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Teddy Pendergrass Appreciation Thread Teddy Pendergrass: If You Don't Know Me (2018) A thought provoking and moving doco about the rise, the fall and the comeback of this incredible talent. I really loved watching all the concert footage, however, I just wished that they talked about his duet with Whitney Houston, because Hold Me (1984) helped to launch her career. Nevertheless, I give this a 4 out of 5
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My all-time fav song of Teddy's is the classic Turn Off The Lights from his Live in London 1982, Hammersmith Odeon 
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Teddy Pendergrass Live (1979) https://www.youtube.com/w..._ltN0csGYA what a show Keep Calm & Listen To Prince | |
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My all-time fav album.......Teddy (1979)
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Teddy Pendergrass Live Hammersmith Odeon (1982) https://www.youtube.com/w...0mWCOAxxxA Keep Calm & Listen To Prince | |
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Teddy Pendergrass - Unsung (2010) https://www.youtube.com/w...SooirO3QdY Keep Calm & Listen To Prince | |
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An inimitable voice and a massive loss. Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder | |
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I was pretty horrified by the implication that he'd been involved in murdering his first manager. Songs he'd SUNG have gotten me through (*or INCREDIBLY HELPED) some hard ordeals and times. Learning the dirty shady shit didn't help much for me. But I've always loved the work done with stuff like life is a song with singing, his singing with Harold Melvin "Wake up" (*such a simple and profound song whether contrived or not) And my favourite "cold cold world". The mastery of that track and it's players with his voice are a spiritual gift. Just truly horrified to acknowledge the (likely) "steps" taken to get there ♫"Trollin, Trolling! We could have fun just trollin'!"♫ | |
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Goddess4Real said: My all-time fav album.....Teddy (1979)
great lp...my favorite T.P. lp is "Life Is A Song Worth Singing"...the song "When Somebody Loves You Back" is STILL my favorite Teddy Pendergrass song ever [Edited 1/8/20 3:47am] | |
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Superb album | |
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my favorite track is "I'll Never See Heaven Again" 
My Top 5 favorite Teddy Pendergrass songs
1) "Love TKO" 2)"When Somebody Loves You Back" 3)"I'll Never See Heaven Again" 4)"Wake Up Everybody" (w/Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes) 5)"Come Go With Me" | |
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Gamble & Huff's productions had amazing chemistry with Teddy's vocal stylings the same way that Al Green had amazing chemistry with Willie Mitchell's productions. | |
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Teddy Pendergrass albums...
Drop the needle and walk away because what you are about to hear is an amazing voice and artistry. Mr Pendergrass has been apart of my playlist since Sep. 2019. | |
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"Love TKO" and "The Whole Towns Laughing at Me" get much play around my home! TP was an unbelievably talented singer. I really miss that era of music. |
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BalladofPeterParker said: "Love TKO" and "The Whole Towns Laughing at Me" get much play around my home! TP was an unbelievably talented singer. I really miss that era of music. damn...i completely forgot about "The Whole Towns Laughing At Me"...great great song...also even though it was technically a Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes song, "Bad Luck" was my shit, too...amazingly produced philly soul. Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff were the Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis of the 70s...Jimmy Jam even himself says that when he first started playing in his first real band (Mind & Matter), he was heavily influenced by Gamble and Huff, and you easily hear it in those early Mind&Matter recordings from the mid to late 70s | |
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anyone else think it was crazy that the group was called Harold Melvin & The BlueNotes when it was Teddy who was doing all the lead vocals? | |
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2045RadicalMattZ said: I was pretty horrified by the implication that he'd been involved in murdering his first manager. Songs he'd SUNG have gotten me through (*or INCREDIBLY HELPED) some hard ordeals and times. Learning the dirty shady shit didn't help much for me. But I've always loved the work done with stuff like life is a song with singing, his singing with Harold Melvin "Wake up" (*such a simple and profound song whether contrived or not) And my favourite "cold cold world". The mastery of that track and it's players with his voice are a spiritual gift. Just truly horrified to acknowledge the (likely) "steps" taken to get there I was equally horrified by the idea that Teddy's accident wasn't an accident. And that his injuries were made worse by the prolonging of him getting medical attention because the authorities were more interested in a photo opportunity. My aunt who pretty much raised me was the biggest Teddy fan. So I remember when all this happened. But being just a child I didn't know any of the details. | |
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A little off topic but my favorite sample use of Teddy Pendergrass is Hip Hop's Prince of Darkness, the Big Daddy Kane-- "In The PJ's". | |
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Come On And Go With Me came up during my work out mix and it grooved my ass off. |
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Great song! I love it too. | |
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I echo pretty much what most of you guys said. Classic TP Turn Off the Lights Love TKO When Somebody Loves You Back The Whole Town's Laughing At Me Only You
How about the classic with Harold Melvin Hope We Can Be Together Soon? Melvin sings lead with vocalist Sharon Paige but Teddy come in on the end and clean that shit up Don't laugh at my funk
This funk is a serious joint | |
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There is an excellent documentary that come out a few month ago on one of the premium cable channels. |
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another great song featuring the three of them:
"You Know How To Make Me Feel So Good" from the 1975 Wake Up Everybody album | |
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Lets not forget how much Harold ripped him off too. "We went where our music was appreciated, and that was everywhere but the USA, we knew we had fans, but there is only so much of the world you can play at once" Magne F | |
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