The album features the hit singles “Joy” and “2 a.m.” This was his highest placing album on the r&b charts since 1979. The album features the singles “Love 4/2” and “Let Me Be Closer.” In 1988, he released his tenth album Joy. The album peaked at number six on the r&b charts. In 1985, Teddy Pendergrass released his ninth album Workin’ it Back. The album features the singles “Hold Me,” “In My Time” and “You’re My Choice Tonight (Choose Me). Luther Vandross wrote and produced on this album. He hadn’t reached the Top 40 on the charts since It’s Time for Love. The album did better than his last two albums. Teddy Pendergrass released his eighth album Love Language in 1984. The album features the single “I Want My Baby Back.” This album was recorded before his horrible crash. The album features the single “I Can’t Win for Losing.” In 1983, he released Heaven Only Knows. This album didn’t do well as his other projects, but it did well on the r&b charts. Pendergrass continued to release music after his accident. Teddy Pendergrass suffered a spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed from the chest down. The car hit a guardrail and hit two trees. Someone messed with the breaks in his car. Unfortunately his career was in jeopardy. The album features the singles “I Can’t Live Without Your Love,” “You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration” and “Nine Times Out of Ten.” This is the last album he released before his life would change. It peaked at number 19 on Billboard 200 and number six on the r&b charts. In 1981, Teddy Pendergrass released It’s Time for Love. He became more popular than Barry White as well as other r&b artists. He was on the level of popularity with Marvin Gaye. He found a lot of success during this time. Between 19, Pendergrass had multiple platinum albums. The album features the hit singles “Love TKO,” “Feel The Fire” and “Is It Still Good To Ya?.” The album sold over one million copies. Teddy Pendergrass wanted to change up his style and be mellower. He also released a live album called Live Coast to Coast. The album features the hit singles “Come Go With Me,” “Turn Off The Lights,” and “Do Me.” The album sold more than one million copies. The album stayed number one on the r&b charts for eight weeks. In 1979, he released his third album Teddy. The album also features the singles “Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose,” “It Don’t Hurt Now” and “When Somebody Loves You Back.” The album sold more than two million copies. This album was more successful than his debut album thanks to the singles “Only You” and “Close The Door.” “Close The Door” established Pendergrass as a sex symbol.
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Teddy Pendergrass released his follow up album Life Is a Song Worth Singing in 1978. The album features the hit singles “I Don’t Love You Anymore” and “The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me.” The album went platinum. It was number 17 on Billboard 200 and number five on the R&B/Hip-Hop charts. In 1977, Teddy Pendergrass released his first eponymous album. They recorded together for years before Teddy Pendergrass went solo. Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes had difficulty finding success until Teddy Pendergrass joined the group. Melvin liked what he heard and wanted him to sing lead. While the band was performing, Pendergrass started singing along. Melvin talked him into playing drums in the group.
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Teddy Pendergrass met Harold Melvin in 1970. He became a household name by being the lead singer in the group Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. Teddy Pendergrass was born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass on Mato January 13, 2010. Like Barry White, the music and songs of Teddy Pendergrass have always been a go to when the lights go down. Our Teddy Pendergrass Songs looks back at the music of a sensational r&b singer whose music couples have turned to time and time again for some late night festivities. Photo: Kingkongphoto & from Laurel Maryland, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons