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RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« on: January 13, 2010, 09:44:32 PM »
The bluest of the Blue Notes, gone at 59.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9557400
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2010, 12:22:48 AM »
Quote from: Gazoo on January 13, 2010, 09:44:32 PM
The bluest of the Blue Notes, gone at 59.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9557400

For some reason I thought that door had already been closed. I don't know why I thought he had already died.
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2010, 07:51:54 AM »
Quote from: princessofcairo on January 14, 2010, 12:22:48 AM
Quote from: Gazoo on January 13, 2010, 09:44:32 PM
The bluest of the Blue Notes, gone at 59.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=9557400

For some reason I thought that door had already been closed. I don't know why I thought he had already died.

Very sad :'( But maybe now we'll get the real story of the car accident and the tranny (and by "tranny" I don't mean his transmission).
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2010, 08:03:59 AM »
« Last Edit: January 14, 2010, 08:09:30 AM by RGMike »
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2010, 08:11:36 AM »
here's the OMGWTF of the Week: Teddy with Toni Tennille doing Marvin & Tammi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNm2fz7Jss
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2010, 09:47:00 AM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 14, 2010, 08:11:36 AM
here's the OMGWTF of the Week: Teddy with Toni Tennille doing Marvin & Tammi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNm2fz7Jss

Love it.  Wish they'd upped the tempo a tad, though.
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2010, 11:36:58 AM »
'LNG playing one of my fave Teddy tunes, "I Don't Love You Any More" -- one of the greatest peaked-at-#41 singles evah.  Here's a more detailed obit from the UK -- it mentions the scandal surrounding the crash but doesn't say anything about a tranny.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/music-obituaries/6990098/Teddy-Pendergrass.html
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2010, 04:01:01 PM »
Meant to say earlier that I was surprised he was only 59 -- I'd've guessed older. Must be because of his gruff voice, but it's astounding to think he was only 21 when he recorded "The Love I Lost" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now".
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2010, 04:43:44 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 14, 2010, 08:03:59 AM
Alicat will be verklempt!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7Ni7LGXW7g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54-9Jvq1Li4

OMG, those Soul Train velour outfits with cut-away panels are too much!

Damn, what a voice.  I credit Dave Morey and 10 at 10 with turning me onto The Blue Notes, esp Don't Leave Me This Way.  I never knew about his accident details.  but no biggie. If he was hanging out with a "Betty Genderpass" that's his biz.

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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass, 59
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2010, 05:47:52 PM »
I recall in the mid-90's he and Stephanie Mills were appearing in a musical at the Paramount Theater in Oakland and the town was a buzz that he was staying at that hotel on Broadway at 12th St (Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton?).

An Appreciation of Teddy Pendergrass:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-pendergrass-appreciation1-2010jan15,0,3808124.story

And, NY Times obit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/15/arts/music/15pendergrass.html
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2010, 09:41:26 PM »
don't leave me this wayyyyy........

awwww Teddy. RIP
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2010, 09:44:39 PM »
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2010, 09:45:47 PM »
Quote from: RGMike on January 14, 2010, 08:11:36 AM
here's the OMGWTF of the Week: Teddy with Toni Tennille doing Marvin & Tammi:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtNm2fz7Jss
such a beautiful smile. Teddy not Toni.
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2010, 09:49:37 PM »
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Re: RIP Teddy Pendergrass
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2010, 05:58:56 AM »
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