Hi everyone
I hope I didn't read this on another thread - I'm a bit forgetful and mixed up at the moment; but, I recently read that legendary Philly stalwarts Gamble and Huff recently said that Teddy was the most composite, complete all round singer they had ever worked with. Given the many, many top vocalists that they worked with that is some accolade.
I loved Teddy's work, I still do even though he's no longer with us. His album Getting Ready for Teddy was one of the first soul albums I ever bought. His work with Harold Melvin was also top class - not many non soul people knew it was Teddy on lead vocals for most of HM's biggest hits. Again,. not many "non soul" people know that Lenny Henry's impersonation of a bearded, loved up singer on his old tv show, was based on Teddy.
I love that sweet Philly sound - a sound that started my soul journey in 1976. Here's one of my favourite Teddy songs;
Thanks for reading, sending my lurve to all of my soul source friends.
Peter