Umculi-umbhali wengoma u-Teddy Pendergrass wayengomunye weziqhwaga ze-American soul ne-R&B. Waphakama wavelela njengomculi we-soul pop ngeminyaka yawo-1970 nawo-1980. Udumo luka-Pendergrass olushukumisa ingqondo nengcebo lusekelwe ekudlalweni kwakhe kwasesiteji okuvusa inkanuko nobuhlobo obuseduze abukha nezilaleli zakhe. Abalandeli babevame ukucwila noma bajikijele izingubo zabo zangaphansi esiteji ngenxa ye-baritone yakhe yomhlaba kanye nobulili obusobala.
Omunye "umlandeli" waze wadubula omunye elwela isikhafu umculi asula ngaso ubuso. Amahithi amaningi alesi sihlabani abhalwe ithimba lababhali nabakhiqizi uKenny Gamble noLeon Huff. Lesi sakamuva sikhumbule ukuqala komculi eyedwa e-nightclub e-Los Angeles ngokuthi "ukuza kwesihlabani". Wahlanganisa i-down to earth, ukuphuthuma kwe-sexy namazwi athambile namnyama kancane kancane agcwala ukuqhuma, okuthuthukisiwe kanye nemidlalo yaseshashalazini.
U-Teddy Pendergrass wayedume kakhulu ngesikhathi ingozi yemoto imshiya ekhubazekile. Wayengakwazi ukudla noma ukugqoka, ingasaphathwa eyokwenza umnyakazo wasesiteji othakazelisayo.
Kodwa-ke, ubesakwazi ukucula futhi wakhipha i-albhamu ebuyile eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kwengozi. Abalandeli bakhe bahlala bezinikele. Abagxeki abaningi bathi usizi lukaPendergrass lwenza umculo wakhe wajula.
Ubuntwana nentsha
Wazalelwa ePhiladelphia, eyaba yisikhungo somculo womphefumulo ngeminyaka yawo-1970. Ngemva kokuba uyise eshiye umndeni (wabulawa ngo-1962), umfana wakhuliswa unina Ida. Nguye owaqaphela uthando lwendodana yakhe ngomculo nokucula. UPendergrass waqala ukucula esontweni esemncane.
Wayevame ukuhamba nomama wakhe ukuze asebenze e-Sciolla Dinner Club e-Philadelphia (wayesebenza lapho njengompheki). Lapho wabuka uBobby Darin nabaculi ababedumile bangaleso sikhathi. Efunda ekwayeni yesonto, umfana wacabanga ngokuba umpristi esikhathini esizayo. Kodwa amaphupho obuntwana asemandulo.
UPendergrass uthole ubizo lwakhe lomculo lapho ebona umculi womphefumulo uJackie Wilson edlala e-Uptown Theatre. Ngehlazo, lo mfana washiya isikole sikaThomas Edison ebangeni le-11 ukuze ahlanganyele ngokujulile ebhizinisini lomculo.
Esizwa kahle isigqi, waqala wafunda umculo njengomshayi wezigubhu neqembu lentsha iCadillacs. Ngo-1968, wajoyina i-Little Royal kanye ne-The Swingmasters, eyahlola inhlolokhono ekilabhini lapho uPendergrass ayesebenza khona njengoweta. Ngokushesha waduma ngekhono lakhe lokudlala noma yisiphi isigqi, ngonyaka olandelayo wathatha umsebenzi wokuba isigubhu sikaHarold Melvin (ilungu lokugcina leqembu lendawo lama-1950s i-Blue Notes).
I-Teddy Pendergrass: Ukuqala Kohambo Lokudala
UTeddy Pendergrass waqala umsebenzi wakhe ngo-1968 hhayi njengomculi, kodwa njengomdlali wesigubhu sikaHarold Melvin kanye neBlue Notes. Kodwa kamuva lo mfana waqala esikhundleni somculi, eminyakeni emibili waba umculi oyinhloko. Futhi umsindo wakhe siqu waqala ukuchaza ibhendi. Ku-Encyclopedia of Rock, uDave Hardy noPhil Laing bachaze ukucula kukaPendergrass kumahithi e-Blue Notes njengokuthi "The Love I Lost", "I Miss You" kanye nethi "If You Don't Know" njengenhlanganisela ebuhlungu yevangeli kanye izitayela ze-blues screamer. . Inkulumo yabo ejulile yayihlanganisa isibindi nokunxusa okunozwela.
