Product Details

• Actors: Teddy Pendergrass
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Shout Factory
• DVD Release Date: March 21, 2006
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EHQ84Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,526 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

The only live DVD capturing Teddy Pendergrass in his prime!

Recorded close to the release of the landmark Teddy album and his first solo hit single, "Close The Door," Teddy! Live In ’79 captures the magic and the heat of this mighty soulman’s legendary live performances. In addition to his solo material, Teddy also performs a medley of his biggest Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes hits and belts out a soulful cover of Eric Carmen’s "All By Myself," which has never appeared on a Teddy Pendergrass release until now.

SONGS

Life Is A Song Worth Singing
Only You
All By Myself
Medley: If You Don’t Know Me By Now / The Love I Lost / Bad Luck/ Wake Up Everybody
Easy, Easy, Got To Take It Easy
Close The Door
When Somebody Loves You Back
Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose

SPECIAL FEATURE

Profiles: Teddy Pendergrass
Interviewer Mickey Burns talks to Teddy in the singer’s home near Philadelphia.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pendergrass On The Rise, April 1, 2006

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Douglas Henderson (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy! Live in '79 (DVD)

This concert footage from February 1979 shows a rising virtuoso mastering song and audience as few have ever done. After leaving Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes in the mid-1970's, Teddy Pendergrass embarked on a stellar solo career that saw him become the first African American male to garner 5 consecutive platinum albums (remember albums?). His meteoric rise was cut short by a tragic car accident in March 1982 that left him confined to a wheelchair. Just before his accident, however, Pendergrass had so mastered his craft that he was widely being called the Black Elvis. Female fans of all races surrendered to his machismo. Midway between the beginning of his solo career and his accident, he entertains us with unbridled passion and a thoughtful show put together for the visual as as much as the music. The star is in fine voice as he sings a medley of hits from his days with Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, as well as hits form his albums. He even adds a bonus track, a soulful rendition of the hit "All By Myself." For those looking to see what soul music is all about, purchase this DVD. It is to be played over and over and over again.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LIVE COAST TO COAST ALBUM, May 31, 2006

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Karel Ramaphosa (johannesburg, gauteng South Africa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy! Live in '79 (DVD)

ALL THE REVIEWS HAVE JUST SAID IT ALL-IT'S TRUE ABOUT THE GREAT SHOW TEDDY HAS PERFORMED.I AM HAROLD MELVIN AND THE BLUENOTES FAN EVEN TODAY,AND I REALLY ENJOY THEIR VOICES(TEDDY PENDAGRASS,LATE HAROLD MELVIN,GILBERT SAUNDERS AND DONNEL"BIG DADDY"GILLESPIE.AS TEDDY WAS SINGING THE BLUENOTES MEDLEY,IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO ME AND I WONDER IF SHOUT FACTORY IS GOING TO RELEASE TEDDY WITH THE BLUENOTES BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO SEE TP.I USED TO ENJOY THE ALBUM OF THAT SHOW"LIVE COAST TO COAST" AND IT WAS ENTERTAINING.ARE YOU TEDDY OR BLUENOTES FAN?THEN DO NOT MISS THIS DVD.GOD BLESS SHOUT FACTORY.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Teddy was Badd during his prime, April 8, 2006

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A customer "mistermaxxx" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teddy Pendergrass: Teddy! Live in '79 (DVD)

Teddy Pendergrass was running things back in the day for a while. He is underrated to me because you see a Cat who had a rawness in his musical presentation,but had a voice that struck a chord. this concert shows a Artist in his prime&very much in tune with his audeince.the Chicks back in the day especially around my old hood loved them some Teddy P. the fellas respected his voice&he also had songs that were direct&to the point just as his vocal presentation.