Teddy Pendergrass - Love T.K.O.
And now...Howard Melvin and the Blue Notes, featuring the incredible Teddy Pendergrass..
https://youtu.be/nbaSh8i5eyE
#soul #music #teddypendergrass #howardmelvinandthebluenotes
#NowPlaying on #KEXP's #AfternoonShow
Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes:
The Love I Lost
#TeddyPendergrass #HaroldMelvin #theBlueNotes
https://discopolice1.bandcamp.com/track/the-love-i-lost-mike-maurro-lost-in-philly-remix
#NowPlaying on #KEXP's #DriveTime
Teddy Pendergrass:
You Can't Hide From Yourself (Dimitri From Paris Super disco version)
https://diamondedit.bandcamp.com/track/teddy-pendergrass-you-cant-hide-from-yourself-diamond-remix
#OnThisDay in 2010, #TeddyPendergrass, American soul singer (Turn Off the Lights), died of respiratory failure at 59.
#RIP
"Hold Me" is a ballad #duet performed by #American singers #TeddyPendergrass and #WhitneyHouston. The song was originally recorded solo by #DianaRoss for her 1982 album #SilkElectric under the title "In Your Arms", with slightly different lyrics. The Pendergrass and Houston version appears on Pendergrass's eighth studio album #LoveLanguage (1984) and Houston's self-titled debut album (1985). It was written by #LindaCreed and #MichaelMasser.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Cb8Q7obtI
“If You Don’t Know Me by Now” was released in 1972 and became the first hit single for Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, with the enormously talented lead singer Teddy Pendegrass. It’s also on this Best of Teddy Pendergrass double LP. #phillysoul #gambleandhuff #teddypendergrass
@mcourcel @luv4music1231 Bwahahahahahahahahahaha oh, my, lord, of, heaven. I, can, not. The #TeddyPendergrass reference at the end almost made me fall out #Philly
"Hold Me" is a ballad #duet performed by #American singers #TeddyPendergrass and #WhitneyHouston. The song was originally recorded solo by #DianaRoss for her 1982 album #SilkElectric under the title "In Your Arms", with slightly different lyrics. The Pendergrass and Houston version appears on Pendergrass's eighth studio album #LoveLanguage (1984) and Houston's self-titled debut album (1985). It was written by #LindaCreed and #MichaelMasser.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuBXh60X-F4
If you like your Soul music silky smooth then today's post about the "Philadelphia Soul" sound of the 1970s is for you! Enjoy!
Reader’s Choice/Tom’s Top Tunes…Song #57/250: If You Don’t Know Me By Now by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes and covered by Simply Red https://tommacinneswriter.com/2024/05/03/readers-choice-toms-top-tunessong-57-250-if-you-dont-know-me-by-now-by-harold-melvin-and-the-bluenotes-and-covered-by-simply-red/ #HaroldMelvinAndTheBluenotes, #IfYouDontKnowMeByNow, #KennethGamble, #LeonHuff, #PhiladelphiaInternationalRecods, #PhiladelphiaSoul, #ReadersChoice/TomsTopTunes, #Soul, #TeddyPendergrass, #ThomBell
1000 Day Album Challenge (#73) Jumpin' 2: Classics From The Original Disco Underground (1998) [13.03.24]
it ain't a fault it's a fact / I was born this way
now I won't judge you / don't you judge me
we're all the way nature meant us to be…
the late nineties was when I really began digging into disco. like anyone who grew up in the seventies and eighties I was well aware of the hits that made in on the radio. many of the songs are familiar to people far younger than myself. I was unfamiliar with how broad and deep the disco palette was. Jumpin’ 2 was my introduction to most, if not all the songs, on this compilation.
despite there being a dud or two, I absolutely love this record. I adore about half the songs on Jumpin’ 2 and have added them to many a playlist. two of the songs included are in the running for my favorite disco song ever.
let’s start with the lead track You Can’t Hide From Yourself by Teddy Pendergrass, former lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes. prior to hearing this I had been a big fan of DJ Sneak’s house classic, You Can’t Hide From Your Bud. it was clearly built around a sample, but had no idea what until I heard the Teddy Pendergrass song.
at first, I preferred DJ Sneak’s rework, but after repeatedly listening to TP’s original it wasn’t too long before I fell even more in love with it. often times a producer rescues a great element or two from a mediocre or even shitty song. when they construct a new great song from element(s) of an excellent original I feel like I tend to end up preferring the original. no matter how much I like the new tune I’m always grateful when it turned me on to a song I hadn’t known before.
the other song that is an all-time disco fave for me is Over and Over by Sylvester. I was already well aware of his biggest hits, Dance (Disco Heat), You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real), and Do You Wanna Funk (credited to Patrick Cowley featuring Sylvester). Ashford & Simpson wrote and recorded the far weaker original version of Over and Over. according to the wonderful database Who Sampled (https://www.whosampled.com/Sylvester/Over-and-Over/sampled/) Over and Over has been sampled dozens of times, but I am unfamiliar with any of the songs that have sampled it.
I should also touch on Carl Bean’s gay anthem, I Was Born This Way, which was somehow released on Motown in 1977. it was never a huge hit, but was big in the clubs and was remixed to perfection in 1986 by Bruce Forest and Shep Pettibone. Lady Gaga cited it as an inspiration for her worldwide Number One, Born This Way. in 1990, Pal Joey built Dance around a sample from I was Born This Way for his Earth People project.
trust me, if you dig House Music and you don’t know your disco you’re missing out on some phenomenal music.
#OTD in 1980 former #HaroldMelvinAndTheBlueNotes lead vocalist #TeddyPendergrass had gone solo, had released three consecutive platinum solo albums on the Gamble & Huff operated #PhiladelphiaInternational label, and was finishing up a two night stand at The #KielOperaHouse in #StLouis
Teddy Pendergrass - Happy Kwanzaa - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzrYUhMJZY0&ab_channel=rapidvibrationz
#RapidVibrationz #TeddyPendergrass #YouTubeMusic #HappyKwanzaa #Kwanzaa #Music #MusicVideo #Holiday
@doctorjaymarie Not quite! Let’s not forget the legendary #TeddyPendergrass. He was all about some good love making with his woman! #TurnOffTheLights
But yeah, young people in love write songs about being in love - and they’re the most popular songs in ANY decade. Gotta’ scratch that itch!
Gen X Music Lover: Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Don't Leave Me This Way
https://genxmusiclover.blogspot.com/2022/12/harold-melvin-blue-notes-dont-leave-me.html?spref=tw
#1970s, #1975, #70sMusic, #disco, #HaroldMelvinandtheBlueNotes, #randb, #soul, #TeddyPendergrass