Beginning his career as the singer for Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes during the early ‘70s, Teddy Pendergrass could bring the intensity of a testifying preacher to even the tenderest love songs. When he went solo in 1977, his mix of soul power and undeniable sex appeal soon made him the king of sensual make-out music. He would go on to rule the quiet storm genre over the next several years, though a car crash in 1982 tragically left him paralyzed.