PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Teddy Pendergrass, the seductive American rhythm-and-blues singer who continued his recording career after he was paralyzed in a 1982 car accident, has died at the age of 59, media reports said on Thursday. Pendergrass's son, Teddy Pendergrass II, told the Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper that his father died on Wednesday at a Philadelphia-area hospital. He had undergone colon ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It didn't seem prescient when they wrote the song 40 years ago, but "Only the Strong Survive" summarizes the career of soul-music luminaries Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff. The duo took over where Motown left off, dominating the pop charts during the 1970s with hit songs they wrote and produced for the likes of the O ...

Songwriter Leon Huff had another reason to celebrate on his 67th birthday. The Grammy-winning producer who helped create the "Sound of Philadelphia" had a street renamed for him in Camden, N.J., on Wednesday. A section of Mulford Street, where he was raised, was renamed Leon Huff ...