Close the Door
Teddy Pendergrass
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About Teddy Pendergrass
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Teddy Pendergrass began singing gospel and playing drums in Philadelphia before joining Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. Moving from the drum kit to lead vocals, he helped shape the group's recordings of If You Don't Know Me by Now and Wake Up Everybody. His subsequent solo catalog included Close the Door and Love T.K.O. Later work brought a duet with Whitney Houston on Hold Me, extending a career closely connected with Philadelphia soul.
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Teddy Pendergrass - official biography
Read career biography for Philadelphia upbringing, gospel/drums, Blue Notes role, named repertoire and Houston duet. Omit disputed birthplace, internally inconsistent departure/debut chronology, record-setting claims, medical details and exact release dates. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
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