RIP Teddy Pendergrass.. your name is synonomous with R&B and you made Soul “raspy sexy”. You might be gone but I for one will never forget you.. You were truly an American Master.. Teddy Pendergrass, one of the most successful R&B singers of the 1970s and 80s, 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 1978s Close the Door, 1988s Joy and 1991s It Shouldve Been You, plus well-known songs like Love TKO, Two Hearts with Stephanie Mills and Hold Me, a duet with Whitney Houston that featured on Houstons 1985 debut album. Pendergrass 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 didnt let the accident prevent him from making music. He had about 10 platinum albums in a row, so he was a very, very successful recording artist and as a performing artist, Pendergrass friend and collaborator Kenny Gamble, of Gamble & Huff, told the AP. He had a tremendous career ahead of him, and the accident sort of got in the way of many of those plans. Pendergrass began his career as lead singer of the Philadelphia soul group Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes — singing their …

“Turn Off The Lights” was a single released from “Teddy”, the third solo album by R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass, released on June 23, 1979. “Turn Off the Lights” reached #48 on the US Pop charts and #2 on the R&B charts. In 2009, Pendergrass underwent surgery for colon cancer and had difficulty recovering from that disease from which he eventually died on January 13, 2010, at age 59, while hospitalized at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia. Thischannel is dedicated to all the great ‘old school’ R&B music I grew up with, the stuff that originally made me tap my feet and want to be a DJ. Funk, soul, disco, R&B, dance, hip-hop, pop . . . 60s, 70s, 80s . . . whatever you call it, it’s all ‘Old School’ and it’s all here! See my videos featuring the Roots of Rap at: www.youtube.com/djbuddyloveraproots If you like relaxing with some classic Cool Jazz, go to: www.youtube.com/djbuddylovecooljazz To explore the world of The DJ Cafe, go to: www.youtube.com/djbuddylovedjcafe If you love jamming to some great Classic Rock, check out: www.youtube.com/djbuddyloveclassrock Check out my newer music videos and other fun stuff at: www.youtube.com/djbuddylove3000 Check out my news videography stuff at: www.youtube.com/vonregandavis Also, check out my youngest daughter (the world’s youngest video producer) at: www.youtube.com/daddyzgirl3000 Enjoy!! ;~} Copyright 1979 Philadelphia International Records All Rights Reserved

PHILADELPHIA Teddy Pendergrass, who became R&B’s reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and ’80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads and later became an inspirational figure after suffering a devastating car accident that left him paralyzed, died Wednesday 13/1/2010 at age 59. GORGEOUS MODERN SOUL 2 STEP TRACK FROM TEDDY, MUCH SOUGHT AFTER MIX. The singer’s son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died at a hospital in suburban Philadelphia. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight months ago and had “a difficult recovery,” his son said. “To all his fans who loved his music, thank you,” his son said. “He will live on through his music.”