Live! Coast to Coast

Live! Coast to Coast
Live album by Teddy Pendergrass
Released	November 23, 1979
Recorded	1978–1979
Genre	R&B, soul
Length	73:43 (2 Discs)
Label	Philadelphia International
Producer	Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Jerry Cohen, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead
Teddy Pendergrass chronology
Teddy (1979) Live! Coast to Coast (1979) TP (1980)
Singles from Live! Coast to Coast
"Shout and Scream / Close the Door (Live Version)" Released: November 21, 1979 "It's You I Love / Where Did All the Lovin' Go" Released: February 12, 1980

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C[2]

Live! Coast to Coast is a live album by the R&B crooner Teddy Pendergrass. It was recorded in Philadelphia in 1978 and Los Angeles in 1979. It did well on the Billboard album charts, reaching No. 33 Pop and No. 5 R&B.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff; except where indicated

Disc 1

1. "Life Is a Song Worth Singing" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed)
2. "Only You"
3. Medley: "If You Don't Know Me by Now/The Love I Lost/Bad Luck/Wake Up Everybody" (Victor Carstarphen, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead)
4. "When Somebody Loves You Back"
5. "Get Up, Get Down, Get Funky, Get Loose"

Disc 2

1. "L.A. Rap"
2. "Come Go with Me"
3. "Close the Door"
4. "Turn Off the Lights"
5. "Do Me"
6. Live Interview with Mimi Brown of WDAS-FM, Philadelphia
7. "It's You I Love"
8. Live Interview
9. "Shout and Scream"
10. Live Interview Concludes

Personnel

• Teddy Pendergrass - vocals
• Bobby Eli, Robert "Wawa" Le Grand - guitar
• Jimmy Williams, Norman Smith, Philip McClelland - bass
• Jerry Cohen, Leon Ware - keyboards
• Alfie Pollitt - piano
• Lenny Pakula - organ
• Cecil Du Valle - organ, clavinet, synthesizer
• James Carter, Keith Benson, Quinton Joseph - drums
• Gregory L. Moore, David Cruse - percussion
• Sam Reed - saxophone, flute
• Arthur T. Pugh Jr., Louis Opalesky Jr., Sylvester Bryant - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Joseph A. Kohanski Jr. - trombone
• John Petrella, Peter M. Kucirko - cello
• Emma Kummrow, Florence Rosensweig, Grace S. Babogh, Richard E. Jones, Roger J. Harrington, Thomas Di Sarlo - violin
• Sharon Ray, Susan M. Leon - viola
• Barbara Ingram, Carla Benson, Evette, Benton, Harriet Tharp, Melva Story, Sherry Williams - backing vocals
• Karat Faye - Engineer @ Record Plant L.A.

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak [3]
U.S. Billboard Top LPs	33
U.S. Billboard Top Soul LPs	5

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US R&B [3]
1979	"Shout and Scream"	21
1980	"It's You I Love"	44

References

1. Hamilton, Andrew. Live! Coast to Coast review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-04-04.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. "US Charts > Teddy Pendergrass". Allmusic. Retrieved 2013-04-04.

External links

• Live! Coast to Coast at Discogs