Sad news from Pennsylvania this morning. Teddy Pendergrass, one of the giants of R&B in the 1970's and 1980's, has died of colon cancer. He was 59 years of age.
Teddy began his career as first the drummer, and then the lead singer of Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. If I my memory serves me correctly, Teddy left the group for a solo career shortly after an appearance on Dinah Shore's afternoon talk show in the early 1970's. Harold Melvin was delayed for some reason, but the rest of the group appeared- there it was revealed that Harold was not the lead singer of the group, but Teddy was. A rift developed, and Teddy Pendergrass left for a very successful solo career that was going full steam ahead, until he had a car accident in 1982 that left him paralyzed from the waist down and in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.
The musical playlist for this blog leads off with an early hit with the Blue Notes, The Love I Lost.
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