RIP Teddy Pendergrass

[Double J]

I always thought Harold Melvin was lead singer of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.

The extended version of The Love I Lost is terrific.

RIP

I always wondered why groups would bother to list a featured performer if that performer is not the lead singer.

The only instance I can think of where it made any sense at all is Paul Revere and the Raiders, and they only featured Revere's name because it was too good a gimmick to not use.

 

[Cape_Fear]

I always thought Harold Melvin was lead singer of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes.

The extended version of The Love I Lost is terrific.

RIP

I always wondered why groups would bother to list a featured performer if that performer is not the lead singer.

The only instance I can think of where it made any sense at all is Paul Revere and the Raiders, and they only featured Revere's name because it was too good a gimmick to not use.

Melvin was the original lead singer. And this is from Wikipedia so take it for what's it worth:

While at the top of their success in 1976, Pendergrass quit the Blue Notes, after unsuccessfully lobbying to have Melvin rename the act "Teddy Pendergrass & the Blue Notes".

 

[albert77]

To me, this is a good example of how the mind plays tricks on you, especially if you're in your mid-50s like me.

I was actually a little surprised when I saw this about Teddy Pendergrass, because I'd thought he'd died several years ago. The mention of Luther Vandross makes me think I may have had the two men confused.

Anyway, I'm not a big fan of R&B and 70s soul, but Pendergrass did have a smooth voice, and he showed great courage in continuing to perform after his accident.

 

[Double J]

To me, this is a good example of how the mind plays tricks on you, especially if you're in your mid-50s like me.

I was actually a little surprised when I saw this about Teddy Pendergrass, because I'd thought he'd died several years ago. The mention of Luther Vandross makes me think I may have had the two men confused.

I also thought he had died. Turns out I was thinking of Curtis Mayfield - I had my paralyzed black R&B singers mixed up.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

And the quiet storm gets a little quieter.

 

[D-3 Fan]

My family was huge Teddy fans, including me. Loved him. My two all-time faves is "You're My Latest, Greatest Inspiration" and "Heaven Only Knows." I would run around the damn house on a spring Saturday afternoon as my old man would turn on his record player, connected to an amplifier that fed the wire to the speakers in the basement, put the needle on the record, and Teddy would blow thru the house like it was a live concert.

When he was with HM and the Blue Notes, the extended version of "I Miss You" is pure gold and "Bad Luck" should be an anthem for anyone who's having bad luck and couldn't seem to shake it.

As my dad would say about Teddy Pendergrass: "Teddy is a bad mother****er."

I never second-guessed him.

 

[terrier]

CBS Sports, IIRC, went from Barrett to Vandross, then Teddy, then back to Vandross the year he died.
Let's go back to Teddy - his version was the best.
Or give, say, John Legend a crack at it.

 

[steveu]

You got, you got, you got, what I NEEEEED!!

RIP.

Man, he scared the ******* into liking him.

Another great person behind the sound of Philadelphia is silenced. RIP.

 

[fishhack2009]

You got, you got, you got, what I NEEEEED!!

RIP.

Man, he scared the ******* into liking him.

Another great person behind the sound of Philadelphia is silenced. RIP.

At least we've still got Billy Paul.

 

[Drip]

You got, you got, you got, what I NEEEEED!!

RIP.

Man, he scared the ******* into liking him.

Another great person behind the sound of Philadelphia is silenced. RIP.

At least we've still got Billy Paul.

There are still many outstanding performers with PI roots still kicking it. From Patti LaBelle to Hall and Oates (yes, they used do background work there and little known fact was that Darryl Hall used to be a Journalism major at Temple University).
Teddy actually became the lead singer when Gamble and Huff couldn't get the Dells baritone lead singer Marvin Junior to leve the group. If you listen to the keys, Pendergrass sings in the same range.
Another great Teddy Pendergrass tune with the Blue Notes is "Where are all my friends" a song many can relate to.
As a solo artist, I've always been partial to "Cold,Cold World," the lyrics and melody is outstanding. Guys, check out "Come on over to my place." If you can't catch any woman, 8-to-80, blind crippled or crazy by uttering those lyrics over drinks, then you need to turn in your man card at once.

 

[Deskhack]

RIP. I heard "Bad Luck" by the Blue Notes on the XM a couple of days ago...In the current financial straits most people are in, the song still has resonance.

 

[Drip]

RIP. I heard "Bad Luck" by the Blue Notes on the XM a couple of days ago...In the current financial straits most people are in, the song still has resonance.

So, so true.