Teddy Pendergrass captured many hearts during a music career that lasted more than three decades. The R&B and soul singer who spent his formative years in North Philadelphia first found success as the ...

Teddy Pendergrass, whose powerful, soulful voice was one of R&B's most recognizable in the '70s and '80s through hits with Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes and as a solo artist, died Wednesday after ...

In the late '60s and '70s, Philadelphia became known for two things in the world of pop culture. One was the movie "Rocky," and its story of triumph in the ring, and the other was the rise of a ...

Teddy Pendergrass, a leading R&B pop singer of the 70s, died Wednesday of colon cancer. A sex symbol of his era, the velvety-voiced soul singer rose to fame as leader of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ...

For most of his childhood, R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass thought he was destined for the pulpit. It wasn't until the "ripe old age" of 13 that music called to him at a rock and roll show in ...

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Teddy Pendergrass, the seductive American rhythm-and-blues singer who continued his recording career after he was paralyzed in a 1982 car accident, has died at the age of 59, ...

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The entire world is now aware that celebrated singer Teddy Pendergrass died last week following a long battle with colon cancer. He was 59. He rose to prominence in the 1970s with his distinct style ...