In article 8399262d-6463-447d-b664-d04b3f277b35@
22g2000yqr.googlegroups.com, says...

On Jan 14, 8:39*am, I am Tosk wrote:
http://www.philly.com/philly/enterta...music/20100114
_Singer_Teddy_Pendergrass_dies_at_age_59.html

If this is the same guy who was the recoding artist of Melvin and the
Blue Notes fame we all lost a great voice and the world should miss
him.

Yup, same guy...