The Essential Teddy Pendergrass

The Essential Teddy Pendergrass

by Teddy Pendergrass
The Essential Teddy Pendergrass

The Essential Teddy Pendergrass

by Teddy Pendergrass

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Overview

When Legacy put together The Essential Teddy Pendergrass for release in 2007, four years had come and gone since the Philly soul singer's hits had last been anthologized in double-disc form. So, is this really all that necessary? Yes, it is completely necessary. Unlike 2003's Anthology, released through The Right Stuff, The Essential Teddy Pendergrass does not cut off just prior to TP's mid-'80s switch from Philadelphia International to Elektra/Asylum. This means that later R&B number ones "Joy" and "It Should've Been You," along with the 1984 Whitney Houston duet "Hold Me" (number five), are all included -- but this is at the expense of some of TP's lower-charting singles from the earlier years, which are squeezed out. Regardless, due its greater breadth, it is the more attractive set of the two. William C. Rhoden, who was a jazz critic and editor at Ebony prior to becoming a well-known sports columnist and author, penned the liner notes. ~ Andy Kellman

Product Details

Release Date: 11/06/2007
Label: Legacy
UPC: 0886971747621
Rank: 5694

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. I Don't Love You Anymore
  2. When Somebody Loves You Back
  3. Come Go with Me
  4. The Whole Town's Laughing at Me
  5. Somebody Told Me
  6. Love T.K.O.
  7. You're My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration
  8. And If I Had
  9. Don't Leave Me This Way
  10. I Miss You
  11. The Love I Lost
  12. Nine Times out of Ten
  13. Life Is a Song Worth Singing
  14. If You Don't Know Me by Now

Disc 2

  1. Feel the Fire
  2. Close the Door
  3. It's Time for Love
  4. Turn off the Lights
  5. Wake Up Everybody
  6. Bad Luck
  7. Only You
  8. Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose
  9. It Should've Been You
  10. Hold Me
  11. Joy
  12. This Gift of Life
  13. I'll Never See Heaven Again
  14. I Want My Baby Back

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Teddy Pendergrass   Primary Artist,Bongos,Congas,Percussion,Handclapping
Stephanie Mills   Primary Artist
Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Whitney Houston   Primary Artist
Sam Reed   Saxophone
Quinton Joseph   Drums
Carl Helm   Vocals (Background)
Earl Young   Drums
Victor Carstarphen   Keyboards
Charlie Collins   Drums
Anthony Bell   Guitar
James Williams   Bass
Thom Bell   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman   Bass
Cecil Womack   Guitar
Carla Benson   Vocals (Background)
Ronnie Baker   Bass
Barry J. Eastmond   Keyboards
Carlos Vega   Drums
Dexter Wansel   Keyboards
Leon Huff   Piano,Keyboards,Fender Rhodes,Vocals (Background)
Joseph B. Jefferson   Vocals (Background)
Louie Shelton   Guitar
Norman Harris   Guitar
Karl Chambers   Drums
Bob Babbitt   Bass
Keith Benson   Drums
Evette Benton   Vocals (Background)
Barbara Ingram   Vocals (Background)
Lou Shelton   Guitar
David Cruse   Bongos,Congas,Percussion,Handclapping
Larry Washington   Percussion,Handclapping,Bongos,Congas
Lenny Pakula   Organ
Ron Kersey   Keyboards
Roland Chambers   Guitar
Nathan East   Bass
Jerry Cohen   Keyboards
Dennis Harris   Guitar
Vince Montana   Vibraphone
Randy Kerber   Keyboards
Bobby Eli   Guitar
Kenny Gamble   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Whitney Houston   Duet
Sam Reed   Performer
Howard Fritzson   Art Direction
Bruce Talamon   Photography
Darrell Rogers   Mixing,Engineer
Scott Weiner   Photography
Bobby Martin   Arranger,Arranger
Richard Avedon   Cover Photo
Zak Profera   A&R
Quinton Joseph   Mixing,Engineer
Jim Parham   Project Director
Jim Dougherty   Mixing,Engineer
Micaela Boland   Design
Don Renaldo   Performer
Bill Dorman   Mixing,Engineer
Michael Mancini   Engineer
Jeffrey Stewart   Mixing,Engineer
Terry Price   Arranger,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Carl Paroulo   Mixing,Engineer
Cynthia Biggs   Original Recording Producer,Producer
Gene McFadden   Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Victor Carstarphen   Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Dirk Devlin   Mixing,Engineer
Jay Mark   Mixing,Engineer
Anthony Bell   Arranger
John Whitehead   Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Joe Tarsia   Mixing,Engineer
Vincent Calloway   Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Bruce Bluesteen   Mixing,Engineer
John L. Usry Jr.   Arranger
Ronald G. Harris   Photography
Paul Martin   Mixing,Engineer
Frank Luria   Mixing,Engineer
William C. Rhoden   Liner Notes
Lennox Smillie   Photography
Don Hunstein   Photography
Thom Bell   Original Recording Producer,Arranger,Composer,Producer
Jerry Block   Mixing,Engineer
Cecil Womack   Producer,Original Recording Producer
Michael Hutchinson   Mixing,Engineer
Sherman Marshall   Producer,Original Recording Producer
J. Davis   Composer
Gene Page   Arranger
Dexter Wansel   Mixing,Arranger,Engineer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Leon Huff   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Executive Producer,Original Recording Producer
Linda Creed   Composer
Jim Salamone   Arranger
Norman Harris   Arranger
Reggie Calloway   Producer,Original Recording Producer
C. Womack   Composer
T. Price   Composer
G. Nobel   Composer
Scott McMinn   Mixing,Engineer
Vince Warsavage   Mixing,Engineer
Carla Bandini   Mixing,Engineer
Joel Whitburn   Chart Information
Leo Sacks   Producer
Jerry Hey   Horn Arrangements
S. Marshall   Composer
Rob Santos   A&R
Rocky Schnaars   Mixing,Engineer
Peter Humphreys   Mixing,Engineer
Mark Wilder   Mastering
Jim Gallagher   Mixing,Engineer
R. Calloway   Composer
Michael Masser   Arranger,Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Mike Tarsia   Mixing,Engineer
Bruce Springsteen   Mixing,Engineer
Arthur Stoppe   Mixing,Engineer
C. Gilbert   Composer
C. James   Composer
T. Wortham   Composer
Teddy Pendergrass   Duet,Arranger,Composer,Producer,Original Recording Producer
Stephanie Mills   Duet
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Peabo Bryson   Composer
Bill Schnee   Mixing
Kenny Gamble   Composer,Producer,Executive Producer,Original Recording Producer
L. Bell   Composer
Jack Faith   Arranger,Producer
Jeremy Holiday   Packaging Manager
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