Wolemba nyimbo Teddy Pendergrass anali m'modzi mwa zimphona za American soul ndi R&B. Adakhala wotchuka ngati woyimba wa pop muzaka za m'ma 1970 ndi 1980. Kutchuka kodabwitsa kwa Pendergrass ndi mwayi wake zimatengera machitidwe ake okopa komanso ubale wapamtima womwe adapanga ndi omvera ake. Mafani nthawi zambiri amawomba kapena kuponya zovala zawo zamkati pabwalo poyankha zapadziko lapansi komanso kugonana kochulukira.
"Wokonda" wina adawombera wina pomenyera mpango womwe woimbayo adapukuta nawo nkhope yake. Zambiri mwazokonda za nyenyeziyi zidalembedwa ndi gulu la olemba ndi opanga Kenny Gamble ndi Leon Huff. Womalizayo adakumbukira zomwe woyimbayo adachita yekha mu kalabu yausiku yaku Los Angeles ngati "kubwera kwa nyenyezi yayikulu". Anaphatikiza kutsika padziko lapansi, kufulumira kwachigololo ndi mawu ofewa ndi amdima omwe pang'onopang'ono adadzaza ndi zipolowe, zotsogola komanso zisudzo.
Teddy Pendergrass anali pachimake pa kutchuka kwake pamene ngozi ya galimoto inamusiya wolumala. Sanathe kudya kapena kuvala, ngakhale kuchita masitepe achikoka.
Komabe, adathabe kuyimba ndikutulutsa chimbale chobweranso patatha zaka ziwiri ngoziyo. Otsatira ake adakhalabe odzipereka. Otsutsa ambiri adanena kuti tsoka la Pendergrass linapatsa nyimbo yake kuya kwatsopano.
Ubwana ndi unyamata
Adabadwira ku Philadelphia, komwe kudakhala likulu la nyimbo za moyo mu 1970s. Bambo ake atasiya banja (anaphedwa mu 1962), mnyamatayo analeredwa ndi amayi ake Ida. Ndi iye amene anaona chikondi cha mwana wake pa nyimbo ndi kuimba. Pendergrass anayamba kuimba kutchalitchi ali mwana.
Nthawi zambiri ankatsagana ndi amayi ake kukagwira ntchito ku Sciolla Dinner Club ku Philadelphia (ankagwira ntchito kumeneko monga wophika). Kumeneko ankaonera Bobby Darin ndi oimba otchuka a nthawiyo. Pophunzira m’kwaya ya tchalitchi, mnyamatayo anaganiza zokhala wansembe m’tsogolo. Koma maloto aubwana ndi akale.
Pendergrass adayimba nyimbo yake pomwe adawona woyimba wa soul Jackie Wilson akuchita ku Uptown Theatre. Ndi chochititsa manyazi, mnyamatayo anasiya sukulu ya Thomas Edison m'kalasi la 11 kuti achite nawo bizinesi ya nyimbo.
Akumva bwino kwambiri, adayamba kuphunzira nyimbo ngati ng'oma ndi gulu lachinyamata la Cadillacs. Mu 1968, adalowa nawo ku Little Royal ndi The Swingmasters, omwe adachita kafukufuku ku kalabu komwe Pendergrass amagwira ntchito ngati woperekera zakudya. Pokhala wotchuka kwambiri chifukwa cha luso lake loimba nyimbo iliyonse, chaka chotsatira adagwira ntchito yoimba ng'oma ya Harold Melvin (membala wotsiriza wa gulu lakumapeto la 1950 la Blue Notes).
Teddy Pendergrass: Chiyambi cha Ulendo Wopanga
Teddy Pendergrass adayamba ntchito yake mu 1968 osati ngati woyimba, koma ngati ng'oma ya Harold Melvin ndi Blue Notes. Koma kenako munthuyo anayamba m'malo soloist, mu zaka ziwiri anakhala woimba waukulu. Ndipo phokoso lake laumwini linayamba kufotokozera gululo. Mu Encyclopedia of Rock, Dave Hardy ndi Phil Laing anafotokoza kuti kuimba kwa Pendergrass pa nyimbo za Blue Notes monga "The Love I Lost", "I Miss You" ndi "Ngati Simundidziwa" monga kusakaniza koopsa kwa uthenga wabwino ndi ma style a blues screamer.. Mawu awo amphamvu anali olimba mtima komanso ochonderera mwachidwi.
