# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/teddy-pendergrass
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:33:24.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/teddy-pendergrass"
name: "Teddy Pendergrass"
slug: "teddy-pendergrass"
description: "Theodore DeReese Pendergrass was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass lived most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musical fame as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. After leaving the group in 1976, Pendergrass launched a successful solo career under the Philadelphia International label, releasing five consecutive platinum albums."
tagline: "American singer (1950–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TEDDY_PENDAGRASS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-03-26"
deathDate: "2010-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.498401889938855
  historical:           23.991492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "TeddyPendergrassMusic"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://teddypendergrassofficial.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump