"If the “born-again” Al Green was no longer invested in the hyper-sexualized Black masculinity that he and an aging Marvin Gaye helped cultivate in the 1970s, Pendergrass was a suitable and unequivocally masculine replacement."
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The Legend of Teddy Pendergrass by Mark Anthony Neal With no disrespect to Al Green, Marvin Gaye and Barry White, Teddy Pendergrass’s voice defined the male Soul singer of the 1970s. This claim is …