Mu 1977, Pendergrass adasiya Blue Notes kuti akachite ntchito yake payekha. Munjira zambiri, woimba novice anathandizidwa ndi chikoka chake ndi maonekedwe owala. Komanso, akazi ankamukonda kwambiri pa siteji monga soloist, osati monga drummer. Anasonkhana mwaunyinji ku ziwonetsero zapadera zapakati pausiku za Women Only. Kuti mumve Pendergrass akuimba Tsekani Chitseko, Zimitsani Nyali ndi zina zambiri. Monga woimba payekha, Pendergrass adakulitsa malingaliro ake kuti afikire omvera atsopano.
Wolemba wina wa Stereo Review ananena kuti ngakhale kuti ankangong’ung’udzabe madandaulo achikondi a mantha ndi mamuna waiwisi womwe umapangitsa akazi ambiri kunjenjemera, adaphunziranso kuyimba motsitsa. Choncho, kupeza kutchuka pakati pa omwe amakonda kukoma. Momwemo ndi momwe zilili kwa amene akukonda Kuumirira. Pafupifupi ma Albums ake onse apita ku platinamu.
Ndipo Pendergrass adadziwika ngati chizindikiro chachikulu cha kugonana kwakuda chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1970. Monga woyimba payekha, Pendergrass adakhala woyimba woyamba wakuda kujambula nyimbo zisanu zotsatizana za platinamu: Teddy Pendergrass (1977), Life Is a Song Worthing Sing (1978), Teddy (1979), Live! Coast to Coast (1980) ndi TP (1980), zolemba zake zisanu zoyambirira, komanso kusankhidwa kwa Grammy ndi maulendo ogulitsidwa.
Teddy Pendergrass: Ngozi
Zinthu zinasintha kwambiri pa March 18, 1982. Pamene Pendergrass amayendetsa galimoto yake Rolls-Royce kudutsa Germantown gawo la Philadelphia, galimotoyo mwadzidzidzi inagwera mumtengo. Monga momwe woimbayo adakumbukira pambuyo pake, nkhonya itatha, adatsegula maso ake ndipo akadali pomwepo. “Ndinakhala chikomokere kwakanthawi. Ndikudziwa kuti ndinathyola khosi. Zinali zoonekeratu.
Ndinayesa kusuntha ndipo sindinathe, "adatero. Pendergrass anali wolondola poganiza kuti wathyoka khosi. Msana wake unathyokanso, ndipo zidutswa za mafupa zinadula minyewa yake yofunika kwambiri. Kuyenda kunali kokha kumutu, mapewa ndi biceps. Pamene kukula kwa kuwonongeka kunaonekera ndipo madokotala anauza wojambulayo kuti ziwalo zake zikhoza kukhala zosatha, Pendergrass analira mpaka atagwidwa ndi mantha. Anauzidwanso kuti kuvulala kofanana kwa iye kumakhudza minofu yopuma.
Zotsatira zake - luso loimba. Patangopita masiku ochepa ngoziyo itachitika, Pendergrass anayesa mawu ake mosamala kwambiri poimba limodzi ndi malonda a khofi pawailesi yakanema. “Ndinkakhoza kuimba,” iye akukumbukira motero, “ndipo ndinadziŵa kuti chirichonse chimene ndinafunikira kuchita, ndikhoza.”
Mphekesera ndi kumenyera fano
Ntchito yoyamba ya Pendergrass inali kuchotsa mphekesera zomwe zinali pafupi ndi tsoka lake. Anali dalaivala woimitsidwa. Ndipo mwamsanga kufalikira mu tabloids kuti anali ataledzera kapena mothandizidwa ndi mankhwala pamene izo zinachitika. Atafufuza zomwe zinachitika, apolisi aku Philadelphia adalengeza kuti sanapeze umboni wogwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo.
Ngakhale adanenanso kuti zinali za kuyendetsa mosasamala komanso kuthamanga kwambiri. Kenako zidawululidwa kuti Tenika Watson (wokwera Pendergrass), yemwe sanavulale kwambiri pangoziyo, anali wojambula wa transgender. Yemwe kale anali John F. Watson anaulula kuti anamangidwa 37 chifukwa cha uhule ndi milandu ina yokhudzana ndi uhule pazaka khumi. Nkhaniyi inali yowononga kwambiri chithunzi cha Pendergrass ngati munthu wankhanza. Koma mafani ake adavomereza mwachangu zomwe adanena kuti adangopereka kukwera kwa munthu yemwe amamudziwa mwachisawawa ndipo samadziwa chilichonse chokhudza ntchito kapena mbiri ya Watson.
