Teddy Pendergrass captured many hearts during a music career that lasted more than three decades. The R&B and soul singer who spent his formative years in North Philadelphia first found success as the ...

In the late '60s and '70s, Philadelphia became known for two things in the world of pop culture. One was the movie "Rocky," and its story of triumph in the ring, and the other was the rise of a ...

Teddy Pendergrass, a leading R&B pop singer of the 70s, died Wednesday of colon cancer. A sex symbol of his era, the velvety-voiced soul singer rose to fame as leader of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ...