Teddy Pendergrass

Biography

Teddy Pendergrass was a soul and R&B singer and songwriter born on March 26, 1950, in Kingstree, South Carolina. He rose to fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes before launching a successful solo career under Philadelphia International, releasing five consecutive platinum albums. A car crash left him paralyzed from the chest down in 1982, and he continued his music until announcing retirement in 2007 before passing away in January 2010.