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Teddy (album)

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Released
  
June 23, 1979

Genre
  
R&B, Soul

Recorded
  
1978–1979

Length
  
41:59

Studio
  
Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Label
  
Philadelphia International

Teddy was the third album by R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass, released on June 23, 1979. It included more "bedroom ballads," comparable to Marvin Gaye's Midnight Love.

Contents

Two singles were released from the album: "Turn Off the Lights", which reached US Pop #48 and #2 on the R&B charts, and "Come Go With Me," which reached #14 R&B.

The album was nominated for an American Music Award, Favorite Soul/R&B Album in 1980 and 1981.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated

  1. "Come Go With Me"
  2. "Turn Off the Lights"
  3. "I'll Never See Heaven Again" (LeRoy Bell, Casey James)
  4. "All I Need Is You" (Darnell Jordan, Sherman Marshall)
  5. "If You Know Like I Know" (Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)
  6. "Do Me"
  7. "Set Me Free" (LeRoy Bell, Casey James)
  8. "Life Is a Circle"

Personnel

  • Teddy Pendergrass - lead and backing vocals
  • Leon Huff - keyboards
  • Thom Bell - keyboards, backing vocals
  • Charles Collins, Keith Benson, Quinton Joseph - drums
  • Bobby Eli, Dennis Harris, Roland Chambers, Tony Bell - guitar
  • Bob Babbitt, Jimmy Williams - bass
  • Lenny Pakula - organ
  • David Cruse - percussion
  • Don Renaldo & His Horns and Strings - strings, horns
  • Barbara Ingram, Carl Helm, Carla Benson, Evette Benton, Joseph Jefferson - backing vocals
  • Jack Faith, Tony Bell, Dexter Wansel, Jerry Cohen, Larry Gold, John L. Usry Jnr., Thom Bell - arrangements
    • Technical
  • Ed Lee - design
  • Frank Laffitte - photography

    • Charts

    Singles

    References

    Teddy (album) Wikipedia
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