Teddy Pendergrass's rough, sensual croon what first Introduced to the listening public during his tenure as a singer for Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. After leaving the group in 1976 recorded several albums for Pendergrass Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International label famed, and Became One of the definitive purveyors of the slow jam. Pendergrass left permanently paralyzed and confined that to a wheelchair Following a car accident in 1983. Despite his disability, Pendergrass continued to record and has Remained one of R & B's most popular artists.