The Singers: Harold Melvin got top billing with the Blue Notes, but the quintet is best remembered as the proving ground for Teddy Pendergrass, whose raspy, unbound voice was supported by the act's velvet harmonies. Pendergrass took the lead on today's slow jam and on "The Love I Lost," another classic Gamble & Huff production from the group's time on Philadelphia International Records. Pendergrass went on to larger fame as a solo artist before retiring from the music business a few yea