Ngo-1977, uPendergrass washiya i-Blue Notes ukuze aphishekele umsebenzi wakhe yedwa. Ngezindlela eziningi, umculi we-novice wasizwa yi-charisma yakhe nokubukeka okukhanyayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abesifazane babemthanda kakhulu esiteji njengomuntu ocula yedwa, hhayi njengomdlali wesigubhu. Babuthana ngobuningi babo ezinhlelweni ezikhethekile zaphakathi kwamabili ezithi For Women Only. Ukuze uzwe u-Pendergrass ecula okuthi Vala Umnyango, Vala Izibani nokunye. Njengeciko eliyedwa, u-Pendergrass wandise ama-horizons akhe ukuze afinyelele abalaleli abasha.
Umbhali we-Stereo Review waphawula ukuthi nakuba ayesahlabelela izicelo zothando ezithuthumela ngobudoda obuluhlaza okwenza abesifazane abaningi bathuthumele, wafunda nokucula kamnandi. Ngakho, ukuzuza ukuthandwa phakathi kwalabo abathanda ubumnandi. Kanjalo nalabo abakhetha ukuqina. Cishe wonke ama-albhamu akhe ase-platinum.
Futhi i-Pendergrass yaqashelwa njengophawu oluyinhloko lobulili olumnyama lwasekupheleni kwawo-1970. Njengomculi ohamba yedwa, uPendergrass waba ngumculi wokuqala omnyama ukuqopha ama-albhamu amahlanu elandelana e-multi-platinamu: Teddy Pendergrass (1977), Life Is a Song Worthing Sing (1978), Teddy (1979), Live! I-Coast to Coast (1980) kanye ne-TP (1980), ukukhishwa kwakhe kokuqala okuyisihlanu, kanye nokuqokwa kwe-Grammy kanye nokuvakasha okudayisiwe.
Teddy Pendergrass: Ingozi
Isimo sashintsha ngokuphawulekayo ngo-March 18, 1982. Ngesikhathi uPendergrass eshayela iRolls-Royce yakhe enqamula esigabeni saseGermantown ePhiladelphia, imoto yashayisa isihlahla kungazelelwe. Njengoba umculi ekhumbula kamuva, ngemva kokushaywa, wavula amehlo futhi wayeselapho. “Ngake ngaquleka. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngephuka intamo. Kwakusobala.
Ngazama ukwenza umnyakazo ngangakwazi,” usho kanje. UPendergrass wayeqinisile lapho ecabanga ukuthi uphuke intamo. Umgogodla wakhe nawo wawuqhekekile, futhi izingcezu zamathambo zanqamula eminye yemizwa yakhe ebalulekile. Ukunyakaza kwakunqunyelwe ekhanda, amahlombe kanye nama-biceps. Kuthe uma kubonakala ukuthi umonakalo ungakanani futhi odokotela batshela lo mculi ukuthi ukukhubazeka kwakhe kuzophela, uPendergrass wakhala waze wamelwa yinhliziyo. Utshelwe nokuthi ukulimala okufanayo kuyena kuthinta izicubu zokuphefumula.
Ngenxa yalokho - ikhono lokucula. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemva kwengozi, uPendergrass wavivinya izwi lakhe ngokucophelela ngokucula kanye nentengiso yekhofi kuthelevishini. “Ngangikwazi ukucula,” ekhumbula, “futhi ngangazi ukuthi noma yini okwakudingeka ngiyenze, ngangingayenza.”
Amahemuhemu nokulwela isithombe
Umsebenzi wokuqala kaPendergrass kwakuwukuqeda amahlebezi mayelana neshwa lakhe. Ubengumshayeli omisiwe. Futhi kwasakazeka ngokushesha kuma-tabloids ukuthi wayephuzile noma edakwe izidakamizwa lapho kwenzeka. Ngemva kokuphenya ngalesi sigameko, amaphoyisa asePhiladelphia amemezele ukuthi abutholanga ubufakazi bokusebenzisa izidakamizwa.
Yize ephakamise ukuthi imayelana nokushayela budedengu kanye nesivinini eseqile. Kube sekuvela ukuthi uTenika Watson (umgibeli wasePendergrass), ongalimalanga kakhulu kule ngozi, ubeyiciko elishintshe ubulili. Owake waba nguJohn F. Watson usevumile kwabangu-37 ababoshelwe ukudayisa ngomzimba namacala ahlobene nawo esikhathini esiyiminyaka eyishumi. Lezi zindaba bezinamandla okulimaza isithombe sikaPendergrass njengendoda eyindoda. Kodwa abalandeli bakhe basemukela ngokushesha isimangalo sakhe sokuthi wamane wanikela kumuntu amaziyo okungahleliwe futhi akazi lutho ngomsebenzi noma umlando kaWatson.
