''Live! Coast to Coast'' is a live album by the R&B

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Teddy Pendergrass Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...

. It was recorded in

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in 1978 and

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in 1979. It did rather well on the ''Billboard'' album charts, reaching #33 Pop and #5 R&B.

Track listing

All tracks composed by

Kenny Gamble Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as ...

and

Leon Huff Kenneth Gamble (born August 11, 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and Leon A. Huff (born April 8, 1942, Camden, New Jersey) are an American songwriting and production team credited for developing the Philadelphia soul music genre (also known as ...

; except where indicated

Disc 1

# " Life Is a Song Worth Singing" (

Thom Bell Thomas Randolph Bell (January 27th, 1943 – December 22, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger, pianist, and composer known as one of the creators of Philadelphia soul in the 1970s. He found success as a producer ...

Linda Creed Linda Diane Creed (December 6, 1948 – April 10, 1986), also known by her married name Linda Epstein, was an American songwriter and lyricist who teamed up with Thom Bell to produce some of the most successful Philadelphia soul groups of the 19 ...

) # "Only You" # Medley: "If You Don't Know Me by Now/The Love I Lost/Bad Luck/Wake Up Everybody" (Victor Carstarphen, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff,

Gene McFadden Gene McFadden (January 28, 1949 – January 27, 2006) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as one of the key members of the Philadelphia International record label, and was one-half of the successful team o ...

, John Whitehead) # "When Somebody Loves You Back" # "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"

Disc 2

# "L.A. Rap" # "Come Go with Me" # "Close the Door" # "Turn Off the Lights" # "Do Me" # Live Interview with Mimi Brown of WDAS-FM, Philadelphia # "It's You I Love" # Live Interview # "Shout and Scream" # Live Interview Concludes

Personnel

*Teddy Pendergrass - vocals *

Bobby Eli Bobby Eli is an American musician, arranger, composer and record producer from Philadelphia. He is a founding member and lead guitarist of Philadelphia studio band MFSB. Overview A multi-instrumentalist, producer, songwriter and arranger, Eli ...

, Robert "Wawa" Le Grand - guitar *Jimmy Williams, Norman Smith, Philip McClelland - bass *Jerry Cohen,

Leon Ware Leon Ware (February 16, 1940 – February 23, 2017) was an American songwriter, producer, composer, and singer. Besides a solo career as a performer, Ware was best known for producing hits for other artists including Michael Jackson, Quincy ...

- keyboards *Alfie Pollitt - piano *Lenny Pakula - organ *Cecil Du Valle - organ, clavinet, synthesizer *James Carter, Keith Benson, Quinton Joseph - drums *Gregory L. Moore, David Cruse - percussion *Sam Reed - saxophone, flute *Arthur T. Pugh Jr., Louis Opalesky Jr., Sylvester Bryant - trumpet, flugelhorn *Joseph A. Kohanski Jr. - trombone *John Petrella, Peter M. Kucirko - cello *Emma Kummrow, Florence Rosensweig, Grace S. Babogh, Richard E. Jones, Roger J. Harrington, Thomas Di Sarlo - violin *Sharon Ray, Susan M. Leon - viola *

Barbara Ingram Barbara Jane Ingram (February 9, 1947 – October 20, 1994) was an American R&B singer and songwriter who was active throughout the early 1970s until the mid-late 1980s, enjoying modest success as a backup singer for almost two decades. ...

, Carla Benson, Evette, Benton, Harriet Tharp, Melva Story, Sherry Williams - backing vocals *Karat Faye - Engineer @ Record Plant L.A.

Charts

Singles

References

External links

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Live! Coast to Coast
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