''Teddy Pendergrass'' is the debut solo album from the American R&B/

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singer

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 ...

, released in 1977. It did well for a debut album, reaching #17 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and #5 on the '' Billboard'' R&B album chart. Two singles were released: "I Don't Love You Anymore"; and "The Whole Town's Laughing at Me", reaching #41 pop & #5 R&B; and R&B #16, respectively.

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 # "You Can't Hide from Yourself" 4:08 # "Somebody Told Me" (Victor Carstarphen, Kenny Gamble,

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) 5:15 # "Be Sure" 5:19 # "And If I Had" 4:26 # "I Don't Love You Anymore" 4:01 # "The Whole Town's Laughing at Me" (Sherman Marshall, Ted Wortham) 4:30 # "Easy, Easy, Got to Take It Easy" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 4:55 # "The More I Get, the More I Want" (Victor Carstarphen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) 4:26

Personnel

*Teddy Pendergrass - vocals *Roland Chambers, Dennis Harris - guitar *

Dexter Wansel Dexter Gilman Wansel (born August 22, 1950) is an American R&B/ jazz fusion singer, arranger, musician, composer, conductor, synthesist and A&R director. Early life Dexter Wansel began as an errand boy backstage at the Uptown Theater in Philad ...

, Victor Carstarphen,

Ron Kersey Tyrone Garfield Kersey (April 7, 1949 – January 25, 2005), known as Ron "Have Mercy" Kersey, was an American keyboardist, songwriter, producer and arranger most known for writing the music to " Disco Inferno" by The Trammps. Kersey was born ...

- keyboards, synthesizers *Michael "Sugar Bear" Foreman, Jimmy Williams - bass *Keith Benson, Karl Chambers, Charles Collins - drums, percussion *Larry Washington -

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, congas *

MFSB MFSB, officially standing for "Mother Father Sister Brother", was a pool of more than 30 studio musicians based at Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios. They worked closely with the production team of Gamble and Huff and producer/arranger Thom ...

- strings, horns * Bobby Martin, Jack Faith - arrangements ;Technical *Ed Lee - album design, artwork *Frank Laffitte - photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Later samples

*"You Can't Hide from Yourself" **"Portrait of a Masterpiece" by

The D.O.C. Tracy Lynn Curry (born June 10, 1968), better known as The D.O.C., is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. In addition to a solo career, he was a member of the Southern hip hop group Fila Fresh Crew and later collaborated with ga ...

from the album ''

No One Can Do It Better ''No One Can Do It Better'' is the debut studio album by The D.O.C., released on August 1, 1989, by Ruthless Records and Atlantic Records. It reached no.1 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for two weeks, while peaking in the Top 20 on the ...

'' *"And If I Had" **"

Devil's Pie "Devil's Pie" is a song by American R&B and neo soul musician D'Angelo, released October 31, 1998, on Virgin Records. It was issued as a promotional single for his second studio album, 2000's '' Voodoo''. The song was composed by D'Angelo and hip ...

" by D'Angelo from the album '' Voodoo'' **"Cradle to the Grave" by Mobb Deep from the album ''

The Infamous ''The Infamous'' (stylized as ''The Infamous...'') is the second studio album by the American hip hop duo Mobb Deep. It was released on April 25, 1995, by RCA Records and Loud Records. The album features guest appearances by Nas, Raekwon, Gho ...

'' *"Easy Easy Got to Take It Easy" **"Not Enough" by Little Brother from the album ''

The Minstrel Show ''The Minstrel Show'' is the second studio album by hip hop trio Little Brother. It followed the critical success of their 2003 debut, '' The Listening''. The album was highly anticipated and touted as a probable breakthrough for the group, e ...

'' *"Somebody Told Me" **"Backtight" by

Jaheim Jaheim H. Hoagland (born May 26, 1978), known mononymously as Jaheim, is an American Contemporary R&B, R&B singer. He was signed by Naughty by Nature's Kaygee to Divine Mill Records in 2000, and released his debut album ''Ghetto Love (album), Ghe ...

from the album " Still Ghetto"

References

External links

Teddy Pendergrass-Teddy Pendergrass at Discogs
{{Authority control 1977 debut albums Teddy Pendergrass albums Albums produced by Kenneth Gamble Albums produced by Leon Huff Albums arranged by Bobby Martin Albums recorded at Sigma Sound Studios Philadelphia International Records albums