SoundClick the best free artist music community. Exclusive top stars and unsigned bands. Free member pages including unlimited free webspace, free MP3 download and. In many religious, philosophical and mythological traditions, there is a belief in the incorporeal essence of a living being called the soul. Soul or psyche Greek. Soul Translation to Spanish, pronunciation, and forum discussions. Soul Music For' title='Soul Music For' />Teddy Pendergrass, R B Soul Singer, Dies at 5. Teddy had that big, booming baritone voice, but he was a tender man, Mr. Huff said in a telephone interview Thursday. He was very lovable. You could hear it in his music. By the late 7. Mr. Pendergrasss concerts some of them presented for women only drew screaming, ecstatic crowds. Women would fling teddy bears and lingerie onstage. Mr. Gamble called Mr. Pendergrass the black Elvis. Photo. Teddy Pendergrass performing at Avery Fisher Hall in New York City on Sept. Ebet Roberts Mr. Pendergrass was a hitmaker for a decade. Then, on March 1. Germantown section of Philadelphia, Mr. Pendergrasss Rolls Royce smashed into a highway divider and a tree, a result of either brake failure or a faulty electric system that had disabled the power steering. Spinal cord injuries left him paralyzed from the chest down at 3. But after extensive physical therapy he resumed his recording career and had Top 1. His voice was less forceful but still recognizable, as he substituted nuance for lung power. Though he could no longer tour, a worldwide television audience saw him sing at the Live Aid concert in Philadelphia in 1. Theodore De. Reese Pendergrass Jr. March 2. 6, 1. 95. Kingstree, S. C., and moved to Philadelphia as an infant with his mother, Ida Pendergrass. She survives him, along with his wife, Joan his children, Teddy Pendergrass II, Trisha Pendergrass and La Donna Pendergrass and four grandchildren. Growing up in North Philadelphia, Mr. Pendergrass was steeped in both gospel and soul music. He was 2 years old when he first stood on a chair to sing at a storefront Holiness church, and with his mothers encouragement he often attended church seven days a week. But he was also drawn to the Uptown Theater, which presented top performers on the R B circuit. When he was a teenager his mother gave him a set of drums, and he taught himself to play them. Mr. Pendergrass dropped out of high school to become a musician, working with R B and doo wop groups. In 1. 96. 9 he joined Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, a vocal group that had been working in Philadelphia since the mid 1. He soon moved from the drums to lead vocals. Mr. Huff said he had noticed Mr. Pendergrass while preparing for a Blue Notes recording session, when Mr. Pendergrass was still the bands drummer. We was just messing around in the rehearsal room, Mr. Huff said. I heard that voice, and my ears perked up. That rich baritone voice was just ringing through. Signed to Philadelphia International, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes had a string of hits in the 7. Mr. Pendergrass singing lead, including If You Dont Know Me by Now in 1. The Love I Lost in 1. Bad Luck and Wake Up Everybody, both in 1. But there was increasing friction between Mr. Pendergrass and Mr. Melvin, and in 1. Victoria 5 Pro Bundle Rapidshare'>Victoria 5 Pro Bundle Rapidshare. Mahabharat In Hindi Pdf File on this page. Mr. Pendergrass left the group. His solo career was an immediate success. His first solo album, Teddy Pendergrass, released in 1. Life Is a Song Worth Singing in 1. Teddy in 1. 97. 9. A concert album, Teddy Live Coast to Coast, went gold, selling more than half a million copies, followed by another million seller, TP, in 1. Its Time for Love in 1. Mr. Pendergrasss singles were fixtures in the R B Top 1. Photo. Teddy Pendergrass at the Beacon Theater in New York on August 1. Credit. Jack VartoogianFront. Row. Photos At his concerts for women, audience members were given chocolate teddy bear shaped lollipops to lick. In later years, Mr. Pendergrass would say he was slightly embarrassed by those shows. As outgoing as I am, Im still a country boy, he told The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2. It was complimentary, but it was also hard to handle. After the car crash and physical therapy, Mr. Pendergrass resumed his recording career with Love Language, a gold album that included an early appearance by Whitney Houston on the albums R B hit single, Hold Me. With his 1. Workin It Back, Mr. Pendergrass began writing some of his own songs. His 1. 98. 8 album Joy went gold, and its title track became a No. R B hit. Voodoo, a single from his 1. A Little More Magic, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Though he was nominated more than once for the award, he never received one. Mr. Pendergrass toured in 1. Your Arms Too Short to Box With God, singing Truly Blessed, a song about him that had been added to the show. He used the same title for a 1. Patricia Romanowski. Electric Man 2 Flash Game more. In 2. 00. 0 he sang Wake Up Everybody at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Two years later he performed a concert tour, singing from his wheelchair. In 2. 00. 8 I Am Who I Am, a musical based on Mr. Pendergrasss life story, was performed by the Black Ensemble Theater in Chicago. Mr. Pendergrass became an advocate for people with spinal cord injuries, forming the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance, a nonprofit group, in 1. In 2. 00. 7, 2. 5 years after his accident, he appeared at Teddy at 2. A Celebration of Life, Hope and Possibilities, a benefit concert for the group in Philadelphia. Mr. Pendergrasss romantic approach was a touchstone for younger generations of R B Romeos, from Gerald Levert to Maxwell who did his own ladies only concerts, and his music has been sampled by rappers including Ghostface Killah and Kanye West. Ahmir Questlove Thompson, from the hip hop group the Roots formed in Philadelphia, responded to news of Mr. Pendergrasss death on Twitter declaring, Soul will never be the same. Continue reading the main story.