Atribute to Teddy Pendergrass
Friday, January 22, 2010
According to Wikipedia, TP was born Theodore DeReese Pendergrass on March 26, 1950, and died on January 13. Like most African-Americans of his time, he was brought up in a Christian family and 'the church was his initiation for talent and eventual success'.
I was introduced to this icon a long time ago by my aunt Bosaitseweng Kebonang who used to talk about the 'black American' singer who was such a good performer that young women always threw their underwear on stage whenever he performed. Naturally, I was curious about the fact that the artist could make people or in this case young women lose their minds and I thought he was a great artist to be able to do that. My aunt knew so much about TP that she was one of those saddened when the man got confined to a wheelchair after a horrific car accident that left his spinal cord paralysed on March 18, 1982.
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