Atatulutsidwa m’chipatala, Pendergrass anakumana ndi nthaŵi yovuta yosinthira ku zofooka zake zatsopano. Kuyambira pachiyambi, anali wotsimikiza kuti kulumala sikungamuletse ntchito yake. "Ndimapambana pazovuta zilizonse zomwe ndimakumana nazo," adatero Charles L. Sanders ku Ebony. "Nzeru yanga nthawi zonse imakhala yakuti, 'Ndibweretsere khoma la njerwa. Ndipo ngati sindingathe kulumpha, ndidutsamo. "
Patapita miyezi ingapo yotopetsa wapadera mankhwala. Kuphatikiza masewero olimbitsa thupi omwe ali ndi katundu wolemera pamimba kuti apange diaphragm yofooka, Pendergrass, kupanga khama lililonse lotheka komanso losayerekezeka, adalemba nyimbo ya "Love Language".
Platinum Album
Inakhala nyimbo yake yachisanu ndi chimodzi ya platinamu, kutsimikizira luso lake loimba komanso kudzipereka kwa mafani ake. Gawo lina pakuchira kwa woimbayo lidachitika pa konsati ya Live Aid mu 1985. Pamene adasewera pa siteji pa njinga ya olumala kwa nthawi yoyamba kuchokera ngoziyi. Kuchita Kufikira ndi Kukhudza ndi Ashford ndi Simpson. Ndiyeno pofunsidwa anati: “Ndinakumana ndi helo wamoyo, zodetsa nkhaŵa zamitundumitundu ndipo ndinali ndi mantha aakulu pa chirichonse.
Poyamba sindinkadziwa kuti anthu angandivomereze bwanji, ndipo sindinkafuna kuti wina azindiona. Ndinkafuna kuchita chinachake ndi ine ndekha. Sindinafune kukhala ndi maganizo amenewa. Koma…Ndinali ndi chosankha. Ndikhoza kukana ndikusiya zonse kapena ndikhoza kupitiriza. Ndinaganiza zopitiriza."
Chitsitsimutso ndi kupambana kwatsopano kwa Teddy Pendergrass
Ngakhale ali panjinga ya olumala, Teddy anali wotchuka kwambiri ndi akazi. Anakwatira Karen Still mu 1987. Pambuyo pake adakumbukira kuti mwamuna wake wam'tsogolo adamutumizira maluwa ofiira kwa masiku 12 otsatizana asanamuuze.
Adakhala ndi gawo munyimbo ya Your Arms Too Short to Box With God mu 1996 ndipo adayambiranso kuyimba payekha. Pakadali pano, Don't Leave Me This Way idatchuka kwambiri zaka makumi awiri zosiyana kwa Thelma Houston (1977) ndi The Kommunards (1986). Nyimbo zake zokha zasinthidwa ndi m'badwo watsopano wa ojambula a R&B kuchokera ku D'Angelo kupita ku Mobb Deep.
M'moyo wake, adakhala nthawi yayitali ku mgwirizano wa Teddy Pendergrass. Linapangidwa mu 1998 kuti lithandize ozunzidwa ndi kuvulala kwa msana. Teddy ndi Karen anasudzulana mu 2002. Ndipo anakwatiranso kachiwiri mu 2008. Moyo wake unalinso mutu wa sewero la I Am Who I Am. Ndipo mu 1991, mbiri ya moyo wa Truly Blessed inasindikizidwa.
Mu konsati mu 2007, pokumbukira zaka 25 za ngoziyi. Pendergrass anapereka msonkho kwa "odziwika bwino" omwe adadzipereka okha ku ubwino wake, akunena kuti, "M'malo mokhumudwa ndi nthawiyi, ndikuyamikira kwambiri."
Mu 2009, Pendergrass adachitidwa opaleshoni ya khansa ya m'matumbo. Koma, mwatsoka, sizinapereke zotsatira zabwino. Woimbayo anamwalira pa January 13, 2010. Anasiya amayi ake Ida, mkazi wake Joan, mwana wamwamuna, ana aakazi awiri ndi zidzukulu zisanu ndi zinayi.
