Teddy Pendergrass

== Info ==
Soul musician with four straight platinum albums, three others going gold. Dominated the R&B charts. Live Coast to Coast went gold. Playlist, a compilation, made the top forty. Numerous hits throughout his career. Close the Door was his biggest at number 25, although he did much better on the R&B charts. Died of resperatory failure caused by colon cancer and obseity in 2010. Originally Pendergrass worked for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Their song I Miss You was originally written for The Dells. If You Don't Know Me By Now was originally written for Patti LaBelle. Bad Luck was about the Watergate scandal. He went solo in 1977. His biggest rivals were Marvin Gaye and Barry White. Album Love Language featured Whitney Houston before she became famous. At the 1979 American Music Awards, pendergrass tied with Lou Rawls for favorite soul/R&B artist.
== Genres ==
Soul
Disco
Category:Philadelphia Soul
Category:Disco
Category:Seventies
Category:Super Bowl Performers
Category:Hall of Fame snubs