It would make me excited because, in those years before the accident, he wasn't home much. He loved to cook and had a true passion for food. The singer’s son, Teddy Pendergrass II, said his father died at Bryn Mawr Hospital in suburban Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. But I choose to remember him as he was long before the accident, driving around in his red Ferrari. Around 1976, Pendergrass left Melvin's Blue Notes and formed his own Blue Notes, featuring Teddy Pendergrass. Dad, who died at the age of 59 after battling colon cancer, always wanted to move to a place on a beach and watch the warm water, feel the cool breeze. Soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, whose hits "Turn Off the Lights" and "If You Don't Know Me By Now" set the mood for millions of fans, has died at age 59. Amazingly "Love TKO" failed to even grace the top 100. The resolution came when Pendergrass disbanded his Blue Notes in favor of a solo career and Melvin's group signed a recording contract with Source Records, distributed through ABC Records, scoring a hit with "I Want to Be Your Lover.". Coast to Coast and Teddy (1979), 1980's TP and the final Philadelphia International Records album It's Time for Love (1981). In time, torn by Gaye’s cruel treatment, Jan slept with Beverly and also hooked up with Teddy Pendergrass, Gaye’s main musical rival. Feel free to contribute! And on that day, that somewhere was our favorite toy store, Ardmore Hobbies. By his late teens, Pendergrass was a drummer for local vocal group the Cadillacs. The singer underwent colon cancer surgery eight … Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Wow, Chuck E. Cheese, for a 15-year-old. If anyone ever wondered why my head has a lump at the top, it's because, as we were spinning around, I hit it and cracked the glass T-top of the 'Vette. So when he would be with my sisters and me, he wanted to make sure it was special. Despite the revised billing of the group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring Theodore Pendergrass, Pendergrass felt that he wasn't getting enough recognition. Truly Blessed (the name of an 1991 Elektra album) is the title of the autobiography Pendergrass co-authored with Patricia Romanowski. **Scroll down for video** TP, his fifth solo album, went platinum in the summer of 1980 off the singles "Turn Off the Lights," "Come Go With Me," "Shout and Scream," "It's You I Love," and "Can't We Try." Pendergrass, who became R&B's reigning sex symbol in the 1970s and '80s with his forceful, masculine voice and passionate love ballads died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 at age … "Son," he said, "I just wanted to spend some quality time with you.". But, after the accident, he never did. Teddy P. II (pictured above), 43, is the sibling who was born in the same year as his sis,’ Tishia and only months after his big sis, LaDonna. Staring at me was a giant mouse with a purple hat. He found fame as … His ninth solo album, his Elektra/Asylum debut, Love Language went gold the spring of 1984. In the wake of the accident, questions emerged about this mystery woman. Coast to Coast. Before the crash, Pendergrass was one of the most electric and successful figures in music. Most people would throw it away. Dad loved his cars. He never really knew his own father when he was growing up. If lamb chops were anywhere on the menu, they might as well as put in two orders for him when he walked through the door. The singer received several Grammy nominations during 1977 and 1978, Billboard's 1977 Pop Album New Artist Award, an American Music Award for best R&B performer of 1978, and awards from Ebony magazine and the NAACP. One summer day when I was about 6 or 7, he proved it. I played and played and played, like I was 6 again. Thankfully, Ida … As we went airborne, he'd scream "Yeeee Haahhh," like he was Bo Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard.". That was my signal that he was going somewhere. In 1982, soul singer Teddy Pendergrass was paralyzed from the chest down in a horrific car accident. The latter half of '90s found Pendergrass recording for the Surefire/Wind Up label. Dad would drive as fast as he could and get the car in the air, off of all fours. Umi Goomi was his name for the collection of food left in the fridge from the last two weeks.