Ngemva kokukhululwa esibhedlela, uPendergrass wabhekana nesikhathi esinzima sokuzivumelanisa nokulinganiselwa kwakhe okusha. Kusukela ekuqaleni, wayeqiniseka ukuthi ukukhubazeka kwakungeke kumise umsebenzi wakhe. “Ngiyaphumelela kunoma iyiphi inselele engibhekana nayo,” etshela uCharles L. Sanders e-Ebony. “Ifilosofi yami ibilokhu ithi, ‘Ngilethele udonga lwezitini. Futhi uma ngingakwazi ukweqa, ngizodlula kukho."
Ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa zokwelashwa okukhethekile okuqeda amandla. Kubandakanya ukuvivinya umzimba ngomthwalo osindayo esiswini ukuze kwakhiwe i-diaphragm ebuthakathaka, i-Pendergrass, eyenza yonke imizamo engenzeka futhi engenakucatshangwa, iqophe i-albhamu ethi "Love Language".
I-albhamu yePlatinum
Yaba i-albhamu yakhe yesithupha yeplatinamu, eqinisekisa ikhono lakhe lomculo nokuzinikela kubalandeli bakhe. Esinye isigaba sokululama komculi senzeka ekhonsathini ye-Live Aid ngo-1985. Ngesikhathi enandisa esiteji ehamba ngesihlalo esinamasondo okokuqala selokhu kwenzeke ingozi. Yenza i-Finyelela futhi Thinta no-Ashford no-Simpson. Khona-ke lapho kuxoxwa naye wathi: “Ngabhekana nesihogo esiphilayo, zonke izinhlobo zokukhathazeka futhi ngaba nokwesaba okukhulu ngayo yonke into.
Ekuqaleni ngangingazi ukuthi abantu bazongamukela kanjani, futhi ngangingafuni noma ubani angibone. Ngangifuna ukwenza okuthile nami. Ngangingafuni ukuphila nalemicabango. Kodwa…Bengingazikhethela. Ngingenqaba futhi ngimise yonke into noma ngingaqhubeka. Nginqume ukuqhubeka."
Imvuselelo kanye nempumelelo entsha ka-Teddy Pendergrass
Ngisho nalapho ehamba ngesihlalo sabakhubazekile, uTeddy wayethandwa kakhulu ngabesifazane. Washada noKaren Still ngo-1987. Kamuva wakhumbula ukuthi umyeni wakhe wesikhathi esizayo wamthumelela irozi elibomvu izinsuku ezingu-12 zilandelana ngaphambi kokuba ahlongoze.
Ube nendima emculweni i-Your Arms Too Short to Box With God ngo-1996 futhi wabuyela ekuculweni kwakhe yedwa. Khonamanjalo, Ungangishiyi Ngalendlela ibe yingoma edumile emashumini amabili eminyaka ahlukene kuThelma Houston (1977) kanye neThe Kommunards (1986). Izingoma zakhe eyedwa zithathwe isizukulwane esisha sabaculi be-R&B kusukela ku-D'Angelo kuya ku-Mobb Deep.
Empilweni yakamuva, wanikela isikhathi esiningi kumfelandawonye weTeddy Pendergrass. Yasungulwa ngo-1998 ukusiza izisulu zokulimala komgogodla. UTeddy noKaren bahlukanisa ngo-2002. Futhi waphinde washada okwesibili ngo-2008. Impilo yakhe nayo yaba yisihloko emdlalweni weshashalazi othi I Am Who I Am. Futhi ngo-1991, i-autobiography ka-Truly Blessed yanyatheliswa.
Ekhonsathini ngo-2007, kugujwa iminyaka engu-25 kwenzeka ingozi. UPendergrass uhloniphe “amaqhawe angaculwanga” azinikele enhlalakahleni yakhe, ethi, “Esikhundleni sokudatshukelwa yilesi sikhathi, ngigcwele ukubonga okukhulu.
Ngo-2009, uPendergrass wahlinzwa umdlavuza wekoloni. Kodwa, ngeshwa, ayizange inikeze umphumela omuhle. Umculi ushone ngoJanuwari 13, 2010. Ushiye emhlabeni unina u-Ida, unkosikazi uJoan, indodana, amadodakazi amabili nabazukulu abayisishiyagalolunye.
