Cotton Candy Fro: Teddy Pendergrass

Friday, March 6, 2026

Teddy Pendergrass

I'm excited about this music post because I love me some Teddy Pendergrass. He has some classic, classics that I am sure I will still be bumping too when I am in my 80's. Timeless music.

Starting with Close The Door. I love this one. They still play this one on the oldies stations. The music video was as exciting as it could have been. I just looked this song up and realized it was on the Nutty Professor..he was singing it to his food/microwave. I haven't seen that movie in forever...I should give it another watch this weekend.

Next song I think it a bit less known. I certainly slept on it for years and didn't really find it until I listened to his full discography.

Next up, some feel good music. Signs that you play and step into an instant good mood. Love this one!

This song is a continuation of Close The Door. Close the Door, Turn off the Lights. That tickles me. I think for a long time I thought they were the same song while knowing they weren't. My favorite part- Rub me Down with some oils bayyybyyy. Next song on this playlist should be Sexual Healing by Marvin. I should burn myself a CD. Oh and then Fire and Desire by Rick James and Teena Marie. Hmm. Anyway, this song is FIRE. And I love it.

Next up, Come Go With Me. I hear the Stylistics in this song...at the very beginning. So I start singing that in the beginning. Then I start thinking of the Nelly and Jaheim song. I heard all those before this jam. I love this song though, love at first listen. You can tell it came off the same album as Turn of the Lights.

Doesn't the beginning of this song remind you of some Barry White? And maybe Quincy Jones. Is Love TKO his biggest hit? Looks like it on youtube. I'm kinda surprised. This one is a classic and I think heavily sampled. Or it samples. I don't know which but I can see why.