ʻO Teddy Pendergrass kekahi o nā pilikua o ka ʻuhane ʻAmelika a me ka R&B. Ua piʻi ʻo ia i ka hanohano ma ke ʻano he mele mele pop ma 1970s a me 1980s. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka kaulana kaulana a me ka waiwai o Pendergrass i kāna mau hana hoʻonāukiuki a me ka pilina pili i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me kāna poʻe hālāwai. Hoʻohuhi pinepine a hoʻolei paha nā poʻe i ko lākou lole lalo i ke kahua e pane ai i kāna baritone honua a me ka moekolohe.
Ua pana kekahi "fan" i kekahi i ka hakakā no kahi scarf me ka mea mele i holoi ai i kona mau maka. Ua kākau ʻia ka hapa nui o nā hōkū e ka hui o nā mea kākau a me nā mea hana ʻo Kenny Gamble lāua ʻo Leon Huff. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ka mea hope i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka mea mele ma kahi hale kalapu ma Los Angeles ʻo "ka hiki ʻana mai o kahi superstar". Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia i ka iho i lalo i ka honua, sexy urgency me nā leo palupalu a ʻeleʻele hoʻi i hoʻopiha piha ʻia me nā mea hihiu, improvised a me nā mea keaka.
Aia ʻo Teddy Pendergrass i ke kiʻekiʻe o kona kaulana i ka wā i haʻalele ai kahi ulia kaʻa iā ia i ka lolo. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻai a ʻaʻahu paha, ʻaʻole hoʻi e hana i nā neʻe ʻano charismatic stage.
Eia naʻe, hiki iā ia ke hīmeni a hoʻokuʻu i kahi album comeback ʻelua makahiki ma hope o ka ulia. Ua hoʻomau kāna mau mea aloha. He nui ka poʻe hoʻohewa i ʻōlelo ʻo ka pōʻino o Pendergrass i hāʻawi i ka hohonu o kāna mele.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka'ōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Philadelphia, kahi i lilo i ke kikowaena o nā mele ʻuhane i nā makahiki 1970. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o kona makuakāne i ka ʻohana (ua pepehi ʻia ʻo ia ma 1962), hānai ʻia ke keikikāne e kona makuahine ʻo Ida. ʻO ia ka mea i ʻike i ke aloha o kāna keiki i ke mele a me ka hīmeni. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Pendergrass e hīmeni i ka hale pule i kona wā kamaliʻi.
Ua hele pinepine ʻo ia me kona makuahine e hana ma ka Sciolla Dinner Club ma Philadelphia (ua hana ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he kuke). Ma laila ʻo ia i nānā ai iā Bobby Darin a me nā mele kaulana o ia manawa. Ma ke aʻo ʻana i ka papa mele o ka hale pule, ua noʻonoʻo ke keiki e lilo i kahuna i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Akā, aia nā moeʻuhane kamaliʻi i ka wā ma mua.
Ua loaʻa iā Pendergrass kāna leo mele i kona ʻike ʻana i ka mea mele ʻuhane ʻo Jackie Wilson e hoʻokani ana ma ka Uptown Theatre. Me ka hōʻino, ua haʻalele ke kanaka i ke kula o Thomas Edison i ka papa 11 e komo nui i ka ʻoihana mele.
Me ka manaʻo ʻole i ke kani, ua aʻo mua ʻo ia i ke mele ma ke ʻano he pahu pahu me kahi hui ʻōpio Cadillacs. I ka makahiki 1968, ua hui pū ʻo ia me Little Royal a me The Swingmasters, nāna i hoʻokolokolo ma ka hui kahi i hana ai ʻo Pendergrass ma ke ʻano he waiter. Ua kaulana ʻo ia no kona hiki ke pāʻani i kekahi mele, i ka makahiki aʻe ua lawe ʻo ia i kahi hana ma ke ʻano he pahu pahu no Harold Melvin (ka lālā hope loa o ka hui 1950s kūloko ʻo Blue Notes).
ʻO Teddy Pendergrass: ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi huakaʻi noʻonoʻo
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Teddy Pendergrass i kāna ʻoihana ma 1968 ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he mele, akā ma ke ʻano he pahu pahu no Harold Melvin a me ka Blue Notes. Akā ma hope mai ua hoʻomaka ke kanaka e pani i ka soloist, i loko o ʻelua mau makahiki ua lilo ʻo ia i leo leo nui. A hoʻomaka kona leo pilikino e wehewehe i ka hui. I loko o ka Encyclopedia of Rock, ua wehewehe ʻo Dave Hardy lāua ʻo Phil Laing i ke mele ʻana a Pendergrass ma nā mele Blue Notes e like me "The Love I Lost", "I Miss You" a me "If You Don't Know Me" ma ke ʻano he hui puʻupuʻu o ka ʻeuanelio a. nā ʻano screamer blues. ʻO kā lākou ʻōlelo koʻikoʻi, ʻo ia ka bravado a me ka ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi.
I ka makahiki 1977, haʻalele ʻo Pendergrass i ka Blue Notes e ʻimi i kahi ʻoihana solo. Ma nā'ano he nui, ua kōkua'ia ka mea mele novice e kona charisma a me kona helehelena nani. Eia kekahi, makemake nui nā wahine iā ia ma ke kahua ma ke ʻano he soloist, ʻaʻole ma ke ʻano he pahu pahu. Ua ʻākoakoa nui lākou no nā hōʻikeʻike kūikawā i ke aumoe No nā wāhine wale nō. No ka lohe ʻana iā Pendergrass i ke mele ʻana i ka Hoʻopaʻa i ka Puka, Hoʻopau i nā kukui a me nā mea hou aʻe. Ma ke ʻano he mea pena mele, ua hoʻonui ʻo Pendergrass i kona ʻike e hiki ai i nā mea hoʻolohe hou.
Ua ʻike ʻia kahi mea kākau Stereo Review ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻoheheʻe nei i nā noi aloha makaʻu me ke kāne makaʻu e haʻalulu ai nā wahine he nui, ua aʻo pū ʻo ia e hīmeni mālie. No laila, ka loaʻa ʻana o ka kaulana i waena o ka poʻe makemake i ka ʻono. Pela no ka poe makemake i ka oolea. Aneane pau loa kāna mau album i ka platinum.
A ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Pendergrass ka hōʻailona wahine ʻeleʻele nui o nā makahiki 1970. Ma ke ʻano he mea pena mele, ua lilo ʻo Pendergrass i mea mele ʻeleʻele mua e hoʻopaʻa i ʻelima mau album multi-platinum: Teddy Pendergrass (1977), Life Is a Song Worthing Sing (1978), Teddy (1979), Live! ʻO Coast to Coast (1980) a me TP (1980), kāna mau hoʻokuʻu mua ʻelima, a me nā koho Grammy a me nā huakaʻi kūʻai ʻia.
Teddy Pendergrass: Pohō
Ua loli nui ke kūlana ma Malaki 18, 1982. I ka holo ʻana o Pendergrass i kāna Rolls-Royce ma ka ʻāpana Germantown o Philadelphia, ua hāʻule koke ke kaʻa i kahi kumulāʻau. E like me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana o ka mea mele ma hope, ma hope o ka hahau ʻana, wehe ʻo ia i kona mau maka a aia nō. “Ua ʻike wau no kekahi manawa. ʻIke wau ua haki koʻu ʻāʻī. Ua maopopo.
Ua hoʻāʻo wau e neʻe a ʻaʻole hiki, "wahi āna. Ua pololei ʻo Pendergrass i ka manaʻo ua haki kona ʻāʻī. Ua haki nō hoʻi kona iwi kuamoʻo, a ua ʻoki nā ʻāpana iwi i kekahi o kona mau aʻalolo koʻikoʻi. Ua kaupalena ʻia ka neʻe ʻana i ke poʻo, nā poʻohiwi a me nā biceps. I ka ʻike ʻia ʻana o ka nui o ka pōʻino a haʻi aku nā kauka i ke kanaka kiʻi e paʻa mau ana kona maʻi lolo, uē ʻo Pendergrass a hiki i ka wā i loaʻa ai ʻo ia i ka ʻehaʻeha. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻia ʻo ia e pili ana nā ʻeha like me ia i nā ʻiʻo hanu.
ʻO ka hopena - ka hiki ke hīmeni. I kekahi mau lā ma hope o ka pōʻino, ua hoʻāʻo maikaʻi ʻo Pendergrass i kona leo ma ke mele ʻana me kahi pāʻoihana kofe ma ke kīwī. “Ua hiki iaʻu ke hīmeni,” i hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo ia, “a ua ʻike au ʻo nā mea a pau e pono ai iaʻu ke hana, e hiki iaʻu.
Nā lono a me ka hakakā no ke kiʻi
ʻO ka hana mua a Pendergrass ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā lono e pili ana i kona pōʻino. He kaʻa hoʻokele hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo ia. A ua hoolaha koke ia ma na tabloids ua ona ia a i ole malalo o ka mana o ka laau i ka wa i hanaia ai. Ma hope o ka noiʻi ʻana i ka hanana, ua hoʻolaha ka mākaʻi o Philadelphia ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā lākou kahi hōʻike o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau.
ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻo ia e pili ana i ka hoʻokele noʻonoʻo a me ka wikiwiki nui. A laila ua hōʻike ʻia ʻo Tenika Watson (Pendergrass passenger), ʻaʻole i hōʻeha nui ʻia i ka pōʻino, he mea kiʻi transgender. Ua haʻi aku ʻo John F. Watson mua i 37 i hopu ʻia no ka moekolohe a me nā hewa pili i loko o kahi manawa he ʻumi makahiki. Ua pōʻino loa ka nūhou i ke kiʻi o Pendergrass ma ke ʻano he kanaka macho. Akā ua ʻae koke kāna poʻe pā i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana ua hāʻawi wale ʻo ia i kahi kaʻa i kahi kamaʻāina maʻamau a ʻike ʻole i ka ʻoihana a me ka mōʻaukala o Watson.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana mai ka haukapila, ua kū ʻo Pendergrass i kahi manawa paʻakikī o ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i kāna mau palena hou. Mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana, ua maopopo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e hoʻōki ke kino kīnā i kāna ʻoihana. "Maikaʻi wau i kēlā me kēia pilikia aʻu e kū nei," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia iā Charles L. Sanders ma Ebony. "ʻO koʻu manaʻo noʻonoʻo, 'E lawe mai iaʻu i kahi pā pōhaku. A inā ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke lele ma luna o ia mea, e hele au ma ia mea."
Ma hope o kekahi mau mahina o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā. Me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa me ka haʻahaʻa kaumaha ma ka ʻōpū e kūkulu i kahi diaphragm nāwaliwali, Pendergrass, e hana ana i kēlā me kēia hoʻoikaika a me ka ʻike ʻole, hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka album "Love Language".
Platinum Album
Ua lilo ia i kāna album platinum ʻeono, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i kāna mau mele mele a me kāna hoʻolaʻa ʻana i kāna mau mea pā. ʻO kekahi hana hou o ka hoʻōla ʻana o ka mea mele i hana ʻia ma ka ʻaha mele Live Aid i ka makahiki 1985. I kona hoʻokani ʻana ma ke kahua ma ka noho huila no ka manawa mua mai ka ulia pōpilikia. E hana ana i Reach Out and Touch me Ashford a me Simpson. A laila i loko o kahi hālāwai ninaninau ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia: "Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi poʻo ola, nā ʻano hopohopo āpau a ua hopohopo nui wau i nā mea āpau.
I ka wā mua ʻaʻole au i ʻike pehea e ʻae mai ai ka poʻe iaʻu, a ʻaʻole wau makemake e ʻike mai kekahi iaʻu. Ua makemake au e hana i kekahi mea me au. ʻAʻole au i makemake e noho me kēia mau manaʻo. Akā… he koho kaʻu. Hiki iaʻu ke hōʻole a hoʻopau loa i nā mea a pau a i ʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomau. Ua hoʻoholo wau e hoʻomau."
ʻO ke ola hou a me nā kūleʻa hou o Teddy Pendergrass
ʻOiai ma ka noho huila, kaulana loa ʻo Teddy i nā wahine. Ua male ʻo ia iā Karen Still i ka makahiki 1987. Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia ua hoʻouna kāna kāne i ka wā e hiki mai ana i kahi rose ʻulaʻula iā ia no 12 mau lā ma mua o ka noi ʻana.
He kuleana ʻo ia ma ka mele ʻO Your Arms Too Short to Box With God i ka makahiki 1996 a hoʻi i nā hana hoʻokahi. I kēia manawa, Mai Haʻalele ʻoe iaʻu i kēia ala i lilo i mea kaulana i ʻelua mau makahiki ʻokoʻa no Thelma Houston (1977) a me The Kommunards (1986). Ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia kāna mau mele mele e kekahi hanauna hou o nā mea pena R&B mai D'Angelo a i Mobb Deep.
Ma hope o ke ola, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia i ka manawa nui i ka hui ʻo Teddy Pendergrass. Ua hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1998 e kōkua i ka poʻe i hōʻeha ʻia i ka ʻeha o ke kuamoʻo. Ua haʻalele ʻo Teddy lāua ʻo Karen i ka makahiki 2002. A male hou ʻo ia no ka lua o ka manawa ma 2008. ʻO kona ola ke kumuhana o ka pāʻani keaka ʻo I Am Who I Am. A i ka makahiki 1991, ua paʻi ʻia ka moʻolelo pilikino a Truly Blessed.
Ma ka ʻaha mele ma 2007, e hōʻailona ana i ka makahiki 25 o ka ulia pōpilikia. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi aku ʻo Pendergrass i nā "hero unsung" nāna i hoʻolaʻa iā lākou iho no kona pono, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana, "Ma mua o ke kaumaha ʻana i kēia manawa, ua piha loa wau i ka mahalo."
I ka makahiki 2009, ua ʻoki ʻia ʻo Pendergrass no ka maʻi maʻi ʻaʻai. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole ia i hāʻawi i kahi hopena maikaʻi. Ua make ka mea mele ma Ianuali 13, 2010. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kona makuahine ʻo Ida, ka wahine ʻo Joan, he keikikāne, ʻelua kaikamahine a me ʻeiwa moʻopuna.
