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Teddy Pendergrass was the famous singer of America. He was a song writer as well. Theodore “Teddy” DeReese Pendergrass Sr. was born on March 26, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a Grammy noted R&B soul singer and also the song writer. He was also known by the nick names Teddy p, Teddy bear or TP. He got the fame as a lead singer in the 1970s of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes.

In the beginning of the career, Pendergrass was a drummer for The Candillacs, which then merged with the Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. Pendergrass was invited by Melvin and Melvin gave him the chance to become the lead singer, after this Pendergrass started singing his heart out. The blue Notes had the great hits like “I Miss You”, “Bad Luck”, “Wake Up Everybody” and the great and two million seller “If You Don’t Know Me By Now”.

After some personality conflicts between the Pendergrass and Melvin, Pendergrass started a solo career and released his most hit songs like “The More I Get the More I Want”, “I Don’t Love You Anymore”, “Close The Doors” and “Turn Off the Lights” and many more. On March 1982, Pendergrass was involved in an accident. In this accident his passenger Tenika Watson who walked away with the minor injuries from the accident and Pendergrass got a spinal injury that left him paralyzed from the waist down.

While Pendergrass was recovering from his accident, in August 1982, the PIR released “This one for you”. In 1993, an album “Heaven Only Knows” was released and this was his last album. This album contains his some pre-accident recordings. In 2006, Pender grass announced his retirement from the world of music. He returned again in year 2007 for a small time to participate in Teddy 25: A celebration of Life, Hope & Possibilities.

Finally in the last years before his death, he suffered and underwent surgery for his colon cancer. And he eventually died by having difficulties recovering the disease on January 13, 2010, at the age 59.