
Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose Get up, get down, get funky, get loose Come on get…
Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose (Live) Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose Come on Get Up,…
Girl You Know Now wait just a minute, what is this I see? Is…
Glad To Be Alive You can do it, anything you want You can do it…
Good to You Mmhmm Mmhmm Mmhmm Uh Anything you want from me I'll be glad…
Happy Xmas So this is Christmas and what have you done, Another year…
Heaven Only Knows Hear me one more time Help me find a perfect line Don′t…
Hold Me I hold you, and touch you And make you my woman I'll…
Hot Love Oh Hot love I just can't get enough Of this sweet stuff, gir…
I Can I can't leave your love alone People tell me that it's…
I Can't Live Without You Love Baby, I, oh, I I can't live without your love See, I'm…
I Can't Win for Losing What can I do for you? What can I do That no…
I Cant Leave Your Love Alone I can't leave your love alone People tell me that it's…
i cant live without your love Baby, I, oh, I I can't live without your love See, I'm…
I Choose You Now you know we've been through a lot today That's why…
I Don I don't love you anymore It's just that simple No, no, no,…
I Don't Hurt Now It used to be every night I would cry my heart…
I Don't Love You Anymore I don't love you anymore It's just that simple No, no, no,…
I Find Everything In You Everything I want I find in you I find everything in…
I Just Called To Say Time to rejoice, you've been crying (I know you have, babe) …
i miss you Oh, oh (Oh, I) Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh (Oh, I) (I miss…
I Want My Baby Back Mmm I dreamed of you last night And oh, your face was…
I'll Never See Heaven Again Oh, love I'll never find the words on my own This loneliness…
I'm Always Thinking About You I'm always thinking about you (I'm always thinking about yo…
I'm Ready Come close to me, so I can see The smoothness of…
I'm Stone In Love With You You see this girl This girl's in love with you Yes, I'm…
If You Don't Know Me by Now If you don't know me by now You will never never…
In My Time You know, I'm no beginner My hearts been to the wall I'm…
is it still good to ya It's been a long time Since you touched me And made me…
It Don't Hurt Now It used to be every night I would cry my heart…
It Don\'t Hurt Now It used to be every night I would cry my heart…
It Should've Been You Oh baby Oh baby I dreamed of you last night And oh, your…
It's Over Threads that weave together In a tapestry of life Meant to l…
It's Time for Love It's time for love So baby, get ready for love It's time…
It's You I Love I don't love you anymore It's just that simple No, no, no,…
It's You Love It's time for love So baby, get ready for love It's time…
Joy Uh, oh man I ain't seen you in a long…
Keep On Lovin' Me Oh girl, oh girl Alright Baby (oh, baby, oh) Keep on lovin'…
Let Me Be Closer É, acho que vou chorar | É, quando eu te…
Let Me Love You Come on, tell me about your problems Girl, that you think…
Life Is A Circle The evil that you do Is coming back to you The lies…
Life Is A Song Worth Singing Life is a song worth singing Why don't you, sing it? Life…
Life Is a Song Worth Singing (Live) Life is a song worth singing Why don't you sing it? Life…
Little Drummer Boy Come, they told me pa-rum pum pum pum Our newborn King…
Love Oh love I've waited all my life to find you I've…
Love 4-2 Love, I've waited all my life to find you I've searched…
Love I Lost Baby, you You had the best of me You know it's true I…
Love Is Here It's been a long time coming You brought my love back…
Love Is the Power It's been a long time coming, you brought my love…
Love T K O Lookin' back over my years I guess I shedded some tears Told…
Love T.K.O Lookin' back over my years I guessed, I've shed some tears …
Love T.K.O. Lookin' back over my years I guess I shedded some tears Told…
Love T.K.O. (Re-Recorded Version) Lookin' back over my years I guessed, I've shedded some tear…
Love T.K.O. Let Me Love You Come on, tell me about your problems Girl, that you think…
Love TKO Lookin' back over my years I guess I shedded some tears Told…
Love TKO (Re-Recorded / Remastered) Lookin' back over my years I guessed, I've shedded some tear…
Love TKO (Re-Recorded) Lookin' back over my years I guessed, I've shredded some tea…
Love Tko (Studio Rerecord) Lookin' back over my years I guessed, I've shedded some tear…
Love_TKO Lookin' back over my years I guessed, I've shed some tears T…
Magic I believe that time is sure to come When we all…
Make It With You Hey, have you ever tried Really reaching out for the other…
My Father There comes a time When a man has to answer For the…
Never Felt Like Dancin' I've never been amused by Somehow I'm confused I don't know…
Nine Times out of Ten Nine times out of ten I'm falling in love with you Starting…
Now Tell Me That You Love Me You know love is the most over used word in…
