15-01-2010, 12:37
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Teddy Pendergrass, one of the most successful R&B singers of the 1970s and â80s, passed away yesterday after a battle with colon cancer. He was 59. Pendergrass was diagnosed with cancer last year and had a difficult time recovering from surgery; he died at Bryn Mawr Hospital outside of his native Philadelphia, ABC News reports. The five-time Grammy-nominated singer had chart-topping hits in three different decades with 1978âs âClose the Door,â 1988âs âJoyâ and 1991âs âIt Shouldâve Been You,â plus well-known songs like âLove TKO,â âTwo Heartsâ with Stephanie Mills and âHold Me,â a duet with Whitney Houston that featured on Houstonâs 1985 debut album.
Pendergrassâ rise to international fame was briefly halted after he was involved in a 1982 car crash that left him in the hospital for six months and paralyzed from the waist down, but he didnât let the accident prevent him from making music. âHe had about 10 platinum albums in a row, so he was a very, very successful recording artist and as a performing artist,â Pendergrassâ friend and collaborator Kenny Gamble, of Gamble & Huff, told the AP. âHe had a tremendous career ahead of him, and the accident sort of got in the way of many of those plans.â
Pendergrass began his career as lead singer of the Philadelphia soul group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes â singing their Number One hit âIf You Donât Know Me By Nowâ â before embarking on his own solo career. He released his self-titled solo album in 1977 on Gamble & Huffâs Philadelphia International Records, the first of eight albums Pendergrass would record for the label before moving to Warner Musicâs Asylum and Elektra. âTo all his fans who loved his music, thank you,â his son Teddy Pendergrass II said. âHe will live on through his music.â
YouTube - close the door teddy pandergrass live
Teddy Pendergrass, one of the most successful R&B singers of the 1970s and â80s, passed away yesterday after a battle with colon cancer. He was 59. Pendergrass was diagnosed with cancer last year and had a difficult time recovering from surgery; he died at Bryn Mawr Hospital outside of his native Philadelphia, ABC News reports. The five-time Grammy-nominated singer had chart-topping hits in three different decades with 1978âs âClose the Door,â 1988âs âJoyâ and 1991âs âIt Shouldâve Been You,â plus well-known songs like âLove TKO,â âTwo Heartsâ with Stephanie Mills and âHold Me,â a duet with Whitney Houston that featured on Houstonâs 1985 debut album.
Pendergrassâ rise to international fame was briefly halted after he was involved in a 1982 car crash that left him in the hospital for six months and paralyzed from the waist down, but he didnât let the accident prevent him from making music. âHe had about 10 platinum albums in a row, so he was a very, very successful recording artist and as a performing artist,â Pendergrassâ friend and collaborator Kenny Gamble, of Gamble & Huff, told the AP. âHe had a tremendous career ahead of him, and the accident sort of got in the way of many of those plans.â
Pendergrass began his career as lead singer of the Philadelphia soul group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes â singing their Number One hit âIf You Donât Know Me By Nowâ â before embarking on his own solo career. He released his self-titled solo album in 1977 on Gamble & Huffâs Philadelphia International Records, the first of eight albums Pendergrass would record for the label before moving to Warner Musicâs Asylum and Elektra. âTo all his fans who loved his music, thank you,â his son Teddy Pendergrass II said. âHe will live on through his music.â