Theodore DeReese Pendergrass is known as Teddy Pendergrass for R&B, soul, gospel, jazz fans as a songwriter, composer and a singer. Teddy Pendergrass could use several instruments such as piano, drums and guitar. Teddy Pendergrass net worth was 18 million dollars. The singer earned his fame as a member of the American soul band “Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes” in 1970. He started his career as a solo singer at the end of 1970s. 1982 was disastrous for Teddy as he got injured in an accident what caused paralysis of his body. The misfortune moved the singer to found the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance whose aim was to help people with spinal cord injuries.
Teddy Pendergrass Net Worth $18 Million
Spending 25 years after the injury Teddy organized a festival “Teddy 25 – A Celebration of Life” which was held at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center and was full of famous people. Teddy Pendergrass’ las concert was on a PBS special at Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino in 2008. The famous singer died in 2010 because of respiratory problems.
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass was born in 1950 in Philadelphia. As a child he wanted to be a pastor and was singing at church. Being 10 he was ordained a minister and he was also junior deacon playing drums. Pendergrass went to Edison High School for Boys but he left it in order to work in music world with his first song “Angel with Muddy Feet”. Even though the song did not add a lot to the net worth of Teddy Pendergrass it gave him some fame. Pendergrass was earning his salary while playing for some bands, but finally he became the drummer of the rock and roll band The Cadillacs. In 1970 he joined the band Blue Notes as a drummer but later Harold Melvin, the founder of the band, got impressed by Teddies vocal and so he was made the lead singer. This was profitable for the band and Pendergrass especially when they signed the contracts with Philadelphia International Records. The song “If You Don’t Know Me by Now” became a hit and was number one as the soul single. Pendergrass started his solo career in 7 years. This has brought Teddy a lot of net worth as his audiences were sold out. The singer is known for his “women’s only concerts”. Teddy Pendergrass is famous with his hits “I Don’t Love You Anymore”, „The Whole Town’s Laughing At Me“, „Life Is a Song Worth Singing“ and others. After the car accident which left him paralyzed from the chest down Teddy Pendergrass did not give up and continued his career. Teddy Pendergrass released five platinum albums and was nominated for Grammy Award for four times.
To sum up, Teddy Pendergrass net worth of 18 million dollars was earned throughout his whole life career. Most of the money was earned while singing with the Blue Notes and Harold Melvin. What is more, Pendergrass’ net worth was also increased with the solo career. A great ability to write lyrics has earned him a lot. He composed songs for the most successful singers of all time, one of them is Whitney Houston.
