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▀ ▄▄ ▀█▄▀██▄▄████▌ARTIST: Teddy Pendergrass ▐████▄███▀▄█▀ ▄▄
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█████▄ ▐█▌▐███▄ TITLE: Greatest Hits: Love TKO ▄███▌▐█▌ ▄█████
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▀█████▓▄▄▄█▐▓█████▌ LABEL: Master Classics ▐█████▓▌█▄▄▄▓█████▀
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▀██▄ ▀█████▌ 1hr 18min total-121.9mb ██████▀
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█▓ ▀▀██▄ ▀██▄ RELEASE DATE: 2004-05-25 ██▀
▀▓▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▓▄ RIP DATE: 2004-05-24 ▄██▌
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▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ 01 Love TKO 4:50 ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ 02 Close The Door 4:39 ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ 03 The Whole Town Is Laughing At 4:56 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
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▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ 04 Come Go With Me 5:00 ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
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█████▌ ███▌ 06 Can't We Try 4:27 ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 07 Only You 3:24 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 08 I Can't Live Without Your Love 3:11 ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ 09 And If I Had 4:42 ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ 10 When Somebody Loves You Back 4:51 ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
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▐███▌▄█████▀ 12 Love TKO (Destiny Chill Mix) 4:28 ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ 13 When Somebody Loves You Back 4:59 ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ (Groover Love Mix) ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ 14 You're My Latest, My Greatest 5:03 ▓█▌ █████▌
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▀█████▄ ▓██▓ 15 Only You (On The House Mix) 4:37 ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ 16 Close The Door (Messiah Mix) 5:03 ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
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▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Teddy Pendergrass started singing ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ gospel music in Philadelphia churches, ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ becoming an ordained minister at ten years ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ old. While attending public school, he ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ sang in the citywide McIntyre ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Elementary School Choir and in the ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ All-City Stetson Junior High School ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Choir. A self-taught drummer, ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ Pendergrass had a teen pop vocal group ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ when he was 15. ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ By his late teens, Pendergrass was a ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ drummer for local vocal group the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ Cadillacs. In the late '60s, the Cadillacs ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ merged with another more-established ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ group, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes. ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ In 1970, when the Blue Notes broke up, ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ Melvin, now aware of Pendergrass' vocal ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ prowess, asked him to take the lead ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ singer spot. It's no secret that Kenneth ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ Gamble and Leon Huff wanted Marvin ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ Junior of the Dells for their ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Philadelphia International Records ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ roster. Since the Dells were signed to ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Chess, they were unavailable. When the ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ gruff'n'ready vocals of Pendergrass ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ came their way, they eagerly signed ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ the group. ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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▀▀██▄ Beginning with "I Miss You," a steady ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ stream of hit singles flowed from the ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ collaboration of Pendergrass and Gamble ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ & Huff: "If You Don't Know Me By Now," ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ "The Love I Lost," "Bad Luck," "Wake Up ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Everybody" (number one R&B for two weeks ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ in 1976), and two gold albums, To Be ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ True and Wake Up Everybody. ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ Unfortunately, the more success the ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ group had, the more friction developed ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ between Melvin and Pendergrass. Despite ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
▐████▌ ▄▄▓▓█▓▌ the revised billing of the group, ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀█▄▄▄███▀
▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes featuring ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ Theodore Pendergrass, Pendergrass felt ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ that he wasn't getting enough ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ recognition. Around 1976, Pendergrass ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ left Melvin's Blue Notes and formed ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ his own Blue Notes, featuring Teddy ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
▀▀███████▀ Pendergrass. Briefly, there was some ▀█████████
▀▀██▄ confusion as to which Blue Notes were ▄██▀▀███ ▀ ▄
▄▄▄▄▄ ▐██▓ which. The resolution came when ▓██▌ ████▄ ▄█▌
▀ ▀▀███▄ ▄▓▓█▓▌ Pendergrass disbanded his Blue Notes in ▐▓█▓▓▄ ▀███████▀
▐███▌▄█████▀ favor of a solo career and Melvin's ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▄ ▄███▄█████▀ group signed a recording contract with ▀█████▄
▀▀███▀██████▀ ▀▄▄ Source Records, distributed through ABC ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Records, scoring a hit with "I Want to ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ Be Your Lover." ▐███ ▐█████
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▀▀███████▀ Pendergrass signed a new contract with ▀███████▀▓▄▄▄
▄▄▄ ▀▀██▄ Philadelphia International Records in ▄██▀▀■ ▀████▄
▄████▀▀▀▄ ▐██▓ late 1976/early 1977. He burst back on ▓██▌ ▐▌ ▐████
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▀████▄▄▄▄███████▀ platinum solo debut that included the ▀█████▄ ▀▀▀
▀▀███▀▄█████▀ top-notch singles "I Don't Love You ▀█████▄
▄█████▀ ▀▄▄ Anymore," "You Can't Hide From ▄▄▀ ▀█████▄
▐█████ ▐█▓ Yourself," and "The More I Get the More ▓█▌ █████▌
█████▌ ███▌ I Want." Around this time, Pendergrass ▐███ ▐█████
▀█████▄ ▓██▓ began to institute his infamous "Ladies ▓██▓ ▄█████▀
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