One in a Million You Baby turn the lights down, nice and low There's something I…
One Of Us Fell In Love Baby, you You had the best of me You know it's true I…
Only To You Come on Uh-huh You You got, you got, you got what I…
Only You (Live) Come on You, you got, you got You got what I want You…
Reprise Father's child Father's child Father's child Ooh…
Satisfaction Guaranteed Satisfaction guaranteed or take your love back Satisfaction …
Say It Can we be more than just friends? (Can we baby?) Would…
Set Me Free Set me free Take these chains from my aching heart And let…
She Knocks Me off My Feet Just the other day while I was walking I ran into…
She's Over Me I, I saw her today We just met by chance and…
Shout And Scream Something that you told me Stayed in my head all night…
Slip Away (I want to slip away) I remember baby A time when we…
So Sad the Song I know that we both talked it over And said…
Somebody Told Me Breaking my back just to know your name Seventeen tracks an…
Spend The Night I can tell that you need someone in your life That…
Stay with me Would you come on and go with me? Would you come…
Sunshine Of Your Love Woman Come sit down next to me I gotta something I wanna…
Take Me In Your Arms Tonight I have got something to tell you But it's more, more…
Tender Baby, send the kids to bed Spend the time with me…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
The Love I Lost Baby, you You had the best of me You know it's true I…
The More I Get The more I get, the more I want The more I…
The Power Of One Something's changed in the weather Theres a moon made on the…
The Whole Town The whole town's laughing at me Yeah, I had your love…
The Whole Town\'s Laughing At Me The whole town's laughing at me Yeah, I had your love…
The Whole Town\s Laughing At Me The whole town's laughing at me Yeah, I had your love…
This Gift of Life This gift of life Oh, I treasure it above everything This gi…
This Is The Last Time Mmhmm Cry This is the last time (mm) You will ever have to…
This One's for You You know I really don't think This song would ever sell I…
This Time Is Ours This time is ours For as long as it's meant to…
Through the Falling Rain Once upon a time in my life I thought that I…
Time to Get Down Come on, get up, get down, get funky, get loose Come…
tko Lookin' back over my years I guess I shedded some tears Told…
Truly Blessed Often I wonder, as I sail on alone Is there anything…
Turn of the Lights Turn off the lights and light a candle Tonight I'm in…
Turn Off The Light Turn off the lights Light a candle Tonight I'm in a romantic…
Turn off the Lights Turn off the lights and light a candle Tonight I'm in…
Two Hearts Came into my life a stranger You captured my heart Now…
Voodoo Girl, I can't wait To come home to you Can't concentrate on…
Wake Up Everybody Wake up everybody no more sleepin' in bed No more backward…
Want You Back In My Life Yesterday, huh Hey, it could have been forever Say goodbye, …
We Can't Keep Going on Too destroy, needs to tear down To wreck We can't keep on…
When Somebody Loves You Back It's so good lovin' somebody And that somebody loves you bac…
When Somebody Loves You Back (Live) It's so good lovin' somebody And somebody loves you back To…
When Somebody Loves You Back (Re-Recorded Version) It's so good lovin' somebody And that somebody loves you bac…
Whole Town's Laughing At Me The whole town's laughing at me Yeah, I had your love…
With You Those romantic movies never did appeal to me Seems so unreal…
Without You Baby, I, oh, I I can't live without your love See, I'm…
You I close my blinds so the sun won't come in Block…
You and I Ooh baby Ooh baby Ooh ooh I remember long ago The very firs…
You Can't Hide from Yourself I close my blinds so the sun won't come in Block…
You Must Live On You must be strong You must live on Whatever happened just h…
You're My Choice Tonight Now you know we've been through a lot today That's why…
You're My Latest Greatest Insp I've been so many places, I've seen so many things But…
You're My Latest Greatest Inspiration I've been so many places I've seen so many things But none…
You're My Latest, Greatest Inspiration I've Been so many places Seen so many faces but none quite…
You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration I've Been so many places Seen so many things but none quite…
You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration (Re-Recorded Version) I've been so many places, I've seen so many things But…
You're My LatestMy Greatest Inspiration I've been so many places I've seen so many things But none…
your my choice Now you know we've been through a lot today That's why…
Youre My Latest Greatest Inspiration I've been so many places I've seen so many things But none…
You\'re My Latest My Greatest Inspiration I've been so many places, I've seen so many things But…
Youre My Choice Tonight Now you know we've been through a lot today That's why…
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