Teddy Pendergrass captured many hearts during a music career that lasted more than three decades. The R&B and soul singer who spent his formative years in North Philadelphia first found success as the ...

In the late '60s and '70s, Philadelphia became known for two things in the world of pop culture. One was the movie "Rocky," and its story of triumph in the ring, and the other was the rise of a ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Growing up in Philadelphia in the 1990s, I listened to soul singer-turned-R&B sex ...

Silky voiced soul singer Teddy Pendergrass, whose hits “Turn Off the Lights” and “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” set the mood for millions of fans, has died at age 59. The singer’s son, Teddy ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Barbara Smyth is only the second woman to hold top office in Norwalk. The only other ...