Teddy Pendergrass captured many hearts during a music career that lasted more than three decades. The R&B and soul singer who spent his formative years in North Philadelphia first found success as the ...

Teddy Pendergrass, whose powerful, soulful voice was one of R&B's most recognizable in the '70s and '80s through hits with Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes and as a solo artist, died Wednesday after ...

Soul singer combined romantic love songs with a sexy stage presence. Left paralyzed by a 1982 car crash, he established a group for people with spinal cord injuries that focuses on quality of life.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Teddy Pendergrass, the seductive American rhythm-and-blues singer who continued his recording career after he was paralyzed in a 1982 car accident, has died at the age of 59, ...