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Teddy Pendergrass - Turn Off The Lights
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 -- January 13, 2010 was an American R&B/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. In 1982, he was severely injured in an auto accident in Philadelphia, resulting in his being paralyzed from the waist down. After his injury, the affable entertainer founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance. Pendergrass' popularity became massive at the end of 1977. With sold-out audiences packing his audiences, Pendergrass' manager soon noticed that a huge number of his audience consisted of women of all races. They made up a plan for Pendergrass' next tour to have it with just female audiences only, starting a trend that continues today called "women's only concerts". With five platinum albums and two gold albums, Pendergrass was on his way to be what the media was calling him, "the black Elvis", not only in terms of his crossover popularity but also due to him buying a mansion akin to Elvis' Graceland, located just outside of his hometown of Philadelphia. By early 1982, Pendergrass was the leading R&B male artist of his day usurping competition including closest rivals Marvin Gaye and Barry White. In 1980, the Isley Brothers released "Don't Say Goodnight (It's Time for Love)" to compete with Pendergrass' "Turn Off the Lights", which sensed Pendergrass' influence on the quiet storm format of black music.
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no comment ... its magnificient!
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some of the comments on here are so uneducated.if you are old enough to remember this music then grow up and act your age and quit talking and acting like fools.you take a song as romantic as this one and talk stupid about it,grow up.
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My cuzn imu
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@letsgo395 God bless the honest men!!!
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I love it this guy is worth looking at too!
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@ 2:08- Teddy might as well say: turn them f-ckin' lights off goddamit! Lmfaoooo
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2 people were rubbed down with lukewarm oil...
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this song single handedly created the welfare nation.
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@badmoney2 yes he did
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still helping people today
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THANK YOU TEDDY FOR HELPING A TALL SKINNY BLUE EYED MAN LIKE ME WITH THE LADIES !!
letsgo395 1 year ago 25
Monroe killed dis on The madea movie
badmoney2 9 months